Tuesday, February 21, 2012

How important is a digital marketing strategy for online businesses?

By Oliver Green


Business owners don't need telling twice that the current economic situation has made it difficult to achieve growth. And yet when they look around them they often see competitors thriving. The likelihood is that these competitors have invested in their business rather than trying to conserve resources and look inwards. If you're looking for a way to invest wisely in an online business, a digital marketing strategy is the obvious place to start.

The cornerstone of most digital marketing strategies is SEO. Search engine optimisation is an ongoing process that will drive your website to the top of results for targeted keyword searches and keep them there. The benefits for your business of having a website jump up the search rankings are almost immediately obvious.

So now that you've got that added footfall you need to exploit it. That can easily be done with another digital marketing technique known as CRO, or conversion rate optimisation. CRO picks up where SEO leaves off by optimising your site so the chances of a visitor ultimately spending money at your site are increased. Unlike running an advertisement in print media, you'll know that your marketing budget has been put to good use because you'll be able to see hard data that shows just how your digital marketing strategy is helping your business to prosper.

Along with these two vital digital marketing methods you may also want to explore social media opportunities. Depending on your target audience, using social media as part of a wider digital marketing strategy could be one of the most cost-effective ways to increase turnover for your business. It will also directly help with the SEO campaign.

Not all aspects of digital media marketing may be right for your online business. Working in close partnership with a digital marketing agency you can tailor a strategy that will deliver the best results possible on a budget that you can afford. When you see the results not only on paper but in the bank, you'll wonder why you ever questioned the need for a digital marketing strategy.




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