Our interviews with city brand professionals provide unique insights into the thinking and experience of leading city branding experts, city marketers and developers around the world. Interviews are by invitation only and based on peer-nominations, to ensure highest quality and relevance.
In this interview Anna Gissler, Acting CEO of Stockholm Business Region (with the two subsidiaries Visit Stockholm and Invest Stockholm) shares her thoughts on success factors, challenges and trends in city branding – which, as she says, really isn’t about logos or slogans.
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Mia Kemppaala, founder of Polar Bear Pitching in the city of Oulu in Finland’s north, tells us how the event came all about, why Polar Bear Pitching has become so important for the city and why it is important to sometimes take a jump into the cold water, embracing the unknown.
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Helena Renström, marketing manager of Skellefteå municipality in Sweden in this interview tells us how this small Swedish community managed to attract the country’s largest battery plant. She also reflects on why place branding has to be linked to place development, and which pitfalls city brand managers should avoid.
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Eytan Schwartz, CEO of Tel Aviv Global, in this interview illustrates how the city branding and reputation of Tel Aviv has evolved over time.
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Marc Thébault of the Caen city region in this interview discusses the current state of place marketing and branding in France. Read about success strategies, good practice examples and pitfalls to avoid.
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