Marketing and Public Relations for Museums, Galleries, Cultural and Heritage Attractions

About this book

Visitors to museums, galleries, heritage sites and other not for profit attractions receive their information in changing ways. Communications channels are shifting and developing all the time, presenting new challenges to cultural PR and Marketing teams. Marketing and Public Relations for Museums, Galleries, Cultural and Heritage Attractions, as well as providing some of the theory of marketing, provides the latest available case studies coupled with comments and advice from professionals inside and outside the cultural sector to describe the possibilities and outline strategies for the future.

A strong theme of change runs through each chapter. The economic climate is already affecting the publicly funded sectors and business and private sponsorship. How will it change over the next few years? The print media is contracting; reading and viewing patterns are changing as online and mobile media grow. What are the trends here, in Europe, US and elsewhere? Sustainability and global warming are not just buzz words but will have a real impact on public and private institutions and their visitor patterns. Population patterns are also changing with new immigrants arriving and the proportion of over 60s increases in Western countries. Cultural tourism has enjoyed a great surge in popularity and huge investments are being made in museums, galleries and events. Marketing and PR play a crucial role in the success of such ventures and will be illustrated with case studies from the UK, US, Canada, Australia, Middle East and China.

Contents

PART I: MARKETING AND PR PRINCIPLES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY 1. Marketing in a new dimension 2. Public Relations is more than PR 3. The Marketing Strategy - Stage One -- The Internal Audit 4. The Marketing Strategy -- Stage 2 -- The External Audit 5. A Public Relations strategy for every occasion 6. Everything you want to know about brands and branding PART II: FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE 7. Creating the Marketing Plan 8. Tactical marketing and audience development 9. Making the most of your tourism potential 10. The media overview - the future is!.? 11. Engaging with media through PR 12. Events as part of the public relations mix 13. Internal communications - new ways of communicating 14. Communicating with stakeholders and developing partnerships 15. Commercial and fundraising activities -- the relationship with Marketing and PR 16. Crisis Communications PART III: RESEARCH AND RESOURCES 17. Research, monitoring and evaluation in Marketing and PR 18. Resources Appendix

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Biography

Ylva French has over 25 years' experience as a marketing and public relations professional working in the arts, tourism, leisure, museums and heritage. She has set up her own marketing communications agency, and has operated as an independent consultant in the arts and museum sectors, as well as running the Campaign for Museums. She wrote the Blue Guide London (A&C Black -- five editions) and with Sue Runyard has co-authored the Marketing and Public Relations Handbook (2000). Sue Runyard is former Head of PR for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Natural History Museum, and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. She has served as press officer for two cabinet ministers during a secondment to the Cabinet Office, and has administered a national Marketing Grants Scheme, working with hundreds of heritage and tourism organizations throughout the UK. She has published several books and papers and contributed to many overseas projects.