The term itself is a generalization because there are numerous aspects of marketing on the internet. If you want to be a pro at this, you will need to have a clear and solid picture as to how each of the methods may or may not work.
Here we have some assets of digital marketing :
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
SEO is basically an array of tactics used to increase the traffic to a website. This is done by obtaining a higher place in the search result’s page of the major search engines like Google, Yahoo or Bing. So the higher your website’s link is placed, the better chances it has of getting clicked. It is done to increases the free traffic to your website since no money is charged.
Content marketing basically uses the art of storytelling to sell their products. Humans have always been drawn to great storytellers, and if you provide your audience with content that is relevant to their lives, they will inevitably prefer your product over others in the market. The important thing to do is to show people that you actually care about them.
Social media has blown up in the last decade, and almost anyone with a smart phone uses social media. To promote your product on this platform would be the best and easiest way to draw the attention of a larger group of people. You can create a Facebook page, Twitter or Instagram handle for your product, or make an advertisement for YouTube- it is a much viable and effective method than the traditional methods of marketing.
The pay per click method entails that you pay the publisher of your website every time someone clicks on its link. The best and most used example of PPC is definitely Google AdWords.
As the name suggests, email marketing is the process of communicating a company’s developments to their audiences through email. Email is also used to promote discounts, offers, and content. It is also done to draw traffic to the business’s website.
So you know what PR is. It is the process of getting noticed online by differed digital magazines, blogs, social media accounts and so on. The process is very similar to traditional PR but on the online level. When an unrelated digital platform promotes your content, it creates a sense of curiosity in the minds of the people who are subscribed to that content.
Have you ever read an article that talked about the hottest summer trends of the year, while advertising certain products related to the subject? That is native advertising. Here, the advertisements are essentially content-related but are published with other non-related content.
There are some other essential aspects related to digital marketing:
- Blog posts related to the product or the company
- EBooks and Whitepapers
- Infographics
- Online brochures
- Logos and fonts that help your product stand out from the rest.
- Interactive tools