Type of Event: Buzz/word-of-mouth programs

Medical technology company CareFusion and jazz made beautiful music together. As sponsor of the CareFusion Jazz Festival Series, the company in the summer 2009 struck a chord with the health care executives it needed to reach to publicize its new brand name as it spun off from parent company Cardinal Health. Research had shown their […]

Some people see romance in the moon and stars of the night sky. Sony had a different vision: Twilight Football (or soccer, to us Americans), a series of seven matches that took place on Sept. 22, 2009 during the hour of twilight as it moved across the world in stunning locations that included Iguacu Falls, […]

To promote the second-season premiere of “River Monsters,” Animal Planet unleashed five tricked out smart cars made to look like a swimming school of piranhas on the streets of New York City. For four days, street teams—five drivers and five “monster anglers”—wearing branded fishing vests intercepted consumers to hand out branded hats, koozies and tune-in […]

Bacardi B-Live was the bash all the cool kids wanted to attend summer 2009. Taking over venues in 23 cities, Bacardi treated consumers to a fully immersive branded club experience with music icons as well as emerging artists, including DJs Jazzy Jeff, Tiga and Steve Porter, who mixed beats on stage with a giant old […]

Party people are always on the go, so to keep up beer brand Dos Equis created the Most Interesting Academy. Targeting 21- to 34-year-old affluent educated men, the program stemmed from its Most Interesting Man in the World campaign, now in its third year, which helped the brand differentiate itself in the beer market. The […]