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

Pepsi has aligned itself in the past with music icons like Michael Jackson, Ray Charles and Britney Spears. But never with everyday people. To keep its music tie-ins moving to the beat, it sponsored the popular music competition TV show, “The X Factor,” and launched an integrated campaign based on the message that “Where there […]

As cybercriminals get craftier and more sophisticated, so, too, do the tools designed to protect against them. Norton capitalized on this fact, and introduced its newest security product Norton 360 V5 with the Norton Cybercrime Index program. The campaign featured a mix of p.r., live events and retail promotions that leveraged a subtle dose of […]

To celebrate the release of its Nikon 1 compact camera, Nikon gave media and sales reps a challenge: Capture the most emotional moments of an exciting event. But there was also a unique hook—participants wouldn’t find out what they would be photographing until the day of the event. The element of surprise would, in part, […]

Who is the chosen one? To answer that question, Nike launched the global online web reality competition series “The Chosen,” and hit the road with the Chosen Tour, a series of hyper-local skating and surfing events. Amateur extreme athletes could enter for a chance to appear on the series by submitting videos of themselves shredding […]

To excite New Yorkers about the opening of its first New Balance Experience store in North America, New Balance developed a four-week campaign centered on a proprietary mobile game called Urban Dash. The brand challenged runners to race for the chance to win shoes and gift cards. Available from the Apple app store and the […]