Amsterdam Marketing
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amsterdam*Atelier i20Fieke FLIERI amsterdamAnimateur Claude
BannwarthTourism Academy
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loveable and profitable city Fieke Flier (@fiekeflier)
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The brand
I amsterdam brand movie 3
The letters
Without the letters, no I amsterdam. The letters, made by an
artist in 2006 became an icon part of the brand experience. The
first original set is at Museumsquare. The letters make it very
easy to let other people tell the story of Amsterdam. 11 years ago
we could not have known that the letters themselves would become
iconic Letters play a big part in the success. We now have the
letters at Schiphol airport and there is a set traveling the city
to support campaigns.It succes started in the fysical world, but
the brand has become a label for quality. that is used on content
of partners, magazines and outdoor advertisement.It has great
popularity with international visitors but to be fair it is not is
all is positive. 4
croded
I am crowded
The locals see the letters as a symbol of the crowded city
centre and the nuisance the visitors create sometimes. Amsterdam is
small and the crowds are all focused in the city centre and in the
holiday season. 5
crowded
Analysis of social media channels by a student in Amsterdam
shows certain places are really crowded. You cant open a local
newspaper without it having a story on the some negative aspect of
tourism6
More and more articles are appearing in Dutch media on
dissastisfied citizens in Amsterdam. This might make it seem we
live in a horrible city, but nothing is further from the truth. We
did however needed to change are marketing strategy7
Liveable, loveable & profitable
The focus of our marketing efforts is to maintain the soul of
the city. This is the balance between living, working and visiting
Amsterdam. It is the atmosphere in the city.If locals are happy and
have good quality of live, then businesses will have happy and
productive employees, and visitors will like the atmosphere in the
city.One too many of any of these groups will disturb the
atmosphere in the city8
Strategic focusI am crowded
In order to keep the balance in the city, we need to spread
visitors through time and space. Before we can do that we need to
change their perception of Amsterdam. We can not spread people
through the Amsterdam area, if the think Amsterdam is just canals
and the city centre. They wont consider going to a beach if they
dont think that is part of Amsterdam. So we need to change the
perception of the visitors throught branding.9
Strategic focuscrowded
We use 5 steps in our marketing strategy: awareness, reputation,
consideration, sales and loyalty. Before 2015 we focused a lot on
awareness. We would try to bring more people to Amsterdam, now that
is no longer necessary we shifted our focus to reputation and
consideration. Showing Amsterdam as a bigger destination. 10
Strategic focusrowded
At the same time we try to remove the thresholds to get people
to explore the Amsterdam Area more.,11
Strategic insightsEnhanced visitor experience by distribution in
time and spaceProud locals are ambassadors of the city
We realized we had these two goals:Enhancing visitor experience
by distribution in time and spaceProud locals are ambassadors of
the city12
Enhancing the visitor experience A 25% increase in the number of
visitors to the metropolitan area
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How will we achieve this?Long term marketing campaignsOff season
campaignsRemoving thresholdsContent strategyInnovative
experiments
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Long term campaigns
Here is an example of how we do this15
Off season campaigns
At the same time we do off season campaigns, like winter nights
to avoid that everyone wants to visit during the spring and
summer16
Removing thresholds
At the same time we show the visitor that The Netherlands is
really small and it is really easy to see a lot in short period of
time17
Removing thresholds
To do this the Amsterdam City Card is a very important product.
