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10 Reasons Out of Home and Experiential Marketing are Essential to Strategic Account Planning
As strategic planners, our job is to consider the most effective and creative approaches that we can bring to market based on our clients’ goals, maximized budgets and, hopefully, a mix of genius creative spin. As an out of home and experiential marketing strategist, my job is to ensure that media planners, buyers and strategists are considering the often-overlooked channels that I work in throughout the year. In that spirit, here are 10 reasons why you should be taking a deeper look at Out of Home media and experiential marketing.
Mobile Tours: A Cost-Effective and Impactful Way to Reach a Hyper-Targeted Audience
A Mobile Tour allows a brand to maximize resources by designing a self-contained, fully-customizable, mobile exhibit space that creates a brand personality and easily travels where the target demographic actually lives, works and plays.
The Numbers Behind Experiential Marketing [Infographic]
Experiential marketing is becoming a more popular tool in the advertisers tool belt. Brands and agencies are realizing how it can effectively establish a one-to-one relationship with consumers, generate positive brand awareness, and drive customer loyalty.
Out of Home’s Remarkable Shift from Media Measurement to Audience Measurement
The inventor of the Segway, Dean Kamen once said, “Every once in a while, a new technology, an old problem, and a big idea turn into an innovation” Out of Home media is currently on the cusp of just such a “once in a while” moment, a foundational change that will completely reshape the future of the industry.
What is Experiential Marketing?
It goes by a lot of names…. "experiential marketing", "event marketing", "on-ground marketing", "live marketing", "participation marketing", or "special events". But no matter what name people use, it’s clear that there is one thing experiential marketing is, and that’s confusing. Experiential is still a (relatively) new channel, and it’s continuing to develop before our eyes. So, let’s take a look at some of the key features of what Experiential Marketing really is…
Intro to OOH: Pt 3 – How to plan your Out of Home Media
Recent changes in data & technology are transforming the industry into a media that can be planned with the same types of targeting and precision as other channels. With the wide variety of media options available, the variability of media efficacy across different markets, and the advances in data, it’s critical that advertisers approach their OOH plan with the same level of detail as their other media. So, to help get you started here are some of the key questions that you will want to have the answers to before you start planning your Out of Home campaign:
5 Important Trends For Out Of Home Media In 2018
As 2018 fast approaches, I see a number of key trends that will continue to dominate the Out of Home industry. Big data, digital strategies, location and audience analytics will continue the rapid transformation of the Out of Home media landscape, changing how advertisers plan, buy, and deliver creative. As new measurement techniques, and integration with digital channels come online they will continue to add to the value proposition for Out of Home, making it an even stronger component of a robust media plan.
Why Should You Include Out of Home in Your Media Plan?
In this increasingly digital age, why should you be including Out of Home media? Why consider OOH when digital online and mobile are king? In this second installment of our 3-part series, “An Introduction to Out of Home”, we are going to touch upon not just why Out of Home should be considered, but why it should be a core media buy for any plan.
How to Reach Family Decision Makers: A New Media Plan for a New Lifestyle
Marketing to Family Decision Makers has changed drastically over the last few years, as consumer behavior and media channels have shifted. How can marketers reach the Family Decision Maker? With a combination of digital media and Out of Home.
How are Mobile Advertising and Out of Home Media Aligned? [Infographic]
We all know that the use of mobile devices is reshaping both consumer behavior, and the ways advertisers reach them. But have you stopped to think about how this newest media format relates to the oldest media format? Our new info-graphic shares some interesting stats on how the Mobile and Out of Home advertising worlds overlap and intertwine.
Millennial Mindset Pt 3: The Experiential Element
What if I told you the best form of advertising to reach millennials isn’t really “advertising” at all? – at least not in the traditional sense. Our lives are centered around relationships, and while marketers seem to think those relationships are all online, most of us would still prefer face to face experiences. In my last article, we talked briefly about how experiential advertising is incredibly effective in campaigns targeting millennials. In this article, we’ll talk about why it’s absolutely necessary.
Expand Exhibitor Marketing Footprints With Unique New Promotional Sponsorships
Trade shows and conventions are critical marketing opportunities for exhibitors. Many companies devote relatively large portions of their marketing budget to these events recognizing the benefit of the face to face meetings.
One important part of trade show planning for exhibitors is taking advantage of sponsorship-advertising opportunities to increase their share of voice, and drive that all-important traffic to their booth. But for some associations it can be a struggle to keep pace with the exhibitor’s demand for new marketing strategies.
From Directional to Behavioral – The Wedding Cake Model of Out of Home Media Planning
Think of a wedding cake – close your eyes and picture it in your mind. It probably has several tiers, each one getting a little bit smaller as you move up – right? It turns out that wedding cake is a pretty good model for the evolution of Out of Home media planning. If you haven't been paying close attention, you may think OOH is still planned the way it was 20 years ago, but nothing could be farther from the truth.
The Booth and Beyond: Fundamentals for Your First Trade Show
Trade shows and conventions can be crucial marketing opportunities for exhibitors. We wanted to tap into the expertise of some of the newest team members’ of our Trade Show Marketing team, and share some of their knowledge on preparing for your tradeshow experience. This will be the first in a series that will walk you through key steps in the process - from the initial planning stages, to designing your booth, to checklists for your activation, and of course driving traffic to your booth using OOH media.