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        ISABEL MOSK
         @ISABELMOSK
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1.8 Billion use the internet
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AMSTERDAM
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                   gapingvoid.com
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78% of consumers trust
peer recommendations
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People under
the age of 30
don’t know
life without
the internet.
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)
BUILD BRAND THROUGH PEOPLE‟S STORIES




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      X
   advertising            stories
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GOAL: NARROW THE FUNNEL




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             ineffective use of resources



                    Awareness

                Consideration

                      Intent

                    Purchase

                       Visit


               --   Evaluate         ++
PASSIONATE COMMUNITIES




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                         passion


                         influencers


                         community

                         everybody
                         else
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REMARKABLE EXPERIENCES GENERATE




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CONVERSATIONS IN SOCIAL MEDIA




                    Passion


                   Influencers


                   Community
EEN REMARKABLE DESTINATIE




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REMARKABLE EVENTS




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REMARKABLE MARKETING




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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
PHOTO SELECTION GUIDE




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CONFERENCES
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PASSIONATE COMMUNITIES




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                         passion:
                         food

                         influencers:
                         bloggers

                         community:
                         foodies

                         everybody
                         else
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RICHMOND - FOOD
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FESTIVAL EXPRESS
COMMUNITIES FORM AROUND PASSIONS




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                         music


                         bloggers


                         music fans

                         casual music
                         fans
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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.
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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
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
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“Get people talking about Dallas”
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Remarkable Experience:
    LOCAL TEAM



    Influencers:
  MEDIA, BLOGGERS



      Community:
  EVERYBODY IN TOWN
A REMARKABLE CONTEST




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                                               offline work
                                               of mouth
                               social media
                               conversations

                 influencers



    remarkable
    event
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“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
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Bedankt!


@isabelmosk
isabel@thinksocialmedia.com

Presentatie Inholland 07-02-12

Editor's Notes

  • #9 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
  • #12 It’s easy to get caught up in the momentumDon’t focus on the tools
  • #21 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.
  • #34 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)
  • #38 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.
  • #64 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)