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Content strategy
Content strategy
On our online channels we use our content of the greater
Amsterdam to show a different Amsterdam. The content ties in to our
long term neighbourhood campaign and our Visit Amsterdam see
Holland campaign20
Content strategy
We use influencers to tell our story, we do this via Instagram
takeovers and Instameets we organize with our partners in the
city.We will give both influencers and our social media followers a
taste of the local experience21
Content strategy
Through playfull neighbourhood quizes we let visitors discover
more of Amsterdam.22
Experiments
In addition to our campaigns and content strategy, the city has
granted money for experiments that can contribute to spreading
visitors. We initiated 3 experiments:Insight in real time queueing
times that gives visitors the opportunity to go somewhere else
first23
Waiting times
Naar het voorbeeld van de Efteling willen wij transparantie
bieden voor de wachtrijen van de acht meest populaire attracties in
Amsterdam en tevens voor twee attracties in de metropool . De
wachttijden worden handmatig ingevoerd door suppoosten of hosts op
het moment dat de rijen een bepaalde lengte hebben bereikt. Op deze
manier kan er nauwkeurig bepaald worden hoe lang de rij is. Dit
wordt doorgevoerd via een IT systeem naar n digitaal platform dat
vervolgens real time de lengte van de rijen kan bijhouden op n
locatie, de Iamsterdam website. Door tien attracties in het systeem
mee te nemen kunnen bezoekers van de attractie een bewuste keuze
maken om niet lang in de rij te staan. Ze zien zelf waar de rijen
korter zijn en kunnen dit meenemen in hun keuze. Het doel is om
hierdoor minder lange rijen te krijgen en dat de drukte beter
verdeeld wordt. Daarnaast wordt de ervaring voor de bezoeker
aangenamer aangezien ze minder wachten. Daarbij krijgen twee
attracties in de metropool extra aandacht, om op deze manier ook
naar de regio toe te spreiden. Het idee is om te kiezen voor vijf
hele drukke attracties en vijf minder drukke attracties zodat de
drukte zich kan uitspreiden naar de minder drukke attracties.Tevens
geeft het economisch voordeel, doordat de bezoekers minder lang in
de rij staat kunnen ze meer geld uitgeven. Naast dat het voor
bezoeker interessant is, is het inzicht ook waardevol voor de
Amsterdammers. De Amsterdammers die een bepaalde tentoonstelling
willen zien kunnen een slimmere keuze maken.24
GPS routes
Themed
GPS thema routes voor bezoekers en Amsterdammers. De routes zijn
te downloaden op smartphone en worden weergegeven in google maps.
Het doel is om de Amsterdammer en bezoekers zelf te laten gidsen
langs bepaalde themaroutes die de Gemeente Amsterdam belangrijk
vindt en een podium wilt geven. Het doel is om te gidsen naar
minder bekende plekken buiten het centrum. Denk bijvoorbeeld aan
een themaroute circulaire economie, Amsterdamse School of
bierbrouwerijen. De routes zullen gecategoriseerd worden, zodat we
inzicht krijgen in welke categorien het populairst zijn.Via de
kanalen van Iamsterdam zijn de routes te downloaden op Google maps.
Deze routes zouden tevens via de fb site van Gemeente gedownload
kunnen worden. Het doel is om te achterhalen of we via de GPS
routes gedrag kunnen benvloeden. Mocht dit kunnen, dan kunnen wij
simpel de methode opschalen en de GPS routes vaker toepassen.GPS
routes to guide visitors to alternative locations25
Collecting data
Collecting telephone during some of our own events to collect
more data on the visitors and adjust our strategy
accordingly.Knowing where people come from, see if people come from
different parts of the city to visit the event and make better data
driven choices. This is an experiment that will be expanded when
successfulMet dit experiment willen wij de meetmethode van Mezuro
testen voor openbare events. Als prototype/tescase willen we 24
Noord gebruiken. Door het meten via Mezuro krijgen wij een
betrouwbaardere meting van het aantal bezoekers en krijgen wij meer
inzicht krijgen in de herkomst van de bezoekers van het 24 uur
Noord event, op basis van telefonische activiteit tijdens het
event. Het doel is om scherper inzicht te krijgen waar de bezoekers
vandaan komen en hoeveel bezoekers er komen. Zodat er nog beter,
data gedreven keuzes gemaakt kunnen worden m.b.t. de programmering
en marketing. Het zal gaan om het meten van n 24 uur event,
namelijk 24 uur Noord. 24 uur is voor Amsterdammers en via deze
meetmethode krijgen wij goed inzicht de bezoekers van 24 uur en
kunnen wij duidelijk zien of het Amsterdammers zijn en waar ze in
Amsterdam vandaan komen. Als de meetmethode van Mezuro een succes
blijkt kunnen wij dit ook gaan inzetten voor toekomstige publieke
events.26
Proud locals are ambassadors
Amsterdam inhabitants are proud of the city -> become
ambasador -> tell relatives outside of Amsterdam -> tell
friendsWe need locals to tell the story of Amsterdam so they become
ambassadors. And that is why it very important we do things for our
