2. > This presentation was made for a seminar about city events
in Copenhagen
> Bysted is one of Denmark’s largest communication agencies
Bysted work with:
> Events & exhibitions
> Experiences
> Communication strategies, analysis and campaigns
> PR
> Websites
> Design and visual identity
3. what is going to happen?
what is so special about city-events?
then why do we have to promote them?
ok, then give me some ideas…
18. 30.606 events in the Danish culture-network KultuNaut
…but the audience have many options
19. Copenhagen was voted Best Liveable City 2008 by Monocole magazine
Tourists and foreign attention is valuable…
20. Skanderborg and Vesterbro festivals advertise more than six months prior
to the events. That creates positive expectations.
…and creating the right expectations through marketing
can be half of the event itself
21. Events are special because:
they are not like physical products
every event is unique and experienced in a different way by
each member of the audience
if no one buys a ticket then the income is lost forever – unlike
e.g. in a restaurant where the same table can be sold the next
evening
23. Incorporate your ”event experience” in the marketing
strategy before, during and after the event
Be unique – like your event is
Try to find the good story in your event
Surprise your potential audience
Be inspired by the promotion and history of former similar
events
25. public relations sense-marketing
street promotion
web banners
sponsorship
radio
direct-mail viral
sms
tv wikies
website
outdoor
web video
stunts
cross-promotion mini-events
google ads
27. WEB
3 great examples of event websites
1. London Olympics
2. Spot festival, Århus, Denmark
3. World Outgames 2009
28. YOU TUBE
Get on You Tube and
connect with your audience
1. London Olympics
2. Spot festival, Århus,
Denmark
29. COMMUNITY + WIKI
Use a community or Wiki to interact
with your audience and get them to
return to your website – even after
the event
1. World Outgames 2009
2. Wiki example
30. NETWORK
Use your network!
1. Sonar, Barcelona
2. City Events seminar, Copenhagen
32. PR
Find the unique story of
your event and sell it to the
press.
Skanderborg festival made
beer cans to sleep in
– that was a unique story!
33. AD CAMPAGINS
Often your marketing
budget is relatively limited –
running ads might be too
costly compared to the
effect…
Online Special-outdoor Too expensive?
35. WARM-UP EVENTS
Pre-event in the Copenhagen Metro
Sidney celebrated the Olympics
nomination with a big fireworks show –
the promotion had begun
36. GUERILLA
Surprise your audience
World Outgames in Montreal
The tv-channel Zulu put their
mascot-man where their
open-air cinema would be set
up during summer in
Copenhagen
WWF used a strong projector
to promote Earth Hour
37. VIRAL
Viral marketing is much more
than making a funny video – i.e.
use Google Calendar to get
your audience to spread
information about your event
to their own network