TourismOhio
How do you brand an entire state of 13 million that is not known for anything iconic? This is the challenge that Cult’s ethnography and narrative science-based research tackled.
Brand Video
Insights
Consumers from six states were studied to understand their perceptions of Ohio. We found it was essentially a blank slate for tourism—Ohio was considered normal, flat and vanilla, with sprawling farmland and full of crazy Buckeye fans. Not satisfied, we dug deeper for an insight and found that travel in Ohio delivered on something interesting and potentially powerful: it facilitates deep, intimate connections with family and friends.
Results
We leveraged that insight and developed a creative toolkit that shows people experiencing deep, emotional connections, followed by the tagline: Ohio. Find It Here. The new campaign included full creative development for TV commercials, print, digital, outdoor advertising (including state road signs) and many other media. In the past four years, Tourism revenue in Ohio has grown $40 billion to $46 billion. The number of visitors to Ohio has grown from 212 million to 222 million in that same period.
Fall Campaign