Martin Suiter, a strategic communication consultant with 20 years of experience, discusses how to enhance brand visibility through sports and tourism. He emphasizes the importance of clear messaging, changing consumer beliefs, and utilizing partnerships across popular sports to improve brand reputation. The presentation encourages a creative mindset and the use of feedback from clients to drive success.

1. www.martinsuiter.com
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2. • Hi, I am Martin Suiter, 46 years old, still not married
and my Consultancy is doing strategic communication
concepts for corporations, destinations, hotel chains,
exhibition centres, associations and federations. With
20 years of experience and about 350 events,
conferences and exhibitions with up to 140.000
participants I share my knowledge here with you today
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3. how to push your brand with sport and tourism
23rd of August 2012
MCI Innsbruck

4. • how to push your brand with sport and tourism. As I
jumped in for another speaker I hope you excuse, that
my format is not exactly 20/20 - so let’s go
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6. • When I grew up and I hope I still grow in every decade
there was the best technology invented at that time.
And today we try to connect our brain and the
knowledge we have with the latest technology. That
should enable us to “see” what is inside our brain and
how it works and how we can influence that.
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7. nerve tracts in our brain

8. • These are the nerve tracts in our brain. Not a complete
mess as you might have expected, but rather sorted as
we humans like it. We like clear, distinct and
understandable messages because we seek always for
causal contexts. But remember the so popular
emotions are embodied and not cerebral.
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9. - buying is a social decision
- change the believes - change the behaviours
- ease of use + joy of use = usability
- reduce friction = intense user experience

10. • We know exactly that buying is a social decision. And to
change the believes we need to change the behaviours
but not only from the individual, but from the whole
social environment. How can that be achieved? Well,
we need to ease the usability and to reduce friction
(like Google does that) is one thing – plus we need to
develop individual options.
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11. learn to be an Optionist

12. • So learn to be an Optionist. What you see here (or
there) are about a thousand mountain peaks. Each
and everyone different – let’s presume that everyone
represents a project. Every peak needs to be
conquered in a different way plus we do not know how
the unpredictable influences like weather, wind, etc.
are. But they all have one in common, when you come
down again you gained more experience and a better
reputation. But do not dream - use your phantasy
instead.
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13. tourism & economy

14. • This example now shows you how one of the largest
insurance and finance companies in the world used
the reputation of the birthplace of Golf. Everybody in
the world of golf and that are app. 70 Mio. players
worldwide know St. Andrews its history and its
legendary status. So both partners gain additional
reputation from each other’s clients and fans.
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15. how it ended? see:
Mario Gomez vs. Martin Kaymer on YouTube

16. • But what can you do if you have to promote your
apparel label like HUGO BOSS Green for a not so
popular sport like golf? Well, use the most popular
sport football as a vehicle and create a partnership.
(Film)
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17. brand loyalty

18. • and do not forget humans’ best friend as this example
of St. Pauli a very popular anarchistic football club
based in Hamburg shows. Where you can buy
merchandise even for dogs. But also here the picture is
important and very authentic, because the average St.
Pauli fan would not have a lap dog as their best friend.
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19. photo credits: euro2008.worldcupblog.org / bigfourza.com / article.wn.com / zeit.de / facebook

20. • but be aware what the community makes out of your
pictures within seconds – like this example from the
European Championship shows. Or this one – who is
that? Well that is what you think. My daughter has
answered: no Daddy that is the man who is digging in
his nose and chewing his fingernails. Be aware of the
interpretation of the viewer.
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21. clear, distinct messages, humour, character =
from USP to
ESP
(Emotional Selling Proposition)

22. • so clear, distinct messages with a sense of humour
and an authentic character lead you the way from USP
to ESP the Emotional Selling Proposition
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23. be as individual as you can!

24. PiyP (Power in your Pocket) Feedback

25. • to test your success it is proven that as more often you
ask – how do you like this and that – the more likely
the end result is more positive and that enhancement
is between 20 and 25%. Not bad if your payment
depends on customer satisfaction.
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26. photo credits: crucialregaeroots.vilabol.ud.com.br

27. • What would Rastafarians say if they were one day not
full of dope? What a shitty music.
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28. The question is not: what have I achieved?
the question is:
What could I have achieved?

29. • So do not dope yourself with what you have achieved,
but rather ask yourself what you could have achieved if
you would have added another 10%
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30. why are you here?
Experience, contacts and a creative
mind can not be replaced at all.
Martin Suiter

31. • so – why are you here? Is it because experience,
contacts and a creative mind can not be replaced?
Let’s listen what Charlotte has to say:
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32. to see more videos go to:
„HiIamWorld“ on YouTube

33. • Here at SDT2012 it is the first time that I make our
YouTube channel HiIamWorld public. All of the up till
now 26 videos of people that we met somewhere
contain the same three questions. We developed this
project to show how to evaluate clients, tourists or
customers in a modern, personal and direct manner.
Amazingly we gain the most information out the way
people answer, of what people do not say and what
they say between the lines.
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34. • So if you are interested in this powerful project to
implement in your corporation, destination, hotel chain
or congress centre just get my card and we talk – or we
do a Hi, I am … video with you right now.
Thank you – and as Charlotte said: stay happy – have a
safe trip - and a lot of fun.
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35. ... to be continued ...
Thank you very much for your attention.
I hope there are a lot of questions.

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