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Nick Baker on why 23m people think they can do his job better than him, Tourism Australia’s new ad and the power of ‘Facebook jealousy’

mUmBRELLA360logo 2012In the next in our series of the best of the Mumbrella360 conference, we feature Nick Baker, the executive general manager of marketing at Tourism Australia.

“Sometimes I think there are 23m people out there who think they can do my job better than me,” said Baker at the beginning of his talk, which came soon after the launch of TA’s new There’s Nothing Like Australia ad.

Nick Baker Tourism AustraliaIn the video highlights, Nick Baker on:

  • Marketing to 22 markets in 17 languages around the world
  • Taking Australia tourism from a $70bn to $140bn industry by 2020
  • Why China?
  • The power of music in the new ad
  • Why the tablet was a crucial part of the campaign
  • Turning 6,000 photographs from tourists each week into research intelligence
  • Making Tourism Australia’s 3m Facebook fans “the hero”
  • The power of “Facebook jealousy”

You can hear the full interview and audience Q&A on the Mumbrellacast below.

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