North Yorkshire Council
Destination Marketing
Audience Development
Brand Partnership
The British seaside is all sandcastles and fish & chips, right? Wrong. Our brief from North Yorkshire County Council is to attract visitors who were more likely to go to the airport than the coast. But to do so, they needed to dispel misconceptions and show people there’s more to the coast than meets the eye.
We knew our target audience had pigeon-holed the seaside, and that the very stereotype we needed to overcome would put them off clicking the content. Getting them to the campaign was half the battle, so we had to give them a strong, compelling reason to read the content.
We used audience insight and behavioural triggers to identify our target market, then shaped our proposition around them. The resulting campaign simultaneously unpicked seaside stereotypes, inspired people to travel and captured data from people with proven buying intent.
Our campaign successfully challenged people’s perceptions of the Yorkshire coast, capturing the reader’s attention and keeping it to secure 3,493 sign-ups for the client to remarket to.
If you are exploring advertising in Manchester, Leeds or Yorkshire, our team can help develop a campaign tailored to your audience and objectives. Speak to our team about reaching engaged readers across the North of England