Creative Green Screen Engages Thousands at #RWUC

This past month Pixe Social has had the pleasure working with RealPage at the 2015 RealWorld User Conference. Attendees at the event had the opportunity to choose from two exciting options:

1. RealPage branded photos that utilized users Photomonials

2. RealPage Green Screen with Dr. Seuss characters

Both activation's were a big hit that enabled user creativity and produced high engagement numbers on Social Media. The posts reached 13,165 fans on Facebook and engaged an impressive 12,658 people!

Leah Lashley from RealPage shared her appreciation with us:

“PixeSocial added a fun, interactive element to our user conference. We had long lines for our company-branded PixeSocial photo booth during our peak customer event, which helped double social engagement for our brand among users who have been historically late to the social media game”. 

All the photos posted by Pixe Social on behalf of RealPage can be viewed here.

New York Comic Con Attendees to Participate in #NYCCPixeSnap Contest to Win Cash Prize

This Thursday, October 9, 2014, New York Comic Con (NYCC) attendees will have the chance to participate in the latest Pixe Snap photo sharing contest.

Applying the geographical location features of the app, Pixe Snap users can select the NYCC location to access the contest. Attendees will snap a picture with friends in colorful cosplay while at the show, type in a fun photomonial in our custom NYCC word bubbles, and instantly share the photo on Instagram with the hashtag #NYCCPixeSnap.

We will randomly select a winner from the pictures shared on Instagram with #NYCCPixeSnap hashtag between the dates Oct 9 – 12, 2014, to be awarded a $250 gift card!

Are you attending New York Comic Con 2014? Make sure to download Pixe Snap app on the App Store or Google Play and enter to win an exciting prize.

Full contest details here.

Show Off Your Best Cosplay to Win Big with #NYCCPixeSnap

We’re excited to announce Pixe Social’s kick off contest for New York Comic Con (NYCC) fans across the country, the #NYCCPixeSnap Contest.

For weeks now, cosplayers have been brainstorming costume ideas for the upcoming NYCC Show to be held October 9-12, 2014. Hours of research, sketching, and sewing will lead up to a spectacular showcase of every attendee’s hard work.

In order to show off attendees’ efforts, we’re inviting cosplayers to enter an exciting Pixe Snap contest to win a $200 gift card from Pixe Social. This simple and free to enter contest will give people the chance to share photos of their cosplay outfits online with friends and family.

Enter by October 4, 2014:

•    Download the Pixe Snap app for free
•    Select NYCC location (to access contest)
•    Snap a photo & share on Facebook

 

The photo with the most likes on Facebook will win our exciting prize of a $200 gift card. Start snapping photos and sharing with friends!

Five Creative Ways to “Socialize” Your Events

Guest blog post by Michelle Bruno, Bruno Group Signature Events

The ground rules of most gatherings have changed. Because of the increasingly mobile and social world in which we live, guests desire and even expect to share their live experiences with online friends. Here are five ways that event organizers can facilitate a fun and social experience for their participants.

Social Photo Booth. The 2014 Reunion of University of Notre Dame Alumni was a prime example of what’s possible when you put former classmates who haven’t seen each other in years in front of a social photo booth with Kelly green wigs and foam numbers (for the years they graduated). Guests at this year’s event “seized the day” with the digital photos created and posted online by the Pixe Social Photo Booth app.

Trivia Contest. Notre Dame’s reunion team deployed another secret social weapon to broadcast their guests’ antics online. The school hired a comedian to capture alumni responses to the first-ever Notre Dame Trivia Contest on video. Top performers vied for tickets to the Notre Dame/Stanford football game this fall and the video footage was edited and placed on YouTube where it has received over 2,400 views.

Social Media for Good. The recent #ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in which individuals shared videos of themselves dumping buckets of ice water over their heads to raise awareness about the life-altering disease demonstrates how well social good and social media go together. Live gatherings are perfect opportunities to enlist participants in activities that bond them together in thought-provoking ways that they can also share online.

