AI was portrayed as a versatile and technical tool with the potential to revolutionize various industries. Its ability to process vast amounts of data and make informed decisions is reshaping the way we approach complex problems.
AI has greatly benefited me as a designer. It automates repetitive tasks, gives me precise insights based on data, and enables me to make informed decisions.
DIGITAL MARKETING DEFINITION
Digital marketing is a system or technology which allows you to market your products or services using digital technology. Humans try to make things easy for themselves, so they thought about how to digitize marketing so as to make it easier, interactive, effective and efficient.
Traditional way and Digital Marketing
Before
digital marketing came into limelight, there has always been a way marketing
was done, which is the traditional way,
which includes medium like:
TV’s
Radio
Newspaper
Billboards
Flyers
Magazines
etc.
These methods are still being used today in the world of marketing, but it is losing its influence and efficiency in the present world because of its limitations, like:
It’s more expensive than digital marketing
It’s almost impossible to measure the results/success of your marketing strategy
Interaction and relationships between brands and its audience are very minimal.
Digital
marketing leveraged on the limitations of the traditional way to make marketing
more effective and efficient.
Some of the benefits of Digital Marketing over the Traditional way are:
Digital
marketing allows for more interaction and relationship between brands and its
audience
It’s
much easier to measure the results/success of your marketing strategy
Digital
campaigns have the ability to reach far more audience
It’s
also possible to suit a digital campaign to reach a local audience
Digital marketing is a fast-growing area in the IT world, there are a lot of possibilities in the space due to the growth of the internet over the years.
Growth of the Internet
The
number of internet users has escalated over the years. The table below shows
the incredibly fast evolution/growth of the internet from 1995 to 2017:
The table above shows that as at 2017, we have 54.4% of the world population on the internet, which is massive and huge, so imagine having products or services which is opened to half of the world population. An adage in my dialects says
“the sky is enough for all birds to
fly”
So
no matter your products or services you offer, in as much you building a
positive brand, and your contents are top notch and you getting a fantastic
feedback on your products and services, then the sky is not just your limit but
the beginning in the internet world.
With the current emerging trending technology like AI (Artificial Intelligence) and blockchain technology, which are both powerful technologies that will change a lot in the world of internet, soon digital marketing will evolve with the new trends, which may reduce the influence of the current trends in digital marketing.
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Possibilities in Digital Marketing
My goal is to make sure you understand the various possibilities in digital marketing. Let’s start by getting you up to speed with the components of digital marketing which would allow you to understand the various ways in digital marketing when learning it.
The
one I consider the most important among the components is:
SEO
(Search Engine Optimization):
SEO
is simply bringing your site to the top of search engines organically. It
sounds simple right?
It’s
all about your site being in front of the right people, who are actively
searching for your products or services online.
It’s
also about driving traffic to your website organically, meaning you don’t pay
to take your website to the top of search engines.
“I
will be posting an article on SEO soon, where we would go deep on how important
SEO is in digital marketing, the role it plays and the various techniques
necessary to rank first on Google, Yahoo, Bing and other search engines”.
SEM
(Search Engine Marketing):
Is
one of the most efficient and effective way to grow your business on the
internet in a very competitive marketplace.
SEM
is the process of running ad. campaigns on search engines, so as to drive
traffic to your website to enhance the process of marketing your products or
service.
The
only major difference between SEO and SEM is that SEO ranks on top of search
engines organically while SEM requires you to pay to rank on top of search
engines.
Social
Media Marketing
Is
the art of using social networking sites to attract/engage audience? Social
media is like a town hall where people come to check on the families, catch up
with friends, to make new friends, to share stories, even to discuss or educate
themselves.
Social
media allows businesses, individuals and organizations to connect and interact
more with their audience and build a relationship with them.
It’s
not just to attract or engage but also to drive business to the various ad
campaigns that you convert on the social networking sites like:
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
Instagram
LinkedIn e.t.c
Most
social media platforms have a built in data analytic tool, that will allow
businesses to keep track of their progress, success and engagement of ad
campaigns.
Content
Marketing
Am
a huge fan of content marketing, I love and believe in it because I consider
it, the body of digital marketing and without a body, there cannot be a head or
foot.
Content marketing is centered around the creation, publishing and distribution of valuable, relevant and consistent content to attract and retain a clearly defined audience and ultimately to drive profitable customer action.
I
believe that content marketing rules the digital marketing world, with a great,
unique content marketing strategy you would be valuable and relevant in your
niche, which will take you to the top of search engines.
With
content marketing you can build a permanent source of traffic, leads and sales.
Inbound
Marketing
“Inbound
marketing is about creating valuable experiences that have a positive impact on
people and your business. You attract prospects and customers to your website
and blog through relevant and helpful content. Once they arrive you engage with
them using conversational tools”
By
creating content designed to address the problems and needs of your customers,
you attract qualified prospects and build trust and credibility for your
business.
Affiliate
Marketing
Is the process of earning money as a result of promoting other people’s products or services. It’s always advisable and better to find products or services that connects or relates to your brand and earn commission from promoting them.
Email
Marketing
Is one of the best ways to promote business online. Email marketing helps you connect with your audience to improve and promote your brand and increase sales. It is the use of emails to build and develop relationships with customers and potential customers.
Email
marketing helps a business develop and maintain a relationship with a customer
over time that results in sales and customer loyalty.
A
lot can be done with emails:
To share newsletter
To sell products or services
There
are a lot more components of digital marketing like:
Mobile
Marketing
Display
and video advertising
Conversion
Optimization
But
these are some of the important components of digital marketing, it’s a wide
subject, you can either specialize in one or specialize in all. But you can
start by picking one and building yourself on it.
Conclusion
There
are a lot of creative, amazing, beautiful and elegant contents that’s been on
the internet lately that’s because of digital marketing, more solutions are
been developed in the digital marketing space so as to make marketing easier
effective and efficient.
Digital
marketing is evolving every day, so that tells you it’s not late to hop the
train, there are loads of opportunities in the space of digital marketing, many
are making a career of it and many quit their jobs to pursue a career in the
space.
Are
you a student tired of waiting for allowance from your parent, a graduate
seeking employment, an employee tired of working 12hrs in a day because of low
income or because you are not passionate about what you are doing, or an
employee who needs a side hustle then you are at the right place, here at
indepthorb we would help you get started.
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