Adventures in places, brands and place brands

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Category Archives: Press: clips and clippings

Evoke. Evoke. Evoke.

Evoke. Evoke. Evoke.

Clarity + personality = good branding

Clarity + personality = good branding

Where the place branding unicorns live

Something fell onto my desk today that reminded me again of one of the clichés of place branding that just never goes away: the self-described LAND OF CONTRASTS.
I guess it sounds like it would be an appealing marketing claim.
But it’s not. Period.
In fact, I’ll buy dinner for anybody who convinces me that he or she [...]

Anholt: nation branding’s “the most interesting subject in the known universe”

Jeremy on the dais with Simon Anholt in Santiago talking about Chile’s image.

Comeback time for Brand America

The Economist’s online debate (‘This house believes Brand America will regain its shine’) is over, and the proposition carried pretty overwhelmingly. My modest contribution was to point out that people continued to love the USA even as they were busy dissing it, and that now, with W gone, that affection will show up strongly again. [...]

The odd TV appearance

With a little help from my friends (I don’t come on the first time till 1 minute 59), I tell CNBC’s audience that proper nation branding is painstaking.

Hang up on Frank Gehry: city branding ticksheet in Monocle

Probably you’ve run across Monocle magazine by now and decided you love or hate its metrosexual persona, but if not, try one out next time you pass the newsstand; you can tell the periodical (now in its 15th issue) is pulling it off because each number is thicker with ads than the last.
For their summer [...]

Where are you from?

And for a brand, or for a place itself, what does that mean emotionally and commercially?

In the contexts of image, identity and marketing, dealing with these questions superbly is crucial in today's globalized, short-attention-span world.

Jeremy Hildreth, an adviser to companies, tourist departments and investment bureaus, aims to inspire and enlighten those who deal professionally with provenance and place of origin.

This website, then, is about brands *from* places (MADE IN X) and the brands *of* places (COME TO Y, OPEN AN OFFICE IN Z) -- and helping you understand and make the most of all that.

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Speaking on YouTube

Speaking on YouTube

A string of funny and insightful anecdotes about the way countries regard (or loathe) themselves, and how that affects outsiders' perceptions (clip: 2 mins).

In the news: Branding the hard way

In the news: Branding the hard way

Jeremy tells CNN/Fortune that Estonia getting the Euro is an 'unfakeable' positive signal for the country. "It's something that they've earned from scratch."

In the news: Jeremy’s new book is out

In the news: My new book is out

Brand America (2nd edition): the making, unmaking and remaking of the greatest national image of all time. Co-authored with Simon Anholt.

In the news: Swedish Lapland

In the news: Swedish Lapland

Coverage of a press conference in a Sami-esque tipi. Text in Swedish, radio interview in English/Swedish.

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