Selfie Scavenger Hunt. A scavenger hunt is an excellent way to promote team building and bring out the competitive spirit. And, when it involves social media, the whole world can follow along. Organizers of the Notre Dame Alumni reunion instructed their guests to look for specific campus landmarks—using vague photos as clues—and take selfies at the locations. The first persons to arrive and tweet their photos out on Twitter received prizes.

Social Vending Machines. Most people know how to use a “regular” vending machine: users put coins in the slot, push some buttons, and grab what comes out. But, some companies have added a social media component to the exercise. Rather than putting money into the machine, participants post to Twitter or Facebook to trigger a response. Social vending machines transform even mundane tasks into exciting social experiences.

With some creativity, almost any experience can be socialized. What have you done to give your guests their allotted fifteen minutes of fame online?

View the Pixe Social Case Study with Notre Dame Alumni Association here.

Social Engagement at IMEX America 2014

This fall, the IMEX Group will host its fourth annual IMEX America show in Las Vegas, NV. For the second time, IMEX plans to use the social photo booth, powered by Pixe, which generated a lot of interest and success at IMEX Frankfurt. Pixe’s social photo booth solution allows the official IMEX Social Team to capture pictures of attendees and directly upload them to Facebook and Twitter live from the event.

IMEX America, the largest Hosted Buyer Program in North America, draws thousands of attendees each year. A Hosted Buyer Program allows international buyers to meet with exhibitors and sellers in one-on-one appointments. Let’s face it; large-scale tradeshows can be overwhelming even for seasoned attendees. But this program gives both buyers and exhibitors the opportunity to focus on exactly what their brand needs and wants to gain from the show.

Pixe will also showcase its solutions to buyers interested in growing their event’s social engagement. Our solution gives events the unique opportunity to reach 4-5 times as many social fans as they would with traditional marketing.

Similar to our presentation at IMEX Frankfurt where we captured 268 photos, Pixe plans to gain even more on and off site fan engagement. The photos uploaded directly from the show floor created 50,753 Facebook Impressions and reached almost 30,000 social fans. With Pixe’s unique ‘photomonial’ ability, show attendees expressed their interest and appreciation for all of the opportunities they were exposed to during the show. The infographic below displays the expansive reach of the Pixe Social marketing solution at IMEX Frankfurt.

 

Record Highs for Pixe and CapCom at SDCC

The CapCom Monster Hunter Pixe Photo Booth at the San Diego Comic-Con extended the brand’s reach to 1,207,239 fans online. The 2,556 fun photos shared by attendees on Monster Hunter’s Facebook Page live from the show generated 1,904,928 Impressions!

The following infographic also highlights the the increase of activity on the Monster Hunter Facebook Page as a result of the photos posted by Pixe. The brand's Page reached over 1.7 million Facebook fans in a matter of two weeks. Video game fanatics from across the globe were excited to share their photos with friends and family on their social networks.

 

Related Links  

• CapCom Reaches 1.7 Million Facebook Fans at San Diego Comic Con
• Pixe Facebook Page

Taking the Challenge out of Crowdfunding, the #IceBucketChallenge Way

For the past couple weeks, social media feeds have been flooded (pun intended) with videos of friends and colleagues completing the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Thousands of participants including politicians, athletes, and members of Hollywood have humbly accepted the challenge to dump a bucket of freezing cold ice water on their heads to raise awareness for ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Those that accept the challenge, in turn, challenge their friends, coworkers, or even complete strangers to do the same or donate $100 to the ALS Foundation.

As with many other social media viral campaigns, the critics have voiced concerns about how much the ALS Association is actually benefiting from the videos. In reply to the doubtful naysayers, Alsa.org notes that between July 29 and August 12, 2013 the ALS Association raised $1.12 million. During that same time this year, nearly 150,000 individuals have donated $4 million and those numbers have risen in the past three days. Along with donating to the cause, thousands are now educated aware of how many people are affected by this disease each year.

Starting with Peter Frates, a former Boston College baseball team member and currently living with ALS, on July 31, the challenge has reached over 15 million people on Facebook alone. This unique execution of crowdfunding, a large number of people raising monetary funds for a project usually through online word of mouth, has greatly surpassed the expectations of both the ALS Association and social media experts.

In order to provide some entertainment for your Friday afternoon and spread the word about ALS, a few Pixe team members have accepted the challenge, including our leader, Rajiv Jain (See videos below). Enjoy!

CapCom Reaches 1.7 Million Facebook Fans at San Diego Comic Con

For over 25 years, Pixe client, CapCom, has become the industry leader in video game production and distribution across Asia, Europe and the United States. After receiving rave reviews from E3 attendees, CapCom wanted to replicate the interactive social-sharing experience provided by Pixe Social at San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) for fans of its Monster Hunter video game.

For those familiar with the world of cosplay, comic books, and anime, SDCC is known to draw hundreds of thousands of attendees each year. Taking place for over 30 years, Comic-Con International: San Diego hosts the annual event to showcase comics and all related art forms such as film, video games, multimedia artwork, and design. Fans from across the globe gather in Southern California outfitted in their best cosplay to meet up with other comic enthusiasts and celebrities.

Pixe captured over 2500 photos of passionate fans posing with a life size replication of the “Gore Magala” character in the CapCom booth. The photos engaged 330,942 online fans leaving a total of 1,904,928 Facebook Impressions. SDCC attendees shared the CapCom SDCC Photo Booth photos an impressive 420 times from the Monster Hunter Facebook page. One particular photo from one of the five Facebook photo albums was liked 2277 times and shared 82 times.

Now that we have you sitting on the edge of your seats with anticipation, take a look at a few of the awesome pictures from the CapCom Monster Hunter booth at San Diego Comic Con.

View all five albums here.

The Introverts' Guide to Successful Networking at Tradeshows

Guest blog post by Nicholas Weeks, Operations and Assets Coordinator

The Pixe team joined our friends at a2z, Inc. in a week-long series of team building activities designed to foster cross-functional team work and communication. At the start of the week, every team member completed a Myers-Briggs Personality Assessment. This test analyzes and reveals how an individual prefers to use his/her perception and judgment. Under the system, a unique letter represents each of the four main communication characteristics to signify which communication style we prefer in both professional and personal relationships.

The first, and usually most telling, category is either an “I” to represent Introversion or an “E” to represent Extroversion. Introverts are not necessarily shy, they just prefer to process ideas and concepts internally in large social settings. Extroverts, on the other hand, thrive in large groups and can quickly process and verbalize their opinions. So how do executives with “I” personality type survive in the hullabaloo at a trade show or conference, and successfully interact with event attendees in their booth before and during an event?

Pre-Event
This is the most important stage for any team, especially when you have any “I” team members. For me personally, being a very strong “I”, it’s best to have my pitch down a couple weeks beforehand and have 2-3 small talking points in case I need to approach someone. Perfecting the pitch helps you more in the long-run to develop confidence and the ability to talk to anyone, cutting down on inevitable pre-event anxiety. Your talking points encourage natural conversation rather than an awkward silence followed by meaningless chatter that provides no real value.

During the Event
From past experiences, I’ve realized there are two types of successful conversations while exhibiting at an event.

• The Booth: Anyone who approaches your booth is there for a reason; they are curious or interested in learning more. This cuts down on pressure because the conversation will have a predetermined path. With any booth demonstration, I rely heavily on the pre-event planning. With all of the practice and preparation one has put into the introductory pitch, one already the key support system in place to break the ice.
• Show Floor: Instead of starting off with your pitch, all you have to do is introduce yourself followed by a brief description of the company, and now the ball is in their court. To me, this is the easier of the two conversations. As an introvert, I tend to be more of a listener and keep my thoughts to myself to analyze while others talk.

To help all the Introverts out there, here are some simple steps for survival in an Extrovert world:

• Wind down time:  When you ask any introvert they will say that they need their own space to get focused, reorganized, and time for reflection. Usually the hour after an event ends is the time that is most critical.
• Take breaks:  During the event, it’s useful to clear your mind every couple hours or so. If the floor gets slow, take advantage of this time to walk and clear your head.
• Don’t worry:  It’s okay to make mistakes and they are going to happen anyways. So what if the last pitch you gave wasn’t the best? That’s the best part about tradeshows, there are usually hundreds of people that you will talk to next, by the end of the day one fumbled line will be the last thing on your mind.
• Have Fun: The most important part of the tradeshow for me is the experience in itself. I have found that the more you relax and try to have fun, the better the results you will have. People love fun and when you product incorporates fun naturally, it’s easier to relax.

Related Links:

• Pixe and a2z Team Members Participate in Pixe Snap Scavenger Hunt
• An a2zWeek Full of Fun, Learning and Team-building Exercises  
• Booth Sales THEN and NOW! (Video) – Part 1

Increasing the Social Reach of the Brasil Game Show

 

 This fall, Pixe will host an interactive photo sharing experience for the attendees of the Brasil Game Show (BGS). For seven years, the BGS has hosted thousands of gaming and electronics enthusiasts at the biggest electronics show in Latin America.

Over 180 video game developers, producers, and distributors gather in the Expo Centre Norte in San Paulo, Brazil to release the newest game additions. With this exclusive opportunity to preview games before their official release date, BGS organizers expect more than 250,000 visitors for this year’s event.

Pixe will provide BGS attendees with a social gamification activity through our popular photo booth technology, Pixe Social. Complete with the logos of BGS and one of their notable sponsors, this innovative solution integrates on-site fan engagement through fun photos with an extended viral reach on leading social
media sites.

Pixe Social operators will encourage fans at Entrance Lines, VIP and Media Centers, during sponsored evening events to snap a photo with friends to post in real-time on the Brasil Game Show Facebook Page and Twitter Feed. Gaming fans will also have the chance to see their photos on the Pixe Photo Wall, a large,
HD screen with a scrolling slideshow. Pixe encourages BGS attendees to share their photos with friends and family on their own social profiles to show off their exciting time at the event.

SXSW Interactive Opens PanelPicker Voting Late Summer 2014

This past week, Pixe entered the PanelPicker for the SXSW Interactive Festival Sessions.

The 22nd Annual SXSW Interactive Festival will be held on March 13 – March 17, 2015 in Austin, TX. Known in the SXSW community as an “incubator of cutting edge technologies and digital creativity,: this festival combines technology, entrepreneurship, networking, and social programs. Compared to the smaller SXSW V2V that Pixe attended in mid-July, Interactive attracts over 30,000 attendees and industry-influencers.

Pixe’s discussion will focus on solving the challenges brands face in using social media to reach their potential customers. Technology consumers are recording their favorite television shows and fast-forwarding through any commercials, so how can brands reach their fans in this non-traditional atmosphere? Nowadays, individuals feel strongly against having any advertisements or pop-ups interfering with their down-time spent on Facebook or Twitter. Brands want to create a meaningful connection with their potential customers without appearing as overbearing or obnoxious. Pixe will discuss the ways brands can seamlessly integrate their marketing efforts within their fans’ social networks.

We invite you to take part in voting for us to present during the SXSW Interactive Sessions. Starting on August 11, 2014 and ending September 5, 2014, SXSW opens voting on Interactive Sessions to the public community. All you have to do to vote is create an account with the PanelPicker. To keep our fans informed, we will actively post updates and commentary about our session during the voting period.

Pixe and a2z Team Members Participate in Pixe Snap Scavenger Hunt

Every year, Pixe’s sister company, a2z, Inc, brings everyone together for a week of team building and training activities, including outdoor adventures, training breakout sessions, and social events. This year,  a2z introduced an element of fun with the Pixe Snap Scavenger Hunt.

Team members from both a2z and Pixe came together to form cross-functional groups for the Scavenger Hunt. Each group was given a list of targets to find and photograph using the Pixe Snap mobile app.

Some Scavenger Hunt items included finding something red, a team selfie, and team members doing the YMCA. With our smart phones and lists in hand, all of the teams were sent off to complete the hunt in less than two hours. The winning team was awarded with an ice cream social to celebrate their win.

Below are some of the photos from our 2014 a2z Week Pixe Snap Scavenger Hunt.

Pixe Photos Result in Significant Fan Impressions for Kronos

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) held its 65^th annual SHRM Conference between June 22 – 25 in Orlando, FL. Over 13,000 HR professionals gathered to take part in business education sessions while networking with their peers. 

Kronos, a global workforce management solutions company, showcased their innovative time management technology to enthusiastic event attendees. SHRM attendees engaged with Kronos representatives and then posed in their Pixe photo booth.

Kronos leveraged Pixe’s interactive tablet-based photo booth technology, Pixe Social. Pictures from the Kronos booth were instantly uploaded to the Kronos Facebook Page. In concurrence with the Pixe Social software, Kronos displayed the photos in real-time on the HD Pixe Photo Wall.

Attendees were encouraged to share their Kronos Pixe Photo Booth photos with friends and family on social media to enter an exciting contest. The Kronos-sponsored contest, which ended on July 10, 2014, awarded the photo booth user with most Facebook likes on their photo an iPad mini and a $100 iTunes gift card.

As a result of the engaging attendee experience, the 337 fun photos shared by event attendees reached 17,202 Facebook fans, generating 32,936 Impressions. Below are the impressive Pixe Social Facebook Usage and ROI Analysis results.

Win Big with the SXSW V2V Pixe Photo Contest

Between networking and pitching innovative startups, SXSW V2V conference attendees have had a lot of fun at the official mobile photo booth powered by Pixe Social. Welcomed by the Pixe team at the conference venue and at the Networking Mixer, guests let loose with old friends and colleagues while posing for fun pictures wearing and holding colorful props. Pixe helped capture the festive mood by clicking engaging photos at the Conference Closing Party on Wednesday evening.

Pixe was also showcased at the SXSW V2V Startup Spotlight. The Spotlight provides startup brands with the opportunity to display their cutting edge technology. The Startup Spotlight was a great way to demonstrate first-hand how Pixe works by allowing attendees to experience our social marketing solutions. Featured Spotlight brands, venture capitalists, and angel investors were impressed with the Pixe software’s ability to engage with event attendees in real-time on leading social media.

We’re excited to see that photo booth users have started to spread the love on their own social media networks by tagging, liking, and sharing their photos with friends for a chance to win an exciting prize that’s
perfect for this tech-savvy crowd. The user that collects the most likes by midnight EST on July 27, 2014 will be awarded an iPad mini! Haven’t started yet? Find your Pixe photo on Facebook or Twitter to start sharing.

The SXSW V2V Pixe Social Album has already reached over 5,000 SXSW Facebook fans, generating over 9,000 Impressions. Do you want to see which photos have created the most viral buzz? Take a look at the top photos below.

Pixe Shortlisted for Three Event Technology Awards

We are excited to announce that Pixe has been shortlisted in three categories for the Event Technology Awards:

• Best Technology for Marketing an Event / Building Event Attendance
• Best Use of Social Media
• Best Use of Technology For Audience Participation

The above listed nominations recognize Pixe’s successful partnership with MCM London Comic Con.
At the 2013 October show, the 920 photos posted by attendees from the MCM Pixe Social solution reached a total of 1.8 million fans and created 4.4 million Impressions on Facebook.

Started in March 2013, the Event Technology Awards (ETA) hosts event industry professionals in London to recognize the technology contributions made to the meetings and events industry. The inaugural 2013 awards attracted brands including Adidas, EE, Ticketmaster and Vodafone. The award ceremony will be held in conjunction with Event Tech Live, Europe’s only event dedicated to event technology that is open to the public. The 2014 awards will take place 13 November 2014 in London, UK.

Pixe Music Take Over Contest Engages Music Fans Along East Coast

Pixe is excited to congratulate the first winner of our Pixe Music Take Over Contest for two tickets to the FireFly Music Festival 2014 in Dover, Delaware. 

Our first contest in a series of summer music-themed contests was promoted through social media. The winner snapped her photo and posted it on Facebook with Pixe Snap app, available for download on the App Store and Google Play. Out of all of our entries, this photo received the most likes on Facebook by the winner’s friends and family.

