Espolon Cocktail Fights, Messaging Case Study | Impulse
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Espolon bottle and cocktail at Cocktail Fights
Live guest interaction Houston Cocktail Fights

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Espolon Cocktail Fights: La Resurreccion

Impulse helped Espolon run the WhatsApp prompts, votes, and watermarked photo delivery behind a game driven cocktail competition.

Live participation

Impulse turned the event into a two-way message flow.

Prompts, quizzes, votes, and replies moved through WhatsApp.

Send

Prompts reached guests in the moment.

Reply

Votes came back in the same thread.

Confirm

Guests knew their action counted.

Content distribution

The same flow delivered share ready content.

Guests received watermarked galleries quickly, when they were most likely to save and share.

Deliver

Photos landed while energy was high.

Save

Guests kept their favorite shots.

Share

Watermarks kept Espolon attached.

The role Impulse played

Impulse gave Espolon one message layer for a busy, game heavy room.

Cocktail Fights asked guests to participate, not just watch. Impulse made that easier by handling the guest communication layer: prompts, voting, replies, and watermarked photo delivery all worked through one familiar message flow.

Guest-facing output

Guests moved from signup to prompts to photo delivery.

The guest side needed to feel lightweight. Impulse kept the interactive parts of the event inside WhatsApp, then used that same flow to return branded content guests could save and share.

Guest output 01
9:41
Info
Selfie
Photos
Espolon
Cocktail Fights
Join Cocktail Fights

Sign up once to receive game prompts, voting moments, and your event photos.

Join the game flow

Guests entered through a simple signup so the event team had a direct channel for the night.

Guest output 02
9:41
EC
Espolon Cocktail Fights

Welcome to Cocktail Fights: La Resurreccion. We will send your pictures as they are taken.

7:04 PM

Vote for the secret ingredient. Reply with the number or name: 1 Soursop, 2 Plum Gochu, 3 Chai Cardamom, 4 Yuzu Juniper Thyme.

8:22 PM

4

8:23 PM

Thanks for voting. Your vote is being counted.

8:23 PM

Vote by message

Quizzes and votes lived inside WhatsApp, so participation felt like answering a normal message.

Guest output 03
9:41
Curated for you by Impulse

Save branded photos

Watermarked galleries gave guests something to keep while Espolon branding stayed attached.

Client-facing output

Espolon could manage live interaction and read the results.

The client side mattered because the event was live. The team needed a simple way to prepare prompts, collect replies, deliver galleries, and understand what guests did.

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Broadcasts

Messages and replies

WhatsApp

Welcome message

Guest onboarding

Sent

Secret ingredient vote

Quiz and voting

Sent

Vote reminder

Participation prompt

Sent

Vote thank you

Reply confirmation

Ready

Gallery delivery

Watermarked photo link

Live

Live control

Next message

Ready

Next action

Send a vote prompt, reminder, or gallery message to active guests.

Audience

Signed in

Replies

Tracked

Voting

Prompted

Photos

Delivering

Messaging dashboard

The team could run prompts, voting, reply tracking, and gallery delivery from the same messaging layer.

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Post event summary

PostHog dashboard

PostHog

Messages

560+

Guest responses

50+

Gallery views

Nearly 500

Downloads

140+

Event activity

Messages sent 560+
Gallery views Nearly 500
Images downloaded 140+
Guest responses 50+

Analytics dashboard

Espolon could read the event through the same PostHog-style reporting view used across the case studies.

Message program

The event team could prompt, collect, and deliver without adding friction.

Impulse sat behind the communication layer of the night. Guests could be prompted at the right time, answer from WhatsApp, and receive watermarked galleries while the event still felt immediate.

Message 01
Welcome guests into the event.

Impulse gave Espolon a clear opening message: join the experience, expect photos, and stay reachable during the night.

Message 02
Turn voting into a simple reply.

The secret ingredient vote could be sent as a WhatsApp prompt, with guests replying by number or ingredient name.

Message 03
Deliver watermarked content fast.

Once photos were ready, Impulse used the same channel to send galleries guests could save and share.

Cocktail Fights contestant celebrating during the competition
WhatsApp interaction layer

Guests stayed in the message flow.

The proof

The channel carried both participation and content.

The event data shows a compact but active guest flow. People signed up, received messages, replied to prompts, viewed galleries, and downloaded watermarked photos from the night.

560+
Messages sent

Prompts, reminders, voting, and photo delivery all moved through one guest communication layer.

50+
Guest responses

Replies gave the team a practical way to collect participation signals during the event.

110+
Guest signups

Guests entered the Impulse flow through public signup paths and stayed reachable for the night.

Nearly 500
Gallery views

Guests returned to the branded photo experience after the event moments were captured.

700+
Photos captured

Impulse organized a high energy event into guest galleries that were easy to revisit.

140+
Images downloaded

Downloads showed guests wanted to keep the content, with the Espolon watermark living on in saved galleries.

Guest playing a game at Espolon Cocktail Fights
Live prompts

Impulse kept the event moving by sending timely prompts while guests were already in the room.

Cocktail Fights contestant reacting during the competition
Guest replies

Quizzes and votes became simple message replies instead of another app, screen, or manual process.

Group photo at Espolon Cocktail Fights
Branded keepsakes

Watermarked photos were built to be saved and shared, giving Espolon a place in guests phones and galleries after the event.

Final argument

Impulse helped Espolon make Cocktail Fights interactive from the guest's message thread.

The same message flow carried game prompts, votes, replies, gallery links, and branded photos. Because images arrived quickly and carried Espolon watermarks, the content was built to be saved, shared, and kept in guests galleries long after the night ended.