Atlas CEO Ben Wright presents "Internal Marketing" at the International Economic Development Council's 2013 Marketing and Attraction Conference on October 4, 2013 in Philadelphia PA.
2. Questions We Will Answer
1. What are people in my community saying about economic development?
2. What are appropriate goals for internal marketing?
3. What audiences are most important?
4. What is the role of internal marketing in High Performing Organizations?
5. What are five internal marketing tactics you are likely doing now that you should
keep doing?
6. What are five internal marketing tactics you are likely not doing now that you
should start doing?
7. What are five things you should stop doing?
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4. What are people in your
community saying about
economic development?
9. Appropriate goals for internal
marketing
Increased retention
conversations
Increased investment Generalized support
for ED
Positive company
“buzz”
Support for specific
community projects
Larger “sales team”
“Consulting”
relationships with
companies
Increased
entrepreneurial activity
Better partnerships
with content providers
and
11. Board Members/Largest
Employers: Chris Ciaccio
1. Largest board member
2. Company planning an expansion
3. One of the largest employers in
the Bradenton, FL Area
Vice President of Marketing and Sales–
IMG Performance
12. What Chris needs and
doesn’t need
What Chris Needs
• Access to elected officials
• Access to incentive programs
• To feel like his company is
valued
• Help marketing the area to
attract world class talent
• To know he is making a
difference in the community
• Projects to work on and own
What Chris Doesn’t
Need
• Demographics about the area
• A good website
• Generalized economic news
• Long meetings that drone on
13. Elected Officials:
Mayor John Lewis
1. Entrepreneurial
2. Active in support of economic
development
3. Built extensive digital
communications team within Town
Former executive at Apollo Group, University of
Phoenix
14. What Mayor Lewis needs
and doesn’t need
What Mayor Lewis
Needs
• Oversight into the direction of
economic development
programs
• An active, measured
approach to communications
• Full access to projects and
deals
• To show a return on budgeted
activities
What Mayor Lewis
Doesn’t Need
• To execute outbound
recruitment marketing himself
• To be targeted using your
website
15. Community Partners:
Mike Freeman
1. Former economic developer
2. Runs largest incubator in Fort
Collins
3. Works with 75+ companies per
year
CEO at the Rocky Mountain Innosphere, an
incubator/accelerator in Fort Collins, CO
16. What Mike Freeman
needs and doesn’t need
What Mike Needs
• Low cost financing for his
space
• Access to partners (Such as
Colorado State)
• Investment from City of Fort
Collins
• To be aware of ED services
for his customers
(financing, EZ credits, etc)
What Mike Doesn’t
Need
• To be a part of City meetings
• To have to go through tons of
reporting red tape
17. General Business
Leaders: Carl Byers
1. Venture Capitalist
2. Never been engaged in economic
development
3. Likely thinks he knows what
economic development is
Venture Partner at Fidelity Biosciences
18. What Carl needs and
doesn’t need
What Carl Needs
• To know how economic
development is relevant to him
• To know when to contact an
economic developer
• To understand the difference
between EDO and tax collector
What Carl Doesn’t
Need
• To be sold on Boston as a
good location for biotech
19. What is the role of internal
marketing in High
Performing Organizations?
20. What “High Performance
Economic Development” is
• It is the first measurement of
the outcomes
(Inquiries, jobs, capital
investment) that EDO’s
create on this scale.
• It proves the ways we make
a difference, and in some
cases, the ways we don’t.
• It can help drive your
strategic and marketing
planning using actual
outcomes, instead of
activities, using national
benchmarks as your guide.
24. • It establishes the RELEVANCE of what you and your organization
does
• It EDUCATES your internal audiences about what you can do for
them
• It CONNECTS you and your organization in a timely manner
• It ENABLES CONVERSATIONS that put you in a position to solve
problems for companies
Summary: How internal
marketing serves your audiences
38. What kinds of internal
marketing should you stop
doing?
39. Things to stop doing
1. Fewer “make an appearance” meetings
2. The printed newsletter/Fact book
3. The generalized “buy local” campaign
4. The “run my recruitment campaign locally” approach
5. Local projects that don’t meet your stated metrics goals
40. Recap
1. What are people in my community saying about economic development?
2. What are appropriate goals for internal marketing?
3. What audiences are most important?
4. What is the role of internal marketing in High Performing Organizations?
5. What are five internal marketing tactics you are likely doing now that you should
keep doing?
6. What are five internal marketing tactics you are likely not doing now that you
should start doing?
7. What are five things you should stop doing?
41. Contact Atlas
Contact information:
1128 Grant Street
Denver, CO 80203
Contact: Ben Wright
t: 303.292.3300 x 210
benw@Atlas-Advertising.com
www.Atlas-Advertising.com
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