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Guerrilla marketing has long been a successful b-to-c tactic for marketers wanting to get their message across in a unique and exciting way. But don’t assume that all the fun is for consumers. The same aspects of guerrilla that make it such a success with consumers translate in b-to-b as well. Four tips for making guerrilla a component of your overall marketing strategy:

Perhaps it’s the success of American Idol and Dancing with the Stars those months-long contests that demand participants give it their hearts and souls. Those shows’ stellar ratings just might be the reason more brands are engineering long-term live events that ask consumers to devote their time energy and creativity sometimes for weeks or even months.

Marketers begin to leverage the valuable real estate outside mobile vehicles as much as they do inside spaces

As more companies dive into mobile marketing the onus is on each brand to find a way to differentiate the experience from the competition and keep consumers engaged. The latest trend?

 Verizon Wireless last week pulled the plug on its presenting sponsorship of Gwen Stefani’s current tour because of the recent controversy surrounding the tour’s opening act Akon
 
At a concert last month in Trinidad Akon danced provocatively with an underage girl onstage. Soon after the concert video of the event was widely circulated online. The concert was not a part of his current tour with Stefani.
 
The company also removed Akon’s ringtones and music from its stores and handsets.

Robert Mondavi Private Selection is bringing the California wine country experience to cities across the country with a tour designed to educate consumers both about wine in general and Mondavi products specifically.