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Tag: Event Marketers

  • 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 […]

  • Bare Snacks’ SoCal Orchard Sampling Pop-up Highlights Real Ingredients

    Consumers in Southern California don’t typically get to experience fall foliage and the fun that goes along with it, like jumping into piles of raked leaves and apple picking in orchards. So, to bring a bit of fall to SoCal families while promoting its apple chips to health-conscious consumers, Bare Snacks activated a beachside apple […]

  • From Spotify to Bacardi: Brands Creating Halloween Experiences

    Happy Halloween, marketers. While candy brands are having a field day today, plenty of other categories are getting in on the fun, too, leveraging the holiday to pull off stunts, contests and product launches. Last year, the industry saw Skittles activate a tiny house sampling structure, Reese’s activate vending machines that allowed trick-or-treaters to trade […]

  • How a Billboard Typo and Viral Marketing Helped Visible Intro its Brand

    There’s nothing like a typo on a billboard to grab attention. To introduce itself to consumers as an alternative option within the crowded cell phone service marketplace, Visible, a low-cost service that utilizes Verizon’s network, ran several billboards throughout its headquarters city of Denver. The message read loud and clear: “Unlimited massages, minutes and data […]

  • Five Staffer Types Refreshing the Role of Brand Ambassador

    Smart event marketers know that brand ambassadors can make or break an event experience.  Whether they are tasked with leading a sampling activation, describing the nuances of a product or service, or there to entertain with an engaging interaction, the brand ambassador role is an evolving and important one. We pulled up five recent events […]