EM Buzz – 3/24/2022
03.24.22 The inaugural Metaverse Fashion Week, which features a variety of virtual brand experiences, kicked off in Decentraland today. Wondering what all the fuss is about when it comes to this kind of emerging tech? See what event marketers from Jägermeister, Complex and Vox Media have to say. Yahoo's High-Tech Retrospective Scores at NBA Crossover...
How Klarna Leveraged the Hype Around NBA All-Star Weekend to Activate its Chicago Bulls Sponsorship
It wasn’t too long ago that shopping and payments service provider Klarna burst onto the gaming scene on a mission to leverage customized experiences to engage consumers around a major passion point. During NBA All-Star Weekend in Cleveland, the brand once again tackled a new sphere. From Feb. 18-20 at Cleveland Public Square, Klarna officially...
FX Promotes Black-owned Businesses and Season Five of ‘Snowfall’ with a Pop-up Marketplace
How experience-based ‘good will’ is driving affinity for the network’s hit drama series As the characters and plots on FX Networks’ hit series “Snowfall” evolve, so does the brand’s approach to promoting tune-in through experiential marketing. Case in point: ahead of season five, which centers on main character Franklin Saint and his growing Southern Los...
From the Metaverse to NFTs: How Event Marketers Can Tap into the Power of Emerging Tech
A staggering statistic to consider: By 2026, 25 percent of people will spend at least one hour a day in the metaverse for work, shopping, education and social or entertainment experiences, according to a 2022 Gartner report. Indeed, from NFTs to holograms to everyone’s favorite buzzword, the metaverse, new technologies are coming in hot, and...