B-to-C Events

In our Then and Now series, EM revisits old event marketing trends to find out where they’ve gone since we first reported on them. Are they old hats and has-beens? Or is that past up-and-comer a future best practice that’s now an industry standard? In this eco-installment, we re-examine green-friendly trade show booth materials, which we began covering in our earliest issues.

Photo marketing is a valuable tool for a variety of reasons. It’s an incentive to get consumers to interact with your brand, it captures data, it serves as a long-lasting memento and generally drives eyeballs to your website during the photo retrieval process. But what’s next on the horizon for photo marketing? Once that photo lands in the inbox or on the Facebook page, how can event marketers get the photo activation past the point of distribution? EM checked in with the experts to find out how they’re using photo marketing to inspire consumers to take action.

To drive awareness for its newly reformulated zero-calorie enhanced water brand and connect with dog-lovers and others who live an active, healthy lifestyle, Propel Zero in April hosted an invitation-only event at Church Estate Vineyards in Malibu, CA, for influencers, their four-legged friends and the media. In addition, the brand created the Propel Zero to 1,000 program, a call-to-action to get people moving 1,000 more minutes per month, season or year, depending on their level of commitment to the challenge.

Mexican beer brand Dos Equis hit up bars in 17 markets every night from April 21 to May 5 to show consumers the Lost Art of Celebrating Cinco de Mayo.

Australia-based St. George Bank is reinforcing its sponsorship of rugby league team the St. George Dragons by planting a six-foot by six-foot St. George Bank Footy Vault in stadiums through September and rewarding fans with the chance to win cash prizes.
The program launched on May 1 during the Round 8 National Rugby League match between the St. George Bank Dragons and Parramatta Eels at WIN Jubilee Oval, Kogarah.