The document discusses how to build a tourism brand through generating remarkable experiences that spark conversations on social media. It emphasizes focusing marketing efforts on passionate communities centered around interests like food and music, and partnering with influencers and bloggers within those communities to amplify authentic stories from their experiences visiting the destination. Generating these remarkable experiences and social media conversations helps narrow the marketing funnel from awareness to purchase and visit.
22. TOURISM BRAND
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Our definition:
• The sum of all stories somebody hears about
a destination
(but not all sources are equally credible)
• The sum of all experiences during a trip
(but not all experiences are equal)
37. SOCIAL AT THE CORE OF MARKETING
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Social at the core
Amplified by
influencer
outreach
Supported by
targeted and
measurable
digital
Extended by
traditional
advertising
57. GOAL #FIAF12
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- Increase awareness of Flanders as a festival
destination.
- Bring online influencers to Flanders to experience
the festival scene & stimulate conversation about
Flanders.
59. RETURN
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- Connection with bloggers as festival buddies
- Authentic stories about festival & destination
- Happy bloggers & inspiration for their followers
- „Ambassadors‟ for Flanders
60. SOME NUMBERS
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- Number of written blogpost: 257 (so far)
- Number of unique visitors: > 7.500.000
- Total reach of blogposts: > 11.500.000
- Number of Facebook fans of all bloggers:
> 300.000
- Number of Twitter fans of all bloggers: > 550.000
72. Think! Amsterdam
“This promotion/activity brought out the best in all of us. We
approached total strangers without fear or judgement. We looked
each other in the eye, spoke and smiled
I just want to say „thank-you‟ for such an absolutely fun and
memorable experience.”
-- Len Stanley
Derealiteit is dat 1,8 miljoenmensen het internet gebruiken. … and what we’re finding is, with these dialogues, we’re no longer in control of the message anymore, which is absolutely true. The power has shifted from the business to the consumer…. people are out there talking about us, and we can’t stop it. So we have to adapt and be a part of those conversations. Online are already happening about your destination/brand/org and you might not be aware of it.Your target market is now more likely to find this information than they are to find what you’re putting out there. When I search something on google what comes up? At very least, you need to be aware of it. Ideally, you see this as an opportunity and capitalize on it. Online conversations cannot be ignored. Most are permanent. They’re relevant to your DMO, stakeholders and also present a number of opportunities
It’s easy to get caught up in the momentumDon’t focus on the tools
Many businesses have not caught up with the consumer.Organizations are still spending most of their time on awareness and not enough time at the other levels of the process.Awareness is hard when there is so much competition.RESEARCH SHOWS THAT CONSUMERS TRUST EACH OTHER. WORD OF MOUTH COMMUNICATION IS HOW THE HUMAN RACE HAS EVOLVED AND FLOURISHED.
Passion is very strong interest. Passion is the heartbeat of the community – very few people write about topics in great volumeInfluencers are people who are interested in the topic and are influencers in a larger community(ie – cooking with lavendarblogger (passion), homeopathic medicine interest (influencers) – larger community of natural remedies/diets)
Tourism is highly experiential with unlimited combinations of experiences. Marketing a destination is very different to marketing large consumer brands. We believe that tourism marketing should be consumer-centric. For that reason, we put social at the core. Social is so important to destination marketing that we’ve built our entire destination marketing methodology around it.
Passion is very strong interest. Passion is the heartbeat of the community – very few people write about topics in great volumeInfluencers are people who are interested in the topic and are influencers in a larger community(ie – cooking with lavendarblogger (passion), homeopathic medicine interest (influencers) – larger community of natural remedies/diets)