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

Oneworld needed to inform its frequent fliers about what the brand does for them every day, so the company set up a series of Travel Stations at key airports across Europe from September to December. The installations offered free travel-related lifestyle content and information about Oneworld to business and leisure travelers via surface computing touchscreen […]

For the launch of Hershey’s Bliss chocolate the brand wanted to stir up word of mouth both on- and offline. To meet this goal, the Hershey Company put the product in the hands of women that love chocolate and helped them throw more than 10,000 in-home consumer house parties over one weekend. The Hershey Bliss […]

Target has pulled off some high-profile, high-concept, and very successful buzz-generating events. But in some cases the only consumers who could see them first-hand were in New York and Los Angeles. So the retailer set out to bring its innovation to the masses—by taking them to the movies. With a campaign called Falling for You, […]

Many a brand has used a provocative word or two to get a quick burst of attention. Sex sells, after all. But most campaigns fizzle out after the initial shock factor wears off. Swisspers, a brand of cotton rounds used to remove makeup, bucked the trend when it leveraged its Sleep Naked campaign across social […]

It was the first-ever reality show created by an advertiser, driven by consumers and broadcast on network TV. Ford’s “Escape Routes” was a six-part televised series of “Amazing Race”-style challenges in which six pairs of best friends vied for a Ford Escape and $100,000. Consumers supported their favorite contestants in their challenges online via live […]