What Works for Cultural Attractions
Our Approach
We have seen this approach work across gardens, zoos, aquariums, and museums.
Treating advertising like an investment leads to more visitors, more revenue, and a stronger foundation for your mission.


Treat Advertising Like an Investment
Alignment
We work with mission-based institutions. We believe in the work you do.
Our role is to support that mission by being disciplined stewards of your advertising investment.
Every dollar is managed with a clear goal: grow visitation and revenue to strengthen your institution for the long term.

Visitation Strengthens the Mission
Focus
We believe advertising should be optimized for visitation and revenue.
Not because they are the only outcomes that matter, but because they make everything else possible at scale.
More visitors lead to more education, more memberships, more donors, and greater community impact.

A Disciplined Approach to Allocating Investment
Discipline
Treating advertising like an investment requires discipline.
We understand the balance between brand and performance for cultural attractions. You are a civic institution, not a theme park.
Our approach invests in high-impact, brand-lifting channels alongside performance channels that drive visitation and revenue.
We have developed a framework to guide that balance.
You can explore it in our Media Planning Guide.

Measurement Is Built Into the Investment
Measurement
If advertising is an investment, it should be measured like one.
We connect media performance directly to visitation and revenue through your ticketing system and analytics setup.
This allows us to understand what is working and make better decisions about where to invest next.

Paid Social Video as Part of the Investment Strategy
Channel Strategy
When advertising is treated like an investment, certain channels consistently rise to the top.
For cultural attractions, that is paid social video.
Where your audience already spends their time.
Built for storytelling through real people, showing the experience while incorporating event, mission, and visitation messaging.
Makes it easy to act in the moment, from discovering your institution to buying tickets.
In our experience, no other channel more consistently turns attention into visitation and revenue.

How Our Approach Drives Visitation and Revenue
Case Studies
Atlanta Botanical Garden

Atlanta History Center

Detroit Zoo

Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens

