Brands and Agencies: Sponsor Adrants Coverage of Cannes

If you are an agency or a brand that wants to be a part (or a bigger part) of the biggest advertising event of the year, Cannes, we can help you do just that. Over the past several years, we've always covered Cannes. The awards. The parties. And everything in between. Now we want you to be part of it.

Adrants will be at the center of the action during Cannes reporting daily on creative innovation, news announcements, what's discussed in the sessions, learnings from keynote presentations and, of course, the Lions winners. Get your agency or brand in front of the worldwide advertising community with this content marketing opportunity. Specifics include but are not limited to:

• Intro and outro sponsorship of Cannes-related coverage (website, newsletter, Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus) leading up to the event.
• Intro and outro sponsorship of each Cannes article (website, newsletter, Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus) we publish during the event (2-4 each day of the event).
• Intro and outro sponsorship of Cannes follow up stories (website, newsletter, Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus) after the event.
• Content sponsorship of event photography.
• A TBD number of banner impressions before, during and after Cannes if desired.

Email cannes@adrants.com for more details, pricing and to lock in your sponsorship now.

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