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Live media. Where experiential and digital channels converge.

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The unprecedented growth of experiential marketing is largely due to the increasing demand from consumers. They love brand experiences. They like to voice their opinions and to feel valued. They crave brand moments that develop into two-way relationships.

It’s no coincidence, then, that digital and social media strategy integrate seamlessly with experiential planning, as this allows brands to do all of the above – for longer.

The main reason why experiential and digital media work so well together lies in the belief that traditional media just can’t offer consumers this level of engagement. To create a true brand experience, consumers need to understand and form an emotional connection with a brand. To facilitate this level of understanding and generate true behavioural disruption, brands need to harness the power of online and live experiences before, during and post-event.

Our live media offering is rooted within experiential marketing and, through our dedicated in-house data, digital and innovation teams, allows us to bring channels together, earn social media and – via smart data capture – understand more about consumers and ROI than ever before.

Take a look at some of our recent work, which transcends standalone experiential activity by incorporating digital, social media, mobile and ambient channels.

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Closer launch ‘Pitch Forest’ initiative

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A lot of paper and printed material gets used each time we pitch for new work.

Therefore, we’re going to plant a tree every time we win a new business pitch and create a ‘Pitch Forest’.

We’re already planting trees this spring to celebrate our recent wins.

Watch this space to see how our forest grows.

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Ecover readies ‘feel good’ festival push

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Ecover, the eco-friendly cleaning brand, is to embark on live marketing activity at UK festivals during the summer as part of its “feel good cleaning” marketing activity.

Closer is delighted to have created the experiential concept which will visit family-focused festivals including Cornbury in Oxfordshire, Latitude in Suffolk, and Camp Bestival in Dorset.

The activity will feed into Ecover’s £4m brand campaign launched earlier this month. The campaign includes the brand’s first ever TV ad and aims to communicate the brand’s core sustainable credentials while appealing to new customers.

Aimee Okafor, group account director here at Closer, said: “Ecover is a fantastic brand which is taking on the biggest giants in the sector with the new ‘feel good’ theme.

“Closer is delighted to be able to play a role in bringing Ecover to British families with festival activity reinforcing the fact that Ecover products are kind to the home, family and environment.”

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Is music the right platform for your brands experiential strategy?

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Here’s a few tips to ensure that your brand does not stand out like Lady Gaga at a WI Harvest Service.

Know your consumers and study their behaviour in different situations. Brands wishing to have presence at outdoor events, such as festivals, need to ensure that their offering is relevant and credible. For example, a brand experience creative execution that is successful within say a shopping centre or train station environment may fail within a highly competitive festival setting and ultimately de-value the brand equity in the long term.

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The High Street, Wagbo and Experiential marketing

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In true X-factor beating fashion, high street shoppers are quickly taking the power back. The net effect of user friendly comparison websites, online vouchers and attractive sales promotion techniques has meant that consumers are equipped with an armoury of information before parting with their hard earned cash.

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Science versus art: Has the return on investment model had its day?

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Are modern marketers relying too heavily on hard metrics and missing the value of soft measurement factors like the experience to consumers? Marketing is as much about intuition as it is about market research. In order to have a successful campaign marketers need to have a combination of both. The condition of the economy means that marketers need to go that extra mile in order to retain customer loyalty.

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