What Is Digital Marketing? A Guide to Marketing in Today's Digital World
What Is
Digital Marketing? A Guide to Marketing in Today's Digital World
Digital
Marketing Define
Digital
marketing is the advertising and promotion of businesses and their brands through
digital media channels. Digital media, at the moment, includes websites, social
media, radio, television, mobile and even forms of traditionally non-digital
media such d as billboards and transit signs. Essentially any marketing media
that is delivered electronically is considered digital marketing.
This leaves
only various forms of person-to-person (P2P) marketing, print advertising and
direct marketing outside of the digital marketing umbrella. Even then, print
ads, direct mail, print directories, billboards and posters are all starting to
connect to their digital counterparts. With items like URL landing pages, QR
codes, web banner advertising, online directories and text codes, traditional
marketing and advertising almost always has a digital marketing connection.
Why the
Focus on Digital Media?
The shift to
digital media is being driven by marketing agencies, business owners and
consumers alike. The ever-increasing demand to show quantifiable results makes
going digital a dream for the digital marketing agency. Most digital media,
including websites, social media and mobile advertising is much easier to track
than traditional marketing media such as print advertising.
For business
owners, many forms of digital advertising are very low cost. Having a web
presence, engaging customers in conversations through social media and e-mail
marketing are low cost alternatives to print advertising and direct mail. These
digital channels are available to businesses of any size, and help to even the
playing field for start-ups, small businesses and independent consultants
seeking new business.
For
consumers, the fast pace of life makes digital advertising a must. When
consumers are in need of goods and services, gone are the days of thumbing
through a phonebook to find them. Now, we whip out our mobile devices or head
to our computers for answers - and we find them fast.
Using
Digital Media to Build Your Business and Brand
No matter
what size your business is - large or small to medium sized business /
enterprise (SMB or SME) - you can effectively market your business through
low-cost digital channels. The foundation of your marketing efforts will be
your website. Invest wisely in your website, and be sure that it does the
following:
- Adequately represents your business and brand (look and feel, messaging)
- ·
Adequately
speaks to your target audience
- ·
Can
be found by searchers on top search engines
- ·
Is
up-to-date and easily navigable
- · Provides multiple channels for customer communication.
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