Stunts
Lessons Learned from the Cartoon Network Bomb in Beantown
When the Cartoon Network set out to promote “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” with a 10-market guerrilla marketing effort the company never could have imagined the publicity the stunt would get.
Guerrilla Marketing 101 for B-to-B Marketers
Guerrilla marketing has long been a successful b-to-c tactic for marketers wanting to get their message across in a unique and exciting way. But don’t assume that all the fun is for consumers. The same aspects of guerrilla that make it such a success with consumers translate in b-to-b as well. Four tips for making...
Media Stunts: WE tv’s Bridezillas Whip Up A Media Frenzy In Times Square
The WE network’s cake-covered brides are back baby. And this time they’re madder—and hungrier—than ever. To recap the network generated buzz for reality show “Bridezillas” in 2005 with a find-the-cash-in-the-cake stunt (brides fought tooth and manicured nail through a 15-foot three-tiered cake for a shot at $25 000) and in 2006 by challenging women with...
Stunts: Speight’s Sets Sail To London To Deliver Beer To Mates
Kiwis (that’s slang for New Zealanders) love their Speight’s Gold Medal Ale. So when an ex-pat named Tim Ellingham lamented to the beer maker that he couldn’t get his favorite lager in London the brand decided to ship it to him—in a custom-built fully operational Speight’s brew pub riding atop a cargo ship. It’s the...