A lesson in agile marketing from Airbnb and Waterstones
Everyone loves a heartwarming tale of brands spinning potentially negative news into a huge PR win.
We saw it earlier this year when TrekAmerica jumped on the hashtag #GiveGregAHoliday and scored a huge amount of press coverage for zero investment.
And now this week Waterstones and Airbnb have given us all a lesson in agile marketing after seeing an opportunity for PR gold when a Texan man got locked inside one of the former’s London bookshops.
Read on to find out what happened, or for more on this topic read our post on 23 nimble examples of agile marketing from ecommerce brands.
And to hear more from Airbnb come along to Econsultancy’s Festival of Marketing in November. It’s a two-day celebration of the modern marketing industry, featuring speakers from brands including Airbnb, LEGO, Tesco, Barclays, FT.com and more.