General Electric (GE) leveraged the start of Major League Baseball (MLB)’s 2024 season with a campaign called #GEBeginsAgain which focused on the company’s legacy of innovation and highlighted its corporate split which sees the US corporate titan divide into GE Aerospace and GE Vernova. The integrated campaign, which was created by agency Giant Spoon and… Continue reading GE Leverages MLB ‘Opening Day’ To Launch #GEBeginsAgain Promoting Corporate Listing Split
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Opening Day Off > Sports Marketing Appeals For Days Off & National Holidays
For MLB’s 2024 Opening Day, official beer partner Corona rolled out an ‘Opening Day Off’ sweepstakes which lobbied bosses across the USA to give their employees a day off so they can celebrate and enjoy the first day of the new baseball season. This ‘day off’ has become a well-trodden, tactical creative path in sports… Continue reading Opening Day Off > Sports Marketing Appeals For Days Off & National Holidays
Bryan Cranston’s ‘Dream With No Limits’ Ad Fronts MLB’s 2024 New Season Integrated ‘Anything Can Happen’ Campaign
Rolling out from 25 March, hyping the 2024 season’s official 28 March ‘Opening Day’, Major League Baseball’s (MLB) annual new season marketing burst was spearheaded by a hero spot starring award-winning actor and baseball super fan Bryan Cranston. Last season, it was Cranston who helped introduce rule changes – including the pitch clock – and… Continue reading Bryan Cranston’s ‘Dream With No Limits’ Ad Fronts MLB’s 2024 New Season Integrated ‘Anything Can Happen’ Campaign
Official MLB Beer Corona’s ‘Opening Day Off Sweepstakes’ Champions Fan Day Off For New Baseball Season
Corona, the Official Cerveza of Major League Baseball (MLB), invites fans to savour the thrill of MLB Opening Day through a new season sweepstakes campaign – fronted by athlete ambassadors Nick Castellanos and Fernando Tatís Jr – that also sets out to help fans mark the occasion with a day off. The digital-first initiative, from… Continue reading Official MLB Beer Corona’s ‘Opening Day Off Sweepstakes’ Champions Fan Day Off For New Baseball Season
MLB Partner T-Mobile Deploys AR, Apps, Drones & Ads For Seattle All-Star Game Experience
Major League Baseball (MLB) partner T-Mobile’s multi-phase activation around the 2023 All-Star Week – held between 7 and 11 July in T-Mobile Park in Seattle (the telco’s US headquarters) – spans 5G, AR, an automated ball strike system, apps, drones, wi-fi, competitions, local activations and ads. The mobile telco’s activation highlights included: A… Continue reading MLB Partner T-Mobile Deploys AR, Apps, Drones & Ads For Seattle All-Star Game Experience
MLB Champions London Series Via ‘Trafalgar Square Takeover’ Live Baseball Experience
Major League Baseball (MLB) hosted a live baseball experience in the heart of London titled ‘Trafalgar Square Takeover’ in the form of a three-day festival celebrating the sport and promoting the two-game 2023 London Series between long-time rivals St. Louis Cardinals take on Chicago Cubs in the London Stadium. The league teamed up with… Continue reading MLB Champions London Series Via ‘Trafalgar Square Takeover’ Live Baseball Experience
Pabst Blue Ribbon Launches ‘Boggs Is Blue’ Comic Wade Boggs Mascot Campaign
Leveraging spiking baseball interest around the opening phase of the MLB 2023 season, Pabst Blue Ribbon teamed up with former Boston Red Sox slugger and baseball Hall of Famer Wade Boggs on a campaign combining comedy and nostalgia called ‘Boggs Is Blue’. The marketing initiative is based around an unbranded BoggsisBlue.com website which pertains… Continue reading Pabst Blue Ribbon Launches ‘Boggs Is Blue’ Comic Wade Boggs Mascot Campaign
MLB World Tour: London Series 2023 Promoted By Integrated ‘Unmissable’ Campaign
To promote the summer’s ‘Major League Baseball World Tour: London Series 2023’, the MLB marketing team teamed up with specialist agency CSM Sport & Entertainment (CSM) and VCCP Media for a 360-degree campaign targeting committed and new baseball fans across Europe by positioning the event as ‘Bigger Than Ever’ and ‘Unbelievable’. Following the debut… Continue reading MLB World Tour: London Series 2023 Promoted By Integrated ‘Unmissable’ Campaign
‘MLB The Show’ Promotes 23 Iteration Via Animated Negro Leagues Video Campaign & In-Game Play
In February, March and April, ‘MLB The Show 23’ rolled out an animated video series called ‘Storylines’ to tease the latest iteration of the game and to celebrate and educate fans about the history of the Negro Leagues by introducing a playable new mode allowing gamers to step into the cleats of some of the… Continue reading ‘MLB The Show’ Promotes 23 Iteration Via Animated Negro Leagues Video Campaign & In-Game Play
MLB ‘Baseball Is Something Else’ New 2023 Season Campaign Celebrates Quirky Charm & Pop-Culture Appeal
To build buzz ahead of the new season and generally broaden the game’s popular appeal and its place in the cultural conversation, Major League Baseball (MLB) teamed up with the League’s new agency of record Wieden+Kennedy (Portland) to launch an integrated campaign called ‘Baseball Is Something Else’ and a new digital platform titled ‘MLB Life’.… Continue reading MLB ‘Baseball Is Something Else’ New 2023 Season Campaign Celebrates Quirky Charm & Pop-Culture Appeal
Gatorade Launches New ‘Fast Twitch’ Caffeine Sports Drink With Athlete-Fronted ‘Anthem’ Campaign
At the start of March, PepsiCo’s market leading Gatorade launched ‘Fast Twitch’- a new sugar free energy drink – with an anthemic campaign that builds out from its original NFL tie-up to connect athletes and fans of the NBA, WNBA and MLB and which unveiled an endorser stable of athletes including Zion Williamson, Kahleah Copper… Continue reading Gatorade Launches New ‘Fast Twitch’ Caffeine Sports Drink With Athlete-Fronted ‘Anthem’ Campaign
New York Mets Stars Staff Call Centre For Ticket Sales Campaign On Super Bowl Sunday
A baseball team piggybacked the NFL’s Big Game when the New York Mets rolled out a regional Super Bowl spot in the New York Tri-State area to boost ticket sales for the 2023 MLB season. The comic campaign featured a line-up up Mets stars – including Pete Alonso, Edwin Diaz, Luis Guillorme, Francisco Lindor,… Continue reading New York Mets Stars Staff Call Centre For Ticket Sales Campaign On Super Bowl Sunday
