7. Offer Rewards for Using Them

Turning tweeting into a competition drives major social media engagement—not to mention huge buzz at the event. During Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim, prompts directed guests to use a tweet-operated Polaroid vending machine at the Ocean Drive Sun Covered Pool Party.
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Patterned Chair Backs

10. Industry pros are no longer ignoring chairs as key opportunities for branding and a piece posted in June showed how a Target launch party used vinyl appliqués on ghost chairs to flaunt patterns from a product collection.
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