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To drive viewership for its new film “Recount ” the behind-the-scenes story of the 2000 presidential election and the controversial Florida recount HBO on Tuesday staged live voting events in two major cities. Visitors to Union Square in New York City and shopping center The Grove in Los Angeles had a chance to jump into one of 12 actual Votomatic voting booths used in the 2000 election in Florida and punch out the butterfly ballot’s now infamous chads to see if their vote got counted or compromised by the paper-based system.

The best event programs take one sponsorship event or message and activate it on multiple platforms in a variety of ways. The approach is used for a number of reasons: to create additional buzz off a one-off sweeps or contest for example or to leverage a sponsorship investment to the hilt. But more than anything else it’s done because so much more is expected from event marketing these days. ROI is key and to get that return programs have to fire on all cylinders. Here three examples of brands who have taken recent event programs and made the most of ’em.

Integrated Marketing: Dos Equis Leverages P.R. Use-Gen Content For Contest
A new brand awareness and relevance campaign for Dos Equis is aimed at finding a new assistant for a fictional character that the brand has dubbed the “Most Interesting Man in the World.” The effort comprises p.r. promotions user-generated content and branded TV entertainment.

A perfect getaway for most of us means sandy beaches and warm weather but for hockey players the ideal setting is frozen ponds and bitter cold temperatures. Canadian beer maker Labatt Blue has tapped into hockey players’—one of its core markets—passion for the game and beer by taking over an entire town in wintry Wisconsin and turning it into a hockey lover’s paradise.

Dodge is hitting the highway for its Grab Life tour which is making stops at large fairs festivals and other family-oriented events to create buzz for its Journey crossover vehicle and other Dodge vehicles. Dodge kicked off the interactive tour this month at the Memphis in May’s World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.