This newly revised and updated edition of the classic resource on museum marketing and strategy provides a proven framework for examining marketing and strategic goals in relation to a museum's mission, resources, opportunities, and challenges. Museum Marketing and Strategy examines the full range of marketing techniques and includes the most current information on positioning, branding, and e-marketing. The book addresses the issues of most importance to the museum community and shows how to
- Define the exchange process between a museum's offerings and consumer value
- Differentiate a museum and communicate its unique value in a competitive marketplace
- Find, create, and retain consumers and convert visitors to members and members to volunteers and donors
- Plan strategically and maximize marketing's value
- Achieve financial stability
- Develop a consumer-centered museum
The Second Edition of a Groundbreaking Book
This newly revised and updated edition of the classic resource on museum marketing and strategy provides a proven framework for examining marketing and strategic goals in relation to a museum's mission, resources, opportunities, and challenges. Museum Marketing and Strategy examines the full range of marketing techniques and includes the most current information on positioning, branding, and e-marketing. The book addresses the issues of most importance to the museum community and shows how to
Define the exchange process between a museum's offerings and consumer value
Differentiate a museum and communicate its unique value in a competitive marketplace
Find, create, and retain consumers and convert visitors to members and members to volunteers and donors
Plan strategically and maximize marketing's value
Achieve financial stability
Develop a consumer-centered museum
The book is filled with examples of best practices, programs, problem solving, and organizational behavior. Ten case studies illuminate marketing solutions with contributions from international museum professionals including Ruth Rentschler, Kazuharu Ishida, Sarah Briggs, Mario Bucolo, and Yutaka Mino.
