Guerrilla/Street Teams

Guerrilla/Street Teams – Often unconventional, street teams and guerrilla marketing programs take the show to the public without requiring big events or large infrastructure. It is people engaging people—ambassadors getting the attention of consumers and delivering a brand message, sometimes in a quirky, unofficial way.

A Simple Approach To Vetting Ideas, a.k.a. The WildeParis Experiment

by Jon Maurice April 9, 2010 Guerrilla/Street Teams

Like you, I do my marketing homework. The plethora of expert supposition/opinion/fact is enlightening, but who can keep up with it all? In an effort to simplify what we need to know as experiential marketers, brand stewards and idea-generators, I propose we take a break from information overload and adopt some of Oscar Wilde and Paris Hilton’s axioms about life that are applicable to marketing. They’re certainly easier to digest than the next must-read Fast Company book-of-the-month.

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Experiential Marketing – Wagging the Long Tail

by Brad Carsten March 26, 2010 Event Marketing

Experiential marketing employs an arsenal of tactics to engage consumers. It is a force multiplier for ROI…a Long Tail worth wagging.

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“Personal” Public Transportation

by Jamye Harrison July 2, 2009 Guerrilla/Street Teams

General Motors and Segway have combined their efforts to create an experimental electric vehicle which they call PUMA (Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility).    The vehicle uses much of the same technology as the original Segway personal transporters: Dynamic Stabilization, Advanced Sensing, Intuitive User Interfaces, etc.   This technology is supposed to allow travelers to make [...]

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