Sponsorships

There’s a lot of noise at SXSW, but mobile battery case maker mophie chewed out a niche for itself for a second year—with St. Bernard dogs. Continuing its mission to rescue dying phones, the brand partnered with Indian Motorcycle and the St. Bernard Foundation for what it called “Bad to the Bone.” Every hour from […]

Think sports sponsorships and typically big properties, big-name athletes and big-time budgets come to mind. But the rise of boutique fitness programs and alternative sports platforms are changing the landscape, offering brands unique sponsorship and engagement opportunities that spotlight the everyday fitness enthusiast rather than the elite athlete. At the forefront of this movement are […]

American Greetings sent some ripples through the digital world of South by Southwest Interactive with an activation that cut right to the core of its brand essence—the need for simplicity and the importance of human connections in today’s high-tech landscape. The three-day experience, called Analog by American Greetings, marked the brand’s first appearance at SXSWi […]

Air France served as the official airline sponsor of the 2016 Sketchers Performance Los Angeles Marathon Feb. 12-14 deploying multiple activations to engage runners and spectators over the course of the event. Running events are a big part of the airline’s sponsorship portfolio domestically and internationally, which includes its own proprietary race France Run, which […]

To connect with tech-savvy consumers, Google took its Chromecast and Chromecast Audio streaming products to the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Village in December, activating an experience that included demos with Google product specialists, meet and greets and other touchpoints. Google also activated a similar experience at Outside Lands in San Francisco last summer. Both events contributed […]