Image Campaign
Progress
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Goal
Enhance local pride in community and foster positive “buzz” about Yakima.
Why Important?
With a positive perception and experience in Yakima, people will come to visit or live in Yakima and choose to stay. If residents are vested they will promote and invest in the community. Yakima Valley Tourism, Yakima County Development Association and both Chambers of Commerce do an extraordinary job of marketing Yakima externally. There is an opportunity to leverage the vibrant and positive external marketing to residents and local businesses so that they play an important role in speaking positively about the community.
Tactics – Image Campaign
- Invite participation and launch Working Group – engage local media to partner
- Research to understand current Yakima brand and marketing programs
- Research what other communities are doing/have done to increase pride locally
- Conduct local perception survey/research to document baseline of perceptions
- Develop internal image/pride campaign focused on positive stories and progress being made
- Potential mediums/approaches: authored news column, television interviews, editorial board meetings, speaker’s bureau, social media, student video contests, picture contests
- Possibly phase campaign in order to get into action sooner
- Investigate and procure funding for implementation (as needed)
- Engage wide range of partners to carry out campaign
- Monitor results via subsequent surveys to measure change in perceptions
Core Working Group – Image Campaign
Lead | Greater Yakima Chamber of Commerce & Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Yakima |
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Team | City of Yakima – Communications Department I ♥ Yakima Local television stations: KAPP, KNDO/KNDU, KIMA, FOX 41, KCYU, Grupo Hispanavision, Univision Yakima Advertising Federation Yakima Herald Yakima Valley Business Times Yakima Valley Tourism Young Leaders of Yakima/United Way |
Resources | Breweries/craft beverage businesses Yakima Arts Commission Yakima area service groups |