Throughout the summer, Pixe will announce on Facebook and Twitter a featured concert, contest dates, and a link to more details. For the remaining Pixe Music Take Over contests, Pixe Snap users can enter the contest by uploading your Pixe Snap concert photos to Twitter. We will randomly draw a winner for a pair of tickets to the biggest summer shows a few days before the concert date and notify them via Twitter.


To enter the contest:

1. Select concert location
2. Snap a picture with Pixe Snap & type why you should win tickets 
3. Tweet your photo

Upcoming Shows...

• Bruno Mars   
• Justin Timberlake
• Mad Decent Block Party
• One Direction
• Virgin Mobile FreeFest

 Learn more about the contests, here.

We hope to continue seeing music fans along the East Coast uploading their Pixe Snap photos on Twitter to enter to win tickets to upcoming shows.

Providing the Best Event Entertainment Trends in One Comprehensive Package

As the 2014 summer event season gets under way, event planners are finally seeing their months of brainstorming and organizing come to life. With the spring season filled with engagement and graduation parties slowing,  planners are focused on outdoor celebrations with summer-themed bashes. Now that invitations are sent, venues are booked, and the decorations are ready to be placed, have you considered how you can tap into trending technologies to make your event memorable for your community?

The hottest trend for this season’s events, be it weddings, outdoor celebrations or business meetings, is live social media interaction. Social photo booths, gamification and personalized guest experiences are the top favorites of event planners today. But as many of us already know and recognize, the trendiest add-ons often cost a bundle and have very short shelf lives. Enter Pixe. Pixe can provide a wide range of technology services that check all the boxes, without maxing out your budget or requiring hours of manual work from your team members.

• Live Social Media Interaction: Pixe automatically brands each photo taken with our tablet-based software with the brand’s logo and hashtags, and instantly shares these to pre-selected digital locations including the brand’s Facebook and Twitter pages. Opted in Pixe Photo Booth users receive branded email with a link to share their photo with their social friends. In addition, to keep the guests engaged, Pixe offers a large HD photo wall that streams a live slideshow of all photos taken at the venue.

•  Mobile Photo Booth: Gone are the constraints imposed by small venue spaces or limited budgets. Pixe supplies an excellent, branded photo booth experience, all in the hands of your fans and followers. By combining high resolution selfies with digital captions in a mobile solution, Pixe saves guests from squeezing into tiny spaces or attempting to fit a large group in one shot, friendly support person can easily mingle with your guests to capture every exciting moment at the event venue.

• Features Richness and Flexibility: Say goodbye to the cookie cutter event photos that traditional photo booths provide. Pixe offers a host of options that will distinguish your events from the rest. Choose from a large array of customized banner displays and stylish digital photo frames, display the sponsor’s logo alongside your own, and even provide a green screen background with themed backdrop options to give your guests an unforgettable event experience.

Impressive Online Engagement for CeX Pixe Photo Booth

While hosting the 2013 MCM London Comic Con Pixe Photo Booth, the Pixe team met representatives of CeX , the popular chain of stores for an expansive range of technology and entertainment products. Recognizing Pixe’s unique ability to reach out to event attendees by providing a fun, social experience, CeX contracted Pixe to provide a mobile-photo booth to its long-term customers and fans at the 2014 MCM London Comic Con.

CeX turned out to be an exciting and great brand to work with. The Cex team fully embraced the concept of real-time social selfies by placing an enormous Cex-branded octopus throne at their booth entrance, and giving away CeX cash vouchers as prizes in crowd-drawing contests.  Alongside Pixe’s social media promotion of the contest, CeX lit up the social media scene by live-tweeting photo booth pictures and reminding visitors of the contest over three days at the event. We were impressed by how responsive CeX was to their online fans. There were threads of conversations about booth location, popular photos, and contest announcements both on Twitter and Facebook.

Post by CeX.

This inspiring effort from CeX to provide a memorable experience to their customers was amply reflected in the impressive post-event ROI report generated by Pixe. In fact, the CeX ROI report blew us away! Not only did the individual Pixe photo booth photos bring thousands of online fans to the CeX Facebook Page, but CeX also boosted their online presence through constant and attentive interaction with fans.

