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  • 2015 Trend Tracker: Top 50 Trends Impacting Trade Shows And Events

    The industry’s most downloaded piece of content is back, the annual Trend Tracker list of the year’s top 50 trends, available as a free download (a $195 value) this month only. Marketers across Corporate America continue to harness the incredible power of face-to-face marketing—using “brand experiences” as a critical part of the modern era marketing […]

  • EM All Access: Google’s Gianna Gaudini

    Spend 10 minutes with the brands behind the event technology revolution. In this episode, Google Event Marketing Manager Gianna Gaudini on driving delight through content, the value of the human touch and why comfort ultimately leads to engagement.  

  • Industrial Cool: An Event Design Awards Top Trend

    Rustic materials, industrial accents and simplicity are design trends making their way into our homes and businesses in 2015. And, not surprisingly, experiential marketers are tapping into these influences to make hip, industrial style statements like those found in the warehouses of Brooklyn and Manhattan’s gritty Lower East Side. Shipping containers, polished steel combined with […]

  • Open House Events Help Sell a Luxury Lifestyle

    Real estate agents used to tempt potential homebuyers with a plate of freshly baked cookies. Agents of high-end properties in Florida, however, are taking a cue from the experiential industry and selling luxury through open house events. Some are hiring Saks Fifth Avenue models to offer a spritz of perfume in the master bath. Others […]

  • Protecting Your Sports Sponsorship Investment

    It’s been a rough year for the NFL. Well, a rough few years, especially in terms of scandals. The league’s had a perception problem about head injuries for years, and although it’s been taking some steps to address those issues, the more recent news hasn’t been good either. The Washington Redskins are a joke, and […]