B-to-C Events
The State of the Tchotchke
It can be looked upon as a throwaway element, but if that’s your promotional product modus operandi, you are probably just throwing away your money. If handled properly, the stuff you give away can come back to you in the form of brand loyalty and ROI. But the promo industry is in flux, with new...
Tech Deck Gets Air with Tony Hawk
This summer, skateboarding toy brand Tech Deck took its line of fingerboards to Europe as a sponsor of the Tony Hawk and Friends tour. The sponsorship activation was designed to build brand equity and get kids excited about fingerboarding—a game where players use their fingers on a miniature toy skateboard to perform tricks similar to...
Show me the Money!
Wouldn’t it be nice if your experiential program could pay for itself? Or at least, offset costs enough to save it from the chopping block when budgets get tight? Companies like Hasbro, Bounty and HP have created programs that despite not being entirely self-sufficient (yet), are offsetting costs by bringing in money to dump back...
Alzheimer’s Association Gets Into Gear with Cycling Relay
To raise awareness about Alzheimer’s disease and to collect signatures on a petition asking Congress to make the disease a national priority, 55 Alzheimer’s researchers are spinning their way across the country in a cycling relay. The 67-day, 4,500-mile ride, called the Alzheimer’s Breakthrough Ride, launched on July 17 in San Francisco after a ceremonial...