B-to-C Events

  • Gotcha! Brands Get Creative with April Fool’s Day Pranks

    Its exact origins are a mystery, but for people around the world, April Fool’s Day serves as an opportunity to indulge in lighthearted hoaxes, pranks and tomfoolery without any serious repercussions—if only for a day. And it’s not just consumers pulling fast ones on their friends and family; brands and the media come out to […]

  • Torchy’s Tacos, Music and a Tiny House: Inside DoorDash’s First SXSW Event

    You might think it’s a challenge engaging consumers in the on-demand economy, but at SXSW, DoorDash, the food delivery platform available in more than 3,300 cities in the U.S. and Canada, welcomed the challenge with open doors. In its first-ever physical space at the annual festival in Austin, DoorDash activated the “Tiny Home Away from […]

  • Four Strategies Citi Leverages for its Sound Vault Program

    Many brands tout their live experiences as “once-in-a-lifetime,” but for diehard music fans, Citi’s Sound Vault platform offers the real deal. The program, now in its third year, provides cardmembers with concert access, offering major acts playing in intimate venues. Originally a week-long music event series, Citi Sound Vault has evolved into a year-round platform […]

  • Study: Event Marketers Make Some Shifts for 2019 in What They’re Measuring and How

    There are some notable shifts in how marketers are approaching measurement this year. According to findings from the 2019 Measurement Benchmarking Report, consumer marketers are relying more on at-event data collected by staff using tablets with registration software than they did last year. The results show 61 percent of consumer marketers will use these at-event […]

  • How Brands Engaged Hoops Fans at NBA All-Star Weekend

    There’s something unique about pro basketball that sets hoops fans apart from other sports enthusiasts. It’s that melding of athletics, fashion, music, technology and other elements of pop culture that makes NBA All-Star Weekend the new must-visit fan destination—and brand destination, too. At this year’s event, Feb. 15-17, in Charlotte, NC, EM got a firsthand […]