Today, we'd like to introduce you to the notion of digital marketing and why your company should begin implementing efficient digital marketing techