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Chris Reed
Jun 11, 2014

Who has run the best World Cup guerrilla marketing campaign?

Arguably it is always creatively harder to be an unofficial sponsor attempting to gain World Cup association than to be an official one. It makes you think more innovatively and you have to tip-toe through the legal implications. Here are some great examples of brands that have launched unofficial World Cup campaigns.

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