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Live from SXSW 2024: Six Brands Catalyzing Connections in Austin

Event Marketer

The 38 th edition of the SXSW Conference and Festivals in Austin is officially underway, providing nine jam-packed days (March 8-16) of sessions, music and comedy showcases, film and tv screenings, exhibitions, tech competitions, awards ceremonies—oh yeah, and killer experiential marketing activations. And stay tuned for more coverage.)

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A Guide to Hosting an Unofficial SXSW Event

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The South by Southwest (SXSW) festival is an integral part of Austin’s identity as a global center for innovation and creativity. Applications to participate in the official event close months ahead of festival dates, but there is still an opportunity for businesses to leverage the festival’s attraction in an unofficial capacity.

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35 Creative Product Launch Event Ideas to Try in 2024

Attendease

For example, when Adobe launched its Creative Cloud software suite, it hosted a virtual launch event featuring product demos and opportunities for attendees to interact with Adobe team members. Influencer Review Kits Send your new product to social media influencers, bloggers, and industry experts, allowing them to experience it first-hand.

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How Peacock Promoted its new AI Drama at SXSW 2023 with Nuns and an Interactive Quest

Event Marketer

As the nuns roamed around downtown Austin, SXSW attendees could stop and talk with them about Mrs. Davis and the battle of faith versus tech. Plastered up and down the streets of Austin, TX, during SXSW—on light posts, walls and columns—were hundreds of red and pink posters featuring a defiant-looking nun in a blue habit.

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How Walmart’s Y2K-themed Summer Rewind Tour Delivered ‘Joy at Scale’

Event Marketer

The Y2K vibes have been strong across a range of events and activations this year, and over the summer, Walmart jumped on the nostalgic trend with a cross-country tour that invited adults to take part in all of the in-store activities their parents banned when they were kids. Agencies: Momentum Worldwide (event agency); Golin (p.r.).

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How Ipsy is Making Over Large-Scale Beauty Events

Event Marketer

There were also beauty demos, panels, fireside chats and guest appearances by beauty brand leaders, celebrity makeup artists and social media personalities. The outdoor, in-person experience was the culminating event in a series of mobile anniversary activations featuring diverse, immersive beauty experiences.

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FOX Leans on Fandom Strategies and Transactions with a ‘Monarch’ Series Pop-up

Event Marketer

To draw viewers into the world of the new scripted series led by Susan Sarandon, who plays matriarch Dottie Cantrell Roman, FOX activated a pop-up shop that brought Austin, Texas, to New York City—cue a big red boot, roping demos on the street and the show’s soundtrack emanating from the space that helped lure in passersby. Open Sept.

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