Kait Shea
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B-to-C Events
Hide and Seek: Seven Ideas for Leveraging Experiential Easter Eggs
When it comes to engaging entertainment buffs, incorporating experiential easter eggs into fan activations has become non-negotiable. Not every attendee will notice or understand a brand’s subtle references to its IP, but the superfans most certainly will—and they’re actively seeking them out. Following are seven ideas for playing hide and seek. 1. HOTLINES For […]
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B-to-C Events
Checklist: 10 Tactics for Building Blockbuster-Worthy Entertainment Experiences
Headline-making activations don’t appear out of thin air. Event marketers leverage a host of tactics and fan traditions to ensure their entertainment experiences slice through an oversaturated landscape.
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B-to-B Events
Best of B-to-B: Five Event Tactics That Generated Love and Leads in 2025
Between budget restraints, tariffs, shifting trade policies and AI everything, it’s been one hell of a trip around the sun for b-to-b event marketers. But this industry always rises to the occasion, and the meetings, conferences and exhibits delivered in 2025 were no exception. With 2026 just around the corner, we rounded up some of […]
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B-to-C Events
The Brief: Sandcastle Restaurants and Meme Galas
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover sandcastle restaurants, pop-up orchards and the Betch of the Year Meme Gala.
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B-to-C Events
Experiential Marketing Trend of the Week: Dog-First Events
Dog-friendly experiences have their appeal, but savvy marketers are pulling on pet parents’ heartstrings with events that don’t just allow pups, but are specifically designed with four-legged friends in mind. Whether it’s colors optimized for canines’ eyes, games and challenges built to stimulate their brains, or treat zones for their enjoyment, companies are sniffing out […]
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B-to-C Events
Audible Brings the Magic of its New ‘Harry Potter’ Series to Life with a Global Campaign
To broadcast the debut of its “most ambitious” audiobook production to date, “Harry Potter: The Full-Cast Audio Editions,” Audible wanted to match the scale and grandeur of the new seven-book series, co-produced with Pottermore Publishing, by providing fans around the world with a dose of experiential magic. So on Nov. 3, the brand rolled out […]
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B-to-C Events
The Brief: Revolving Libraries and the Maxxinista Express
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover revolving beach libraries, waterfall billboards and the Maxxinista Express.
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B-to-C Events
Cover Story: Inside the Meteoric Rise of Immersive Entertainment Experiences
A century ago, consumers were shuffling to big-top tents in droves to experience the grand display of surprise, t and spectacle that circuses had to offer. Today, the “greatest show on Earth” just might be the IP that a brand translates from the screen to the stage for an audience that is already privy to the plot.
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B-to-C Events
The Brief: Roman Convoys and Parking Parties
This week’s hot topics in experiential marketing cover traveling Roman convoys, third date experiences and an I Love Valet parking party.
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B-to-C Events
The Brief: Turkey Spas and Stonehenge Stunts
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover turkey spa days, hygiene in the Henkel House and a “Doctor Who” stunt at Stonehenge.