Experiential
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B-to-B Events
10 Minutes With… Debra E. Smith, Conferences and Events Manager at Elanco Animal Health
For VMX 2025, the premier veterinary conference, Elanco wanted to reinforce its position as a global innovator in animal health with a multi-exhibit experience that showcased new products and connected with veterinary professionals in personalized, memorable ways. Designed for education and engagement, the 50×60-foot corporate exhibit featured product-focused zones with hands-on engagements and custom workstations, […]
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B-to-C Events
The Brief: Hatching Mascots and Slime Boutiques
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover hatching mascots, Touch-Up Trucks and Slime Boutiques.
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B-to-C Events
Experiential Trend of the Week: Cinematic Campaigns
Movies captivate audiences and fuel shared experiences, and during this summer’s blockbuster season, brands have been capitalizing on the nostalgia, the eats and the viewing venues to drive trial, inspire learning, and immerse consumers in their favorite IP. Idea: Scale-up the simplest of pleasures. Like popcorn. Free streaming service Pluto TV’s “Summer of Cinema” […]
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Festivals & Fan Cons
Podcast: EM Editors Take San Diego Comic-Con 2025
San Diego Comic-Con is the epicenter of fandom, annually bringing together thousands of fans at the convention center and across the city at off-site brand activations to celebrate the latest in comics, movies, TV and pop culture. The Event Marketer editors were on the ground to take it all in and bring our firsthand coverage […]
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B-to-C Events
Cause Marketing: Eli Lilly Brings Free Mammograms and Health Education to WNBA All-Star Weekend
Eli Lilly and Company is on a mission to insert wellness into cultural conversations by highlighting the link between health and sports. So to drive awareness of the importance of early breast cancer detection, the pharma brand headed to WNBA All-Star Weekend, July 17-20 in Indianapolis, to deliver free mammograms, sponsor activations and health education, […]
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B-to-C Events
How Disney+ Transformed an L.A. Thrift Store into a Y2K Throwback
It’s the year of the Disney throwback, and our millennial hearts are all in, from the release of “Freakier Friday” to the Jonas Brothers bringing out Demi Lovato for a “Camp Rock” reunion at MetLife Stadium. Nostalgia marketing is at the core of the first-ever Disney+ Throwback campaign, a summer-long celebration of ’90s and 2000s […]
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B-to-B Events
From Chatbots to Agents and Beyond: How AI is Transforming Trade Shows in 2025
The use of AI is evolving at neck-breaking speed across every aspect of our lives, rapidly changing how we plan, work and even think. In trade shows, this evolution is also happening fast, with AI powering everything, from access to knowledge to agents that can be built with no coding skills. Here’s what we’re seeing […]
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B-to-C Events
The Brief: Dive-In Theaters and Kidney Passes
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover Kidney Passes, Bites for Bytes and an experiential Dive-In Theater.
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B-to-C Events
San Diego Comic-Con 2025: The Big Experiential Recap
For more than 50 years, superfans of comics, movies, gaming and other popular arts have jetted to Comic-Con International for the community, the content, the cosplay—and the experiences. During this year’s event, July 24-27, EM joined the geek squad for a three-day jaunt through San Diego and its Gaslamp District, all in search of the […]
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B-to-C Events
Executive Q&A: Celsius’ CMO Talks Infusing Energy into the 2025 MLS All-Star Game
Celsius scored some major wins during the 2025 MLS All-Star Week. Building on its first-time presence last year, the Official Energy Drink of MLS arrived in Austin, TX, ready to hype up soccer fans for the All-Star Game on July 23. Celsius incorporated its new Live. Fit. Go. campaign, the largest marketing initiative in the […]
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