socializing the event experience:

Digital Trends

Heather Whaling
heather@gebencommunication.com
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67%

PR innovation is lagging

10%

PR is highly innovative

Source: Holmes Report

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influencer relations

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65%
50%
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Brands participate in
influencer marketing

Influencers report being
paid for a sponsored
post/article
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infuse
creativity:

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Live Facebook Q&A: Facilitate conversation among
marathoners and provide training tips and advice from running
and training experts	
  

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socialize registration

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•  Social "following” – connecting friends, teammates, training buddies,
family & fans to race participants.
•  Showcase & share which events they're doing.
•  Includes event branding
•  Built-in social marketing & promotion
•  Automatic social and email notifications to athletes’ followers
when they sign up for an event, have an event update, and complete
an event.
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AthletePath | Portland Triathlon

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pre-race

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crowdsourcing

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digital education

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mobile/SMS
•  Share course updates, winner
names/times with media
•  Be accessible during the event, to
answer questions and not have
them need to haul over to the
media tent
•  Provide “happy running” wishes to
participants
•  Provide course updates and
changes to participants before the
race
•  Emergency notifications

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forward-thinking mobile opps
•  Offer sign-up offers exclusive via SMS for the next year’s
race within 48 hours of the end of this year’s race.
•  Offer “friend’s discount” via SMS to currently signed up
participants (track code redemption)
•  Send viewing stations, or link to web viewing page via
SMS to participants to share with friends and family
•  Use SMS mobile imaging to share photos of the finish
(or other key photos) with link to download to media
•  Use SMS to notify water station volunteers of crowd
movement, when to expect swells of runners, time for
cleanup, etc.
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Thanks to @Cloudspark

for offering these mobile ideas
visual storytelling

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“pinterestification” of the web

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photo apps

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instagram | launch

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The Power of the Networks
•  Instagram “correspondents”
•  Pre-event promotion
•  Live photos at the event
•  Interaction between accounts
•  Result: @CbusMarathon had
300+ followers within 1 week
of launching
be social. have fun.

RunFest Photo Booth
•  Pick an accessory
•  Strike a pose
•  Snap a photo on their phone
•  Share with #cbusmarathon

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IG ambassadors
Countdown to race day:
•  Launched 2013 “Instagram
Ambassador” program 50
days prior to race day
•  Ambassadors share weekly
training photos for
@cbusmarathon to regram
and share on the blog
•  Result: 700 followers in 3
months
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Pittsburgh Marathon: 720
followers in the last year
NYC Marathon: 445 followers
IG Ambassadors

Prompts:
What’s your favorite training tech? • Where do you run?
What do you wear while training? • What motivates you?

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video brings an event to life

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video opportunities

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real-time

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real-time customer service

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race tracking

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heather@gebencommunication.com
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Digital Event Trends: Socializing the Entire Experience