Posts tagged with ‘Esports Business Summit’
Eight Tips for Esports Marketing First-Timers
Key insights on entering the widespread world of esports The number of non-endemic brands partnering with esports teams, players, leagues, venues and events has skyrocketed. In fact, The Esports Observer counted 76 sponsorship deals from non-endemic brands made just in the first quarter of 2019, a 145-percent increase from the fourth quarter of 2018 and...
How Hershey’s Navigated its First Year in Esports Events
Hershey’s, one of the world’s most well-known brands and non-endemic players in esports, broke down its first year of marketing in the space at the Esports Business Summit in September. From developing a knowledge-base of the space to forming relationships with talent, Charlie Chappell, head of integrated marketing for Hershey’s, offered insights on how newbie...
Six Esports Marketing Insights from Gillette’s Global Sports Director Greg Via
Gillette has a long history in sports marketing, dating back to an exclusive sponsorship of the Major League Baseball World Series… on radio. Fast forward to the present, and things have certainly evolved. In recent years, Gillette has stepped up its esports marketing efforts, including sponsoring ESL’s Intel Extreme Masters World Championship and naming League...
An Esports Journey: Q&A with Hershey Company’s Head of Media Charlie Chappell
For a CPG brand like Hershey, whose target market is essentially everyone over the age of 12 in the United States, it’s important to keep tabs on where younger generations are consuming their media. So, in an effort to connect with those audiences, the company turned to Twitch and its 15 million daily active users,...