Thursday, February 20, 2014

Online Advertising


Online advertising utilizes the Internet to deliver promotional marketing messages to customers. The idea of the advertisement stays the same, direct selling or marketing, but the distinction is that the people you reach are all over the world. Banner ads, social media marketing, pop-ups are all part of online advertisement. As with traditional media, Internet advertising involves a publisher, an advertiser and often an agency that facilitates the process, generates the ad content and places the ad copy.



Advertisers are able to reach a vast amount of people through the Internet, much more than they would with traditional advertisement at a much lower cost. Internet advertising is perfect for companies that are trying to reach customers across the world. If your company serves a lot of customers, online advertising would a very cost efficient marketing tool for you. 

Sunday, February 16, 2014

Web Development



In today’s business world a company definitely needs a good website to stay competitive or to even stay in business. When creating a good effective website, you should always keep the customer in mind. Web development increases communication with customers, helps promote your products, generates leads and boosts the popularity of your company. 




With the ongoing evolution of the internet, companies nowadays can no longer depend on word of mouth to generate new business. Some not only have websites but mobile websites and apps as well. The better a website is designed the more visits it will have and the more traffic and exposure your products and services will get. Web development requires knowledge of the necessities of the firm and the customers. Key words and information on the website is essential to make the site SEO friendly. This will give your website higher rankings and help generate more sales. These days superb web development can be what makes a business successful. The more popular your website is the more visitors you will get. The better your website is designed the more you’ll turn visitors into customers.  



Sunday, February 9, 2014

Why online reputation is important

Importance of Online reputation

Building a positive image for your brand or company takes a lot of time and effort. Any negative comments about you or your company can easily make their way to the internet where anyone can see it and could really hurt the image that you worked so hard for. That being said, one should really make it a priority to manage their online reputation.

If you don’t have power over your image online, then someone will create it for you. Whether you are looking for a new job or selling products and services, people will most likely look you up on the internet before making any decisions. People will probably base their decisions of what they find in the first page of Google,
Bing or any other big search engine. Search engines don’t filter out negative comments, information that may be inaccurate, or flat out lies. Any bad publicity can easily make it to that first page on a search engine if you are not proactive in taking care of your online image. This is why online reputation management is so important.


When forming an online marketing strategy it is crucial to include a plan to protect your company from bad publicity on the internet. By not taking ownership of your reputation online, you are leaving yourself exposed for someone to do it for you.

Email Marketing

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Email marketing is a type of digital marketing that uses electronic means to deliver commercial messages to an audience.  An effective subject line writing, delivering quality messages and sending specific content your customers want to hear and will share with others is what strengthens your relationship with your audience through email marketing.

 Email lets you to utilize the information you have about your existing and potential customers, so that you can generate different messages included into one unique communication strategy. It is not a free service but when compared to other marketing options its almost as if it was. There is a reason you already have their email address. They either subscribed to you newsletter, website or whatever it may be, they are interested in what you have and emails are just a way for you to generate more sales. Regardless of the business or industry you are in, email marketing will have a huge impact on your sales and make your business more profitable. 

Sunday, February 2, 2014

Digital marketing



What is Digital Marketing? Digital marketing is the marketing of brands, products and services via electronic media such as computers, social networks, email and websites. Digital marketers keep an eye on things like what consumers are viewing, how many times they view and the time they view it for.  The internet is the heart of digital marketing. It’s all about giving more access to your products so consumers have access to information at any point of the day.  


A digital marketing strategy is crucial to the success of a business because of the customer demand for online services.  It’s important that companies have a clear digital strategic plan to gain new business and retain existing customers. People no longer hear what you want them to hear about your products. Now they can simply go on the internet and see what media, friends, happy customers, not so happy customers, etc., say about your product and most likely base their decision of their research done through the internet.   Consumers look for brands they can depend on, companies that build a relationship with them, communications that are personalized and significant, and offers that are specifically made to meet their needs. Having a great digital marketing strategy and help achieve this and enhance the customer experience and if you don’t your competitors will definitely gain an advantage over you and leave you behind.