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Activations in Las Vegas surrounding two marquee events—the Mayweather/Pacquiao fight and the NFL draft—brought together athletes, editors and Sports Illustrated swimsuit models as part of a cross-channel marketing strategy by the magazine that extends beyond selling pages and banners and into live media. The events were handled in-house by Sports Illustrated Experience (#SIExperience), the magazine’s […]

UPDATE: June 16, 2015: Today, illy issimo and Escalate earned a PRO Award! We were thrilled to be named a finalist in the 2015 PRO Awards for our partnership with illy issimo. The 2014 Espresso Bar Tour was one of four finalists in the Best Sampling or Trial Recruitment Campaign category.

The ‘X’ in X Games stands for Extreme—and the name is no exaggeration. The fans are as diehard as they come, the courses are state of the art and the event showcases some of the most jaw-dropping athletic stunts known to mankind. And over two scorching days at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas Grand Prix […]

Chobani this month is activating a grassroots campaign encouraging people to take a break—and flip open one of its new Peanut Butter Dream, Strawberry Summer Crisp or other tasty Flip yogurt packs. The integrated effort launched on June 3 with National Break You Make Day. It continues throughout the month, leveraging research on America’s break […]

Your photo and video activation tech toolkits are going on a diet, as many event marketers shed bulky green-screen footprints in favor of new mobile, lightweight “on-the-go” interactives. From banking to beverage, sports to telecom, brands are using new technologies to slim down their on-site tech footprints. Case in point: Virtuacast, which marries pre-recorded video […]