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 BellSouth is taking its Summer Swing mobile tour back on the
road. After hitting minor league baseball stadiums in the carrier’s
tier-one markets last year the brand is zeroing in on ballparks in
nine tier-two markets this summer through August 5. Another tweak was
to the event setup: BellSouth added a few elements outside the vehicle
to give consumers “something to do outside… giving them a greater
comfort level with the environment ” Suzanne Hulsey the company’s
senior manager-sports marketing told Buzz.

 

American Honda Motor Company has partnered with the House of Blues to
promote its Fit subcompact in a multipronged campaign. An auction
sweepstakes and in-club events will round out the initiative.

 

Nine House of Blues venues are holding three “Fit In The House” nights
each throughout June. A musical artist who appeals to the Fit’s
demographic—young adult non-conformists per the brand—performs at each
event. (Acts include Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and Johnny Lang.) While

With its new sponsorship of the Dew Action Sports Tour Verizon
Wireless continues to add live marketing efforts to support its V Cast
video and music service. As part of the two-year deal the brand will
be the presenting sponsor of Dew Tour Music the concerts that take
place in the events’ sponsors village.

 

In addition to the standard on-site product display the brand will
leverage by recording video and music from the concerts (acts include
Hoobastank) to offer exclusively to Verizon Wireless customers through

Meow Mix has taken the concept of its 2005 pop-up store a step further
and is dipping its paws into branded content with a weekly reality show
airing Fridays on Animal Planet.

 

In “The Meow Mix House ” 10 cats from shelters around the country are
competing for two faux “executive jobs” at Meow Mix. In each episode
the cats compete in challenges like best purr and a scratch-pole climb.
Actors recorded voice-overs for each cat to give the felines their own
personalities. Cats voted off by viewers and company execs after each

DANA POINT CALIF. JULY 18 2006 – Passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley act
was intended to mandate corporate transparency and expose fraudulent
business practices. But if you think SOX is the worry of public-company
CFOs think again.

 

The trickle-down of SOX compliance initiatives is sure to impact event
departments at big companies and small as well as event agencies and
other vendor companies that do business with public companies since
public companies will almost certainly insist that their vendors adapt