Discovering Armenia: Utilizing Information Technology for Economic Growth

Armenia is a developing country that relies heavily on tourism for economic stability. Our project, sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution, was to create recommendations for user friendly and effective websites that would help decentralize economic prosperity by promoting tourism to rural Armenia. By defining the target audience, researching tourism attributes, and assessing competitor websites, this project established guidelines to use Search Engine Optimization and advertising platforms effectively. The outcome of this project will support efforts to increase tourism to Armenia as a whole and specifically to the rural areas

CHORUS Deliverable 2.1: State of the Art on Multimedia Search Engines

Based on the information provided by European projects and national initiatives related to multimedia search as well as domains experts that participated in the CHORUS Think-thanks and workshops, this document reports on the state of the art related to multimedia content search from, a technical, and socio-economic perspective. The technical perspective includes an up to date view on content based indexing and retrieval technologies, multimedia search in the context of mobile devices and peer-to-peer networks, and an overview of current evaluation and benchmark inititiatives to measure the performance of multimedia search engines. From a socio-economic perspective we inventorize the impact and legal consequences of these technical advances and point out future directions of research

Brand redefinition and communication plan for Grândola

This project was elaborated with the intention to build a communication plan for Grândola, and its wide offer, in order to draw more tourists to the municipality. Grândola is located in South-west Portugal, being mostly known for an offer of Sun and Sea, with beaches that extend for 45 Km, but it also has rural tourism component, with green and calm landscapes, making it a close to nature destination. It also has the excitement of several events and a Casino. By analyzing the market and the current communication strategy, some points needing improvement were found, not only regarding this operational marketing vertex , but also in what concerns brand identity. With this in mind, this project is a proposal for: the redefinition of the brand Grândola, with the creation of a new image allows its affirmation, in order to be better recognized in the market; a communication plan that follows the constructed identity, where multiple marketing communication tools are used, being all aligned. This municipality has been able to grow in the tourist industry in the last few years, but still falls behind some other national offers that have more notoriety. However, it has the best performance in the region it is inserted, Alentejo Litoral. Knowing that, this project is based on the need to grow even more.Este projeto foi elaborado com a intenção de criar um plano de comunicação para Grândola e a sua larga oferta, de modo a atrair mais turistas ao município. Grândola está localizada no Sudoeste de Portugal, sendo principalmente conhecida pela sua oferta em Sol e Mar, com praias que se estendem por 45 Km, mas também por uma componente de turismo rural, com planícies calmas e verdes, sendo assim um destino próximo da natureza. Também tem ainda a diversão de diversos eventos e um Casino. Ao analisar o mercado e a atual estratégia de comunicação, foram descobertos alguns pontos que necessitam de melhoria, não apenas neste vértice do marketing operacional, mas também no que diz respeito à identidade da marca. Com isto em mente, este projeto apresenta uma proposta para: a redefinição da marca de Grândola, com a criação de uma nova imagem que permita a sua afirmação, de modo a ser mais facilmente reconhecida no mercado; um plano de comunicação que segue a identidade construída, onde múltiplas ferramentas de marketing são utilizadas de forma alinhada. Este município tem conseguido crescer no sector do turismo nos últimos anos, mas continua atrás de outras ofertas nacionais que têm maior notoriedade. Contudo, tem o melhor desempenho da região do Litoral Alentejano. Sabendo isto, este projeto é baseado na necessidade de continuar a crescer

Recommendations for Improving the MIK Website and Overall Marketing Strategy

Museer I Kobenhavn (MIK) is an organization that represents over seventy diverse museums in Copenhagen and the surrounding area. This report presents a proposed plan to aid MIK to better attain their mission of promoting these museums. By identifying and investigating member museums\u27, museum visitors\u27, and website users\u27 needs, we made recommendations to improve their website and overall marketing strategy to reach a broader audience

Social media marketing and advertising

Social media has recently gained tremendous fame as a highly impactful channel of communication in these modern times of digitised living. It has been put on a pedestal across varied streams for facilitating participatory interaction amongst businesses, groups, societies, organisations, consumers, communities, forums, and the like. This subject has received increased attention in the literature with many of its practical applications including social media marketing (SMM) being elaborated, analysed, and recorded by many studies. This study is aimed at collating the existing research on SMM to present a review of seventy-one articles that will bring together the many facets of this rapidly blooming media marketing form. The surfacing limitations in the literature on social media have also been identified and potential research directions have been offered

4th. International Conference on Advanced Research Methods and Analytics (CARMA 2022)

Research methods in economics and social sciences are evolving with the increasing availability of Internet and Big Data sources of information. As these sources, methods, and applications become more interdisciplinary, the 4th International Conference on Advanced Research Methods and Analytics (CARMA) is a forum for researchers and practitioners to exchange ideas and advances on how emerging research methods and sources are applied to different fields of social sciences as well as to discuss current and future challenges. Due to the covid pandemic, CARMA 2022 is planned as a virtual and face-to-face conference, simultaneouslyDoménech I De Soria, J.; Vicente Cuervo, MR. (2022). 4th. International Conference on Advanced Research Methods and Analytics (CARMA 2022). Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/CARMA2022.2022.1595

More Than a Library: An Outline for an Integrated Marketing Communications Campaign

The evolution of the academic library occurred amidst disruptive changes in the information landscape and has resulted in changing definitions of the role of libraries on academic campuses. The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Libraries are an example of the library enterprise in transition; however, communicating value through this transformation requires strategic communication. The present project discusses trends in communications and applies it to RIT Libraries by creating a suggested outline for the strategic and tactical components of a marketing communications campaign. Based on a review of the literature, this thesis posits that the forward-thinking library will use the changing landscape as an opportunity to create a strategic marketing program and will thus make a profound investment in its future