locals27
GoalIn 2018 citizens of Amsterdam rate Amsterdam with an 8 out
of 10
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How will we achieve this?Long term campaignsFocus on
cultureShowcase diversityBrand store
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Long term campaigns
Thats why we have events such as 24 hours, where areas outside
the city center promote themselves for 24 hours with activities in
shops, cultural events, bars, parks and squares. This creates more
knowledge about the different areas within Amsterdam city and
creates more economic prospherity in these neighborhoods
Our aim for the Dutch market is show them more of all the
different neigborhoods. How to accomplish that? First make the
Amsterdammers proud of their city and their neighborhoods, so they
will spread the love. We have a campaign/event that runs for 2
years with events in one neighbourhood for 24H that challenge
people to rediscover there city. In it we show the diversity of all
the different neighbourhoods.Goal is to make Amsterdammers proud
and make them into Ambassadors. After that more national visitors
will be drawn to the different neigbourhoods.Of course we use this
strategy throughout all our campaigns. If we do a shopping
campaign, we make sure the shopping routes are not only in the
centre. We use bloggers and experts to tell our story and it is
promoted on iamsterdam.com and our social media channels.
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Culture
Connect the brand to our cultural agenda. Cultural agenda with
mobile functionalities. To make sure people know how much cultural
events are taking place in Amsterdam and the surrounding areas.
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Diversity
There are 180 nationalities in Amsterdam that contributed to the
diversity of the city. We tell their stories online and in that way
contribute to the pride of all Amsterdammers.32
Brand store
We have a brand store that sells the best of Amsterdam. 33
Joining forces
But we can not do everything ourselves. We have limited budgets
and capacity, so we have to work with partners, cityhall and
universities34
Joining forces
We share our knowledge giving presentations for our partners in
the metropolitan area35
Joining forces
We work together with universities. We team up with IBM and the
university to have the students make an app for our goals with the
AI of developt by IBM36
Joining forces
We made a new culture marketing strategy together with the
cultural sector and concluded we need an intuitive personal way to
guide people through the cultural agenda. We teamed up with city
hall and brought together funds to do an open call and ask startups
in Amsterdam to come up with a tool to guide people.18 agencies
replied and we have 3 pitches next week. Cultural sector provides
the data, we provide the reach and expertise and city hall provides
money and contacts.
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Results
So a few results.Our Visit Amsterdam see Holland campaign won a
big marketing price of the UNWTO For innovation in non-governmental
organization.
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Results
+100% international passengers
We managed to rebrand buslines to make it easier for visitors to
get around the amsterdam area. This resulted in a 100% increase in
international passengers39
Results
We managed to get all transport in one ticket, so train, bus and
tram40
Results
We introduced a 96 hour city card, because we know people that
stay longer will go into the region more. And that is what you can
see in this graph41
Results
>1 mil. followers
Learnings
Changing the image of Amsterdam takes a long time. 10 years red
light and coffeeshop to canals and culture. Now 10 years from
Amsterdam City to Amsterdam Area
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Learnings
This strategy only works for the international visitor. The
Dutch take pride in their differences and dont want to be
associated with something they are not. The smaller the village the
bigger the pride.
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Learnings
First time visitors / first 3 days are hard to influence. People
want to see the highlights.
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Learnings
There are forces that we can not control. Airbnb is a good
example, for good and for bad46
LearningsWhat is our role?
The role changes when reality changes. Our strenght is our brand
and our reach and engagement on our channels. We can influence
visitor behavior47
LearningsDans une ville sans me, il ne peut y avoir de
croissance durable. Cest pour cela que nous faisons du city
marketing.
In the end this is why we do what we do48
Tmoignage destination trangre* Stratgie digitale I
amsterdam*Atelier i20Fieke FLIERI amsterdamAnimateur Claude
BannwarthTourism Academy
#VEM8 Voyage en Multimdia | 19 & 20 janvier 2017 | Cannes -
Slides disponibles sur www.salon-etourisme.comSalle