Marketing For Today

Traditional marketing efforts revolved around pushing products and services onto potential customers through magazines, television, newspapers and many other forms of media. While there is still a place for this type of advertising the most effective form of marketing is now through the internet. The overriding features of online marketing are the high return on investment percentage and the ability to measure the performance of each campaign. The fundamental difference between the two is that people using the internet to find products or services are in a “ready to buy” frame of mind.

Search Marketing

Search is now the most powerful form of modern marketing. Some industries are yet to discover the profitability of online marketing but unfortunately the word will get out sooner rather than later. The normal progression for a green industry will see one or two companies entering the search market and then the floodgates open. Web design companies, pay per click resellers & online directories all contribute to getting the word out through traditional marketing like cold calling & telemarketing. Before long most people will now about the potential revenue streams available through search marketing.

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Affiliate Marketing

Advertising on other popular websites is a great way generate exposure on the internet. The key difference between say advertising in newspapers versus a website is that the ad will appear on relevant websites which are closely related to the targeted topic, product or services. There are several variations on how these systems work but they are usually based on pay per click, pay per lead or pay per sale payment arrangement. Many industries do well with these techniques while others are not suited to this type of marketing.

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Email Marketing

The main advantage of email marketing is that the email recipient is not exposed to other industry competitors. However the down side of this form of electronic marketing is that your email is usually unsolicited and identified as spam. To succeed with email marketing it must be first rate, have a great subject line and content that catches the eye straight away.

Traditional Marketing

Although many people have converted to this new way of finding what they want online there is still a large percentage of people who don’t know the first thing about the internet. Therefore it would be foolish to eliminate all forms of traditional marketing. An example of this would be telephone books, where many people still source tradesmen and other professionals to satisfy their needs. It is also important to include the company website address in all non-internet based advertising, as it conveys an impression of professionalism and provides potential customers with valuable information about the company.