1.Experience Based Business Development
Sara Pieters
sara.pieters@flandersdc.be

2. WHO AM I?
3. I am Sara
sarapieters.com
1980
Manager International Relations
European Projects
Flanders DC
Passion for creativity, innovation and people,
Running, sports and travelling
4. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PROJECT
5. Project idea
The purpose of the project was to create a toolbox that provides business consultants with a range of materials relating to the experience economy to support them in their work with SMEs
The ExBased project is co-financed by the European Commissions Lifelong Learning Programme.
6. Objectives
Provide local and regional public sector business consultants with knowledge of and insight into creative business approaches and the dynamics of experience-based business development.
Enable business consultants to support and inspire local companies to bringing creative approaches into the company, its marketing and product development processes.
7. Partners
Flanders District of Creativity Belgium
House of Businesses Aabenraa Denmark
South Denmark European Office Denmark
Business Academy South West Denmark
Ideone Creative Tampere Finland
North Staffordshire Chamber of Commerce - UK
Creative Industries Development Agency - UK
8. Timing
Project management and coordination
Dissemination
Exploitation of results
Quality assurance and project evaluation
Training Needs Analysis
Design and development of training module
Trail out phase
Evaluation of trail out phase and fine-tuning
9. Toolbox
Tools for

stimulating creative thinking

10. help businesses to think innovatively 11. working up creative ideas into business propositionsACTIVATION
INSPIRATION
AWARENESS
Case studies developed by the project partners
Handbook: a simple and easy to understand introduction to the Experience Economy for consultants and for businesses.
Recommended reading
12. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE THEORY
13. Welcome to the experience economy
B. Joseph Pine & James H. Gilmore
A few years ago, I saw some teenagers at a Wal-Mart putting quarters into one of those elaborate gumball machines with flashing lights, spiraling tubes, and cascading chutesa roller coaster of sorts for gumballs. They were feeding coin after coin into the machine only to watch gumball after gumball circle around and around. And they werent consuming the gumballs after they came out! What were they buying? An experience!
14. In the US there are 307+ million people and
90%+ of households can access electricity
But the candle business is worth $2 billion a year!
Why?
Because candles give us more than just light...
Think about an intimate dinner for two; an indulgent bath-time soak; a cosy family evening.
15. Were looking for more than something to eat, a place to sleep, general safety
And this something more has become a search for experiences
16. Definition
Companies stage meaningful events to engage customers in a memorable and personal way.
A temporary impulse in the brain or in the senses.
Selling of goods and services not based on rational considerations which provide value and leave a lasting impression on the consumer.
17. Definition
18. Definition
19. Some examples
Theme parks, tourist attractions etc where the business idea is the experience
20. Some examples
Branding where the product has associations beyond the function of the item and gives the user an added experience
21. Some examples
Storytelling telling the story of the product enhances the buyers sense of involvement and engagement
22. Some examples
Additional services
23. Some examples
Events an activity or event added to the product to give a further experience
24. Some examples
Clubs/Associations where a company invites you to join a network of like-minded people
25. Some examples
Retail experience the stores where you can try out the items and spend time talking to experts
26. Some examples
Customisation some part of the design or decoration can be determined by the customer
27. Some examples
Customer generated the business enables the customer to d-i-y
28. 6 design principles
29. USE A THEME
30. Efteling HotelThe Efteling Hotel is just seven leagues away from the Efteling theme park and offers guests the opportunity to live in a fairytale world for one or two nights, or more.
Let me tell you a fairytales
31. AutostadtVolkswagen AGs Autostadt spent $417 million to build a new facility in Wolfsburg, Germany, that consists of a museum, six restaurants, a hotel, and several pavilions showing off all the VW groups brands all in effort to transform industry stereotype from just another dealership that sells cars to an autobuying experience extravaganza.
Autobuying experience extravaganza
32. The green beer
Heineken ExperienceThe Heineken Experience is a museum dedicated to the beer brand Heineken and the brewery in Amsterdam. This museum offers you tours, interactive expositions and two cafs. It also takes you back into the history of the company en the development of the brewing process over the years. With this museum, Heineken tries to create a different point of view for their beer.
33. The magic of Studio 100
Plopsaland The Plopsa parks combine the magic of the Studio 100 characters with having fun on many top attractions in a unique environment.
34. Our products are not tested on animals, never have been and never will be
The Body ShopOne of he second largest cosmetic franchise in the world
35. Welcome to the fun
FantaDrinking Fanta is fun.
36. Homemade Ice cream
Ben & JerryThe story of two friends that started a homemade ice cream shop in an old gas station.
37. USE POSITIVE CUES&AVOID NEGATIVE CUES
38. Walt Disney with their Disney Parks is the recognised expert in offering experiences. The workers are called actors, you the visitor are the guests and the theme park becomes the stage.www.disneylandparis.com
Walt Disney
39. Torfs
For Torfs using harmonizing positive cues means personalising the service to your customer. Torfs is in the business of selling shoes and this is tricky to personalise. Making a real difference in the way they approach their customers is what they want to achieve. This means the way in which they pay attention to their customer, or the way in which they treat him or her, and try to put themself in the shoes of their customer and endeavour to find out what he or she needs. Therefore they have had to give their staff specific training in personalising their approach to the individual customer. How to greet and welcome customers into the shop, and how to address certain problems, etc.
40. At the LairesseApotheek in Amsterdam, for example, all impressions are in sync with each other. You can experience this pharmacys vision through your senses, as it were. www.delairesseapotheek.nl
LarisseApotheek
41. Carglass already exists many years, but it is a nice example of instantaneous gratification. When your car glass is broken you can make an appointment by phone or internet, when and where you want. At their local car centers not only the cars get a premium treatment (the broken car is fixed are replaced and on top of that your car is vacuum cleaned, and the glasses are washed), but as well the customers (free drinks, free wi-fi, free newspapers, comfortable waiting rooms, and most importantly friendly, smiling people)www.carglass.be
Carglass
42. Utopolis
The first VIP cinema in Belgium.www.utopolis.be
43. Spoor Noord or how cities can also eliminate negative cues. Spoor Noord is a brand new park in Antwerp. Spoor Noord is a contemporary urban landscape park. It combines nature, light, space, relaxation, culture, sports and events.The western section of the park includes a number of play areas, a bmx and skate park, in summer a summer terrace and much more. The entire park has a lot of free space to sunbath, picknickor relax. There even is a public barbecue in the park, just bring food, drinks and stuff to let it burn. Clean the barbecue afterwards and enjoy!Reconversion of an old industrial area.
Park Spoor Noord
44. Dutch airline KLM released a video a few weeks back demonstrating how they used social media to spread a little happiness amongst some of their customers.Their activity was to identify customers who checked in on Foursquare or mentioned on Twitter that they were flying with KLM from a particular airport. KLM staff then used the customers social media profile to find out a little more about them in order to present themwith small appropriate gifts.surprise.klm.com
KLM Surprise
45. Does your police office also looks as attractive as the new police office in Antwerp?
Police Antwerp
46. INCLUDE MEMORABILIA
47. Like most museums and amusement parks, Disney leads you past his shops with different goodies, reproductions, cards, etc after each attraction. www.disneylandparis.com
Walt Disney shop
48. Adidas
Last year I participated in the Real Berlin Marathon. After 42km each runner received a green plastic bracelet from Adidas, that you could engrave with your personal best time in one Adidas shop in Berlin. Dont have to tell you how eager each of the more than 65.000 runners were to do so and how long we were willing to wait (surrounded by great Adidas runner gear) for our personal bracelet. www.adidad.com
49. Nike created the NikeTown chain of stores with the goal of building its brand and supporting sales of Nike products in other general retail outlets. NikeTowns are rich in such experiential elements as exhibits that chronicle the evolution of the company's shoe design, a usable half-court basketball floor, and dramatic video clips of star athletes like Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods. www.nike.com
Nike Town
50. La porte des Indes
Get emerged in Indian cuisine and atmosphere, and get home with a nice orchid after a delicious dinner. www.laportedesindes.com
51. Delhaize
Young families with children are Delhaizes main target group. Not only by reducing prices for some very selected products like diapers or baby food, but also by savings campaigns like Pixar, Smurfs or marbles they target young families. Children even put their parents and grandparents under pressure to shop at Delhaize.www.delhaize.be
52. E-shop for baby and childrens wear and toys. Nice products. Quick delivery. And nicely wrapped. Because each article that you buy is a present, even if it is for own consumption.www.kleinezebra.com
De kleine zebra
53. If you have ever been to a Night of the Proms concert, you will know that all visitors get a small light at the entrance. During the romantic songs these lights turn the concert arena into a see of small lights. www.notp.com
Night of the Proms
54. Since 2005 AmuseeVous makes it possible for festival-goers to visit more than 48 museums in the Benelux for free during the summer, just by showing their festival-wristband. www.amuseevous.be
AmuseeVous
55. M&M shop
Thought M&M is only about those delicious chocolate candies. Well wrong, go to New York and visit the M&M shop. The New York City store is within a 2,200m2, three-level glass box, on Times Square. It includes a 15m-wide, two-story-high, "wall of chocolate", made up of 72 continuous candy-filled tubes. World in Times Square is New York City's largest candy store, and offers merchandise such as themed clothing, dishware, watches, and piggy banks.www.mymms.com
56. Desigual
One of my favorite bags. Got it for free last yearThis fantastic exclusive edition maxibag is yours for free with a purchase over a minimum amount of 99, in Spain.www.desigual.com
57. ENGAGE ALL SENSES
58. Have you ever noticed the smell of freshly brewed coffee in shopping streets?
59. Would a new car be as exciting without that 'new car' smell? Would you be very disappointed if we told you that the 'new car' smell is artificial? I dont think so. All automobile manufacturers have specialists who make sure a new car smells just right.
60. Did you know that supermarkets distribute the sense of freshly baked bread in their bake-off departments?
61. Have you already tried chocolate sniffing?
62. Did you know that the smell of oranges can have a positive effect on the mood of people in a disco? The smell of oranges turns the visitors happy and relaxed, they stay longer and consume more.
63. Do you know that mobile producers spend a lot of research to find out the right weight for a new mobile? The average weight of a cell phone is between 200 grams and 800 grams otherwise it's too heavy or light!
64. Did you know that lots of effort is spent on making the right feeling of keys on a piano or laptop keyboard.
65. AT&T found out that when you put on silent hold nearly 60% of all callers hang up.
66. According to Lindstrom 74% of Europeans recognize the Nokia ring tone and associate the tone with the brand.
67. When Porsche switched from an air-cooled engine to a water-cooled one, they received a tremendous number of complaints. What was the matter? The familiar Porsche sound had disappeared. Porsche moved heaven and earth to develop a new exhaust system whose sound was as close to the old, familiar one as possible.
68. NATURAL AND HOLISTIC APPROACH
69. 70. FLANDERSDISTRICT of CREATIVITY
Sara Pieters
sara.pieters@flandersdc.be
www.exbased.eu