Paid ads can be a powerful tool for place brands. Here are ten tips to help you make the most of your ad budget and ensure your ads effectively attract businesses, residents, or visitors.

Once you've done the research to develop your place brand, how do you bring it to life in your branding? Joy Riot's John Armstrong explores the questions you should be asking to get the most out of your re-brand.

Starting with data that shapes your overall place brand strategy and moving on to refining your campaigns and marketing strategies, here are eight expert opinions on the most common errors being made so you can ensure you’re leveraging your data effectively.

At the 2023 City Nation Place Awards, Glasgow became the first city to take home the trophy for Best Use of Data, in recognition of the comprehensive and innovative work undertaken to map out the city’s tech ecosystem and create a foundation for data-driven storytelling around the sector. We sat down with Glasgow City Council's Gavin Smyth to understand precisely what it is that led to this data-driven triumph.

It is always a privilege to join delegates from around the world at City Nation Place Global to discover how cities, regions, and nations are redefining what success looks like in place branding and place marketing. With two hundred delegates in attendance, and speakers from every continent representing more than twenty places, this year was no exception.

There’s a saying in marketing: “The riches are in the niches.” It suggests there’s more worth in marketing a specific product or service to a specific audience. Not one size fits all—fit just for them. It’s about resonance. Alphabet's Cathy Kirkpatrick looks into how this applies to place marketing.

At City Nation Place UK 2023, it was wonderful to hear how many places are finding new ways to work with their stakeholders, their citizens, and their neighbouring cities and regions. Discover how UK cities, regions, and nations are re-inventing their strategies as we explore the key takeaways from this year's conference.

Investment promotion agencies have a huge role in shaping the future of their place. Instead of chasing growth for growth’s sake, economic development agencies can shape a more resilient and equitable future by targeting the businesses they attract and support. ApexBrasil's Ana Paula L. A. Repezza talked to us about how her team are making a clear commitment to gender parity, as well as steps they’re taking to develop a positive working environment within the organisation.

By engaging with stakeholders from the local private sector, investment promotion efforts can orchestrate success and compose a prosperous future for the region. Switzerland Global Enterprise's Sirpa Tsimal shares what makes Switzerland's collaboration with their private sector so successful.

What can you do to demonstrate the impact that place marketing has on the bottom-line for your organisation? Mohamed Ashoor, Head of Digital Marketing at the, Bahrain Economic Development Board [EDB], talks to us about how they developed a marketing attribution model to show the impact that marketing has on delivering investments into the Kingdom.

Shelley Watson, Head of Marketing for Tātaki Auckland Unlimited, spoke with Asbjørn Overgaard Christiansen, CEO at Copenhagen Capacity, to understand Copenhagen’s success at attracting top talent and how Copenhagen’s sustainable values have proven such an asset.