Place brand insights, strategies, stories and examples
Read the following case studies on place branding and marketing for insights and examples of best practice: expert advice on how to overcome frequent challenges and what it takes for successful city branding, destination branding or the branding of countries and regions.
Peter Kentie tells us how he came up with the Just ESTonishing nation branding concept for the country of Estonia in Eastern Europe, why he dedicated his time and energy to this pro bono initiative and how it has paid off for him nevertheless.
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Learn how the German city of Bielefeld used participatory city branding strategies for its rebranding and for building a strong city brand which allows it to connect residents with businesses and visitors.
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The Oslo Brand Toolbox is an innovative city branding strategy and example worth following. Oslo Brand Manager Tone-Lise Vilje in this case study tells us how the Oslo Brand Toolbox works, and how it supports the Norwegian capital’s economic development and talent attraction ambitions.
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Here’s our top five of city branding case studies and examples published by The Place Brand Observer so far. City branding strategies to learn from.
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Daniel Zimet in this guest post illustrates how hosting cultural events helped his agency to accomplish the challenging task of promoting Destination Turkey to an Israeli audience, how politics put the branding and marketing success in jeopardy, and the two key lessons he has learned.
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