B-to-C Events
Cheerwine Focuses on First Impressions
Cheerwine, a bubbly, wild cherry-flavored soft drink brand sold primarily in the South, and southern-based indie-rockers The Avett Brothers on Oct. 19 joined forces in a Legendary Giveback concert at the nTelos Wireless Pavilion in Charlottesville, VA. Net proceeds from the concert benefitted three organizations—Big Brothers Big Sisters, Operation Homefront and the University of Virginia...
Sanrio’s Hello Kitty Runs for President
Looking to inject "positivity and fun" into the election season, Sanrio on Oct. 8 launched Hello Kitty For President, a campaign designed to celebrate the iconic cat through social media, and guerrilla-style and on-site activities in Washington, D.C.
10 Years of EM: Brands of the Decade
Ten years ago, a small subsection of corporate marketing departments began to fall in love with a fairly new and extremely unproven discipline called event marketing. From auto and financial-services to beverage, commercial aviation, retail and technology, it started to grow like religion.
10 Years of Event Marketer
The year is 2002. “American Idol’s” debut fever is spreading across TV sets all across America. The second installments of the “Harry Potter” and “The Lord of The Rings” trilogies are duking it out at the box office (as nerds everywhere rejoice—in Elvish). And somewhere in Berlin, Michael Jackson is dangling his son Prince Michael...