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Happy Birthday to the Experiential Marketing Summit. What began 15 years ago as the experiential community’s first official gathering has ballooned into the industry’s ultimate training conference and networking event. And in honor of this special year, we’re back in the city where it all began… Chicago. It’s good to be home. In typical fashion, EMS […]

The world’s largest recognition program for experiential marketing Congratulations to the winners of the 2017 Ex Awards across all 26 categories spanning every type of brand experience. The winners were announced by the founders of Event Marketer at a gala (the event industry’s “Golden Globes”) on May 3 at the Experiential Marketing Summit at Chicago’s […]

To capture the attention of younger and affluent audiences, Buick activated several experiences designed to entertain and eliminate pain points for fans at the NCAA Men’s Final Four college basketball tournament, March 31 to April 3 in Phoenix, AZ. The program included a large-scale activation at Fan Fest and a city-wide Grab-A-Buick ride program. It […]

Are your booth staffers greeting French-speaking attendees in English at a show in Paris? Does your English marketing tagline make sense when translated into Portuguese? Are you asking for hundreds of thousands of marketing dollars, but have no way to prove your ROI because you are not evaluating your program? Many companies who exhibit at international trade shows make these COMMUNICATION MISTAKES, which fall into two main areas: Messaging and Engagement. In this 4-part series: Common Mistakes Made by International Exhibitors, we are identifying these mistakes and suggesting tactics to avoid them in the future. You can read Part One, AWARENESS, here and Part Two, PREPARATION, here.