News

01.10.12
Online Amplification

More and more, we're finding ways to amplify our clients' messaging beyond our live interactions, generating previously unfathomable ROI numbers.

Wanna see how?

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12.28.11
Satisfy Your Soul

Check out the ultimate Marley road show we built with our friends at House of Marley.

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08.31.11
We're "It"!

Event Marketer Magazine unveiled this year's agency It List, where they call out the 100 best agencies in the experiential marketing game.

You'll never guess who's on it.

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07.30.11
Milk helps men in need

Think men protesting PMS is attention grabbing?

So did a lot of other people.

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06.21.11
Bear Naked Warriors

The 2011 Live Bear Naked Tour is only two weeks old and we're already playing with fire (no, that's not a figure of speech - we're literally jumping over fire for fun (yes, seriously)).

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06.04.11
Social Media without the Media

The New York Times profiles the latest evolution in social media: actually talking to people.  As in face to face and over dinner.  Apparently there's a lot of value for people to engage with things away from their computer (If there was a real life like button we'd press it).

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05.24.11
On the Road with Kashi

The Kashi R.E.A.L. Tour hit the road at the Oxnard Strawberry Festival last weekend, leaving healthy lifestyles in its wake.

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04.27.11
Healthy Actives Need More Than Commercials

A recent study sheds a little light on how brands can reach the Healthy Actives consumer segment.  Turns out it takes something a little more than television commercials and online banner ads to catch their attention.  Why?  Because Healthy Actives are, well, active.

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11.14.10
OBE acquires Fullaluv Creative Design

On Board has acquired longtime partner agency Fullaluv Design to serve as the creative and experiential design department.

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11.10.10
Marathons: The Newest Hot Spot for Marketers

According to this article from AdAge, marathons are becoming hot commodities for marketing gurus. A peek inside the facts and figures of the marathon industry and how savvy marketers are helping their brands by getting involved.

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10.19.10
Another Inspiring Nike Women's Marathon

The seventh running of the Nike Women's Marathon in San Francisco proved unsinkable.

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10.04.10
Just Another Day at the Park

A great line up and even better weather help draw 14,000 to Alice Radio's annual Now and Zen Fest in Golden Gate Park.

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09.01.10
Subaru at the X Games

No sponsorship? No problem. We spent our weekend launching a guerilla assault of the X Games on behalf of our friends at Start2Finish Marketing and Subaru North America.

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08.07.10
Nike Women's Marathon wins a Marti

OBE's Nike Women's Marathon campaign earns one of the industry's top prizes for marketing towards women.

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08.07.10
Come Back Forever

Bill Strickland, Executive Editor of Bicycling Magazine, reflects on the powerful image of Nike's Livestrong marketing campaign, an event produced by OBE, as it was applied to Lance Armstrong's return to competition in the Tour of California.

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08.07.10
Pony Up the Dough, and Enjoy the Payoff

Why out-of-home production costs need to be built into the investment equation

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07.13.10
French Connection

If you look at the big winners at this year's Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, you'll notice something: they're all about the live experience.

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06.10.10
Are you natural enough to replace Molly Sims?

OBE helps client ZICO Coconut Water launch a nationwide search for a new billboard model.

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05.27.10
Are We Post Digital Yet?

The best brand creativity transcends the screen and lives in meat space.

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05.20.10
What's the Value of a 'Fan

Brands have rushed to Facebook to build fan bases, with some amassing millions of connections. The nagging question has been: What is the monetary value of these fans?

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03.23.10
Marketing 0.0: Promos on the Cheap

Forget social media. Never mind Twitter. Enterprising brands are discovering that low-tech (and no-tech) marketing still turns heads.

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11.11.08
Promotional Swag More Effective than Ads, Study Says

Forget TV, radio and the Internet, if you really want to get consumers' attention, promotional swag is the way to go, according to a study by the Advertising Specialty Institute.

 

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05.10.08
OBE Wins 2008 EX Award

On Board Entertainment was recognized with two 2008 EX Awards for the Nike Women's Marathon Campaign.  The agency earned top honors in the categories of Best Proprietary Event as well as Best Single Venue/Single Market Event.

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08.05.07
Nike Club Run Recognized

The Contra Costa Times recognized OBE's Nike Club Run San Francisco campaign as an enjoyable means of getting in shape and meeting new people.

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Subaru at the X Games

With legends like Travis Pastrana and Dave Mirra behind the wheel of their new WRX rally model, Subaru already knew it would own the track at X Games 16. Yet without a title sponsorship of the event itself, owning the crowd was going to be a little trickier.

That�s where we came in.

Working with Start 2 Finish Marketing, we executed the Subaru Inside Experience across the street from the LA Coliseum. It started simple: renting a parking lot directly across from the main entrance to the Coliseum for Subaru enthusiasts to park their cars for free on Rally Car day at the Games.

But we kept wanting to give. SO we threw in a few (thousand) special prizes. Subaru junkies could text in, instantly receiving a response letting them know what prize they won. The catch? The message was digitally scrambled, which nabbed the admiring eye of our tech hungry fans.

To unscramble the text, fans walked into the Subaru Inside Experience where we featured four hot off the press 2011 WRX models equipped with decoders. Prizes were plentiful, from watches to flip cams to one grand prize package with a BMX bike, autographed shoes, and limited edition poster. Winners were announced in front of the crowd at the lot, where we provided free food from LA�s most popular underground Koji & Patty Wagon food trucks, DJ�s, and additional giveaways such as branded cowbells, foam fingers, and vuvuzelas, so that fans were armed to show their love inside the Coliseum.

When the dust settled, we saw nearly a fifth of the X Games audience stream through our experience.

Not bad for one little parking lot.