• Captured 839 photos
• Reached 910,291 Facebook fans
• Generated 1,230,179 online impressions

Take a look at the remarkable results from the CeX @ MCM London Comic Con Photo Booth below.

Pixe Snap Offers Big Wins to Brands and Consumers

Pixe launched its newest mobile social sharing offering - Pixe Snap - at the National Restaurant Association Show 2014 in Chicago to an enthusiastic reception from brands in the foodservice industry.

Pixe’s flagship software solution, Pixe Social, has been widely recognized for giving brands the opportunity to engage their existing customers and event attendees to convert them into social brand ambassadors.

Now, Pixe Snap widens the scope for brands even further by providing a downloadable consumer app that combines the best of selfies with social gaming.

Pixe Snap, available for download on iTunes, enables consumers to locate brands and events in their geographical area, and engage with the app to win attractive prizes from Pixe. Pixe Snap users can share fun, branded photos with their friends and family directly on their own Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram profiles. The photos are automatically posted with their chosen brand's logo and unique hashtag.

Beginning June 30, one Pixe Snap user with the most Facebook likes across all their photos wins a $100 Gift Card from Pixe each month. Through this initiative, Pixe is providing a great opportunity to fans to win big time by expressing their love for their favorite brands.

Each brand on Pixe Snap will have access to the photos posted with their logo, to share and promote on their own social media channels.

If you wish you to connect with hitherto untapped pools of potential customers, contact Pixe today to get your brand added to Pixe Snap.

The social sharing power of Pixe Snap enables your brand to become a part of customers’ everyday life. Pixe Snap's streamlined registration process connects brands and users in a matter of minutes giving your brand the opportunity to reach its maximum social sharing potential.

Check back with the Pixe blog this Thursday, June 12, 2014 to hear about our exciting new summer contest series with Pixe Snap that will rock your summer!

Watch this video to learn more about Pixe Snap.

NRA Show 2014 Wrap Up

There I was, fresh off a plane, in an unfamiliar city, and entering the nation’s largest convention space, McCormick Place, measuring an impressive combined total of 2.6 million square feet of exhibit space. Welcome to a Five Star event, I said to myself, I hope you’re ready! Having already attended a couple of smaller events with the Pixe team, I was really looking forward to the 2014 National Restaurant Association Show and it more than lived up to my expectations.

When the show opened, the Grand Concourse photo booth attracted people like magnets as they entered the main halls staged with seven feet tall NRA and Pixe branded backdrops, several prop trees decorated with boas, hats, and aprons, and selfie-stands placed in the front. Over the next four days, the NRA Pixe photo booth clicked an impressive 2100 photos from excited attendees.

The first day concluded with team dinner at Giordano’s that allowed us to rest our aching feet, discuss the highlights of the day, and plan for day two. Over delicious Chicago-style pizza, we learned about an exciting partnership opportunity SpellBrite Signs, who provided trendy LED signs with the words “NRA 2014,” “Spicy” and “I’m Gluten Free” for users to wear while taking pictures. It’s always gratifying to work with other exhibitors to spread the love at face to face events.

Surrounded by power brands such as Samsung, OpenTable, and Groupon, Pixe was able to stand out in booth 6679 not only with our fashionable red carpet, but also with our live photo walls displaying a slideshow of all the photo booth shots. Thousands of attendees made their way to our booth to check out Pixe for their brands, and of course to get their hands on the “coolest giveaway of the show,” our ubiquitous blinky glasses. We showcased both Pixe Social, the leading tablet-based social photo booth solution, and our newest offering, Pixe Snap. The latter is a user-managed app that enables individuals to find their beloved brands by geo-locations and express their emotional connections with them.

All in all, the NRA Show turned out to be an amazing experience, giving me a new perspective on how much work goes into tradeshows. Although there may not have been blood, sweat, and tears, a lot of preparation before, during, and after the show was contributed by the Pixe team. As for my number one piece of advice for the next show? Comfortable shoes!

Contributed by Katherine Kozelski, Digital Media Marketing Coordinator, Pixe LLC