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Case Study: Boston Winter at City Hall Plaza

Overview

A collaboration between the City of Boston and Boston Garden Development Corp., ‘Boston Winter presented by Berkshire Bank’ in 2016 was the first season of a planned year-round activation conceived as a part of Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s commitment to creating an active, vibrant and welcoming City Hall Plaza. The new Boston Winter concept combined an open-air European-style holiday market with a craft brew pub, a family-friendly ‘warming hut’ serving hot chocolate and snacks, all encircled by a lighted skating rink that opened at dusk, creating an unforgettably magical experience in the heart of downtown Boston.

Assignment

  • Conceptualize, design and produce all brand graphic components, including logo and website.
  • Introduce Bostonians to the concept, positioned as an exciting new destination offering community and unique activities at City Hall.
  • Develop and manage social media platform identities and engagement, capturing the brand’s inviting and festive voice, tone and philosophy.
  • Drive buzz and generate consistent traffic from opening day in mid-December throughout the ‘unholiday’ cold months of January and February.

Strategy

  • Execute a creative, aggressive pre-launch, launch, and post-launch media outreach plan to inform and engage with potential visitors throughout the Greater Boston prime target area.
  • Identify multiple audience targets and create messaging and angles for media covering Family and Parenting; Holiday Gifts and Shopping; New England and Mid-Atlantic tourism; skating and sports; Date Nights.
  • Initiate an ongoing 24/7 social media plan with content sourced by marlo staff embedded on site every day and evening throughout the critical December launch period, capturing, posting and re-posting photos, positive reviews and ongoing customer engagement across all channels.
  • Drive traffic to the rink after the December holiday season by creating an ongoing calendar of special events, skating classes, social events and entertainment offers.

Results

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100,000 visitors to Boston Winter in Season 1, surpassing attendance goal

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98,751 people visited/checked into Boston Winter on Facebook

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Grew following across Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter from zero to nearly 10,000 across all three channels in less than three months

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#BostonWinter was used 13,039 times on Instagram

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1B+ stories across local and national media outlets generated 1billion+ media impressions