What is Digital Marketing/Online Marketing/Internet Marketing?
A new concept in Marketing has evolved during the last decade known as “Digital Marketing.”
Digital marketing's expansion since the 1990s and 2000s has changed the way brands and
businesses use technology for publicizing. As digital platforms are increasingly incorporated
into marketing plans and everyday life, and as people use digital devices instead of visiting
physical shops, digital marketing campaigns are becoming predominant and resourceful.
How does digital marketing fit into this definition?
"Digital Marketing/Online Marketing/Internet Marketing is the marketing of products or services using digital technologies, mainly on the Internet, but also including mobile phones, display advertising, and any other digital medium."
Digital marketing methods such as search engine optimization (SEO), search
engine marketing (SEM), content marketing, influencer marketing, content automation,
campaign marketing, data-driven marketing, e-commerce marketing, social media
marketing, social media optimization, direct marketing (e-mails), display advertising, e–
books, and optical disks and games are becoming more common in our advancing
technology.
If marketing creates and satisfies demand, digital marketing drives the creation
of demand using the power of the Internet, and satisfies this demand in new and
innovative ways. The Internet is an interactive medium. It allows for the exchange
of currency, but more than that, it allows for the exchange of value.
A business on the Internet can gain value in the form of time, attention and advocacy
from the consumer. For the user, value can be added in the form of entertainment,
enlightenment and utility; content marketing is one powerful way to create value.
The reciprocity of the transaction is what’s important here – in other words, the
exchange is a two-way street that provides benefit to both parties simultaneously.
The Internet has changed the world in which we sell. It is not a new marketing
channel; instead, it creates a new paradigm for the way in which consumers
connect with brands and with each other. The complete scope of marketing is
practised on the Internet – products and services are positioned and promoted,
purchased, distributed and serviced. The web provides consumers with more
choice, more influence and more power. Brands have new ways of selling, new
products and services to sell, and new markets to which they can sell.
The roles played by marketing agencies are shifting too. So-called ‘traditional’
agencies are getting better at digital marketing, while agencies that started out
as digital shops are starting to play in the traditional advertising space. More
than ever, integrated strategies that speak to an overall brand identity are vital to
achieving an organisation’s goals. Consumers are increasingly more fluent in their
movement across channels and in their use of multiple of channels at once. They
expect the same from the brands with which they connect. Anyone still thinking in
the old ‘traditional versus digital’ dichotomy is sorely out of date.
However, marketing on the Internet does not mean throwing out the rule book
on marketing and business principles. Instead, the Internet provides a new
environment in which to build on these. Profit is still revenue less cost. The Internet
does not change that.
Brands build loyalty among users who love their products or services. Users fall
in love with products and services when their experience is tailored to their needs,
and not the needs of the brand. More than any other type of marketing, digital
marketing is measurable. This gives brands the opportunity to build tailored,
optimised brand experiences for consumers.
Understanding Digital Marketing:
Ultimately, the aim of any type of marketing is to keep customers and stimulate
sales in the future. Digital communication tools make it possible to connect and
build long-term relationships with customers.
Digital marketing helps to create consumer demand by using the power of the
interconnected, interactive web. It enables the exchange of currency but, more
than that, it enables the exchange of attention for value. This is referred to as the
attention economy.
Digital marketing is powerful in two fundamental ways. First, the audience can be
segmented very precisely – even down to factors like current location and recent
brand interactions – which means that messages can (and must) be personalised
and tailored specially for them.
Second, the digital sphere is almost completely measurable – every minute and
every click by a customer can be accounted for. In digital you can see exactly how
various campaigns are performing, which channels bring the most benefit, and
where your efforts are best focused.
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