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Videos Of the Month

Here are our featured place marketing promotion videos of the month from around the world – a selection from hundreds of Good, Bad and Ugly clips that we have collected to entertain you. Register on this website to view the full range, to add your own excellent (of course!) clips, or to access other useful and unique stuff for investment promotion and lead generation. Enjoy!

Netherlands NFIA

Our video of the month – an excellent promotional 2 minutes!

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http://www.nfia.nl/why_invest_in_holland.html


Invest in Manchester

A 7-minute look at Manchester’s strengths and the MIDAS offer. The classic hard sell, British style :-)

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http://tv.investinmanchester.com/video/invest-in-manchester?current-channel=&page


International Business Wales

A simple and quite original “ad”, low budget and quite effective.

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You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video


Michigan Advantage

Well, how many regions are now promoting environmental technology, renewable energy etc.? Michigan sets a competitive benchmark for other locations around the world.

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IDA Ireland

A simply delivered but slightly enigmatic ad that promotes Ireland’s knowledge base. I hope investors understand and appreciate the message.

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You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video


Business Friendly Bahrain

A well distributed ad series from EDB Bahrain in 2009. Simple idea, big production and well… at least it gave Bahrain some good exposure on BBC World.

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Invest in Bangladesh

For an LDC this is a great video from BOI Bangladesh. It helps to inform, shift perceptions and develop a sympathetic mind amongst investors.

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Invest Japan

Maybe an old video but it shows how things are changing in Japan.

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Latest from our bloggers

John Hanna
posted on Monday, 19 Jul 2010 by John Hanna No Comments

Those of you receiving ePT-the Electronic Newsletter of Pharmaceutical Technology, will have read today the article  “Merck Announces Major Restructuring Plan”.  This is another example of the corporate news statement that defines the industry’s current direction.

Merck is always on …

Christina Knutsson
posted on Wednesday, 30 Jun 2010 by Christina Knutsson No Comments

The decision to brand a nation and how to do it  is a challenge to crack for any Government… as a nation, the government must ask itself… are we brand-ready?

The core stakeholders, normally lead by the highest echelon of Government (big budget $$$), need to agree

Christina Knutsson
posted on Monday, 24 May 2010 by Christina Knutsson No Comments

The United Kingdom has pulled ahead of both the United States and France as an affordable jurisdiction to conduct business, according to KPMG’s Competitive Alternatives 2010 study, which compares business costs in 10 countries in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.

Mexico retained its number one ranking from the last …

Mike Gourlay
posted on Monday, 24 May 2010 by Mike Gourlay No Comments

Greater Manchester inward investment agency MIDAS has launched a business club in New York to attract investment into the city region. The New York branch of the Manchester Business Club is the third in the series. The launch event …

John Hanna
posted on Monday, 24 May 2010 by John Hanna No Comments

The Greek prime minister George Papandreou met senior executives of Cosco, China’s state-controlled shipping and ports group, last week in an effort to persuade them to participate in a scheme to build a €200m logistics centre near Athens.

The Chinese group took control last October under a 35-year concession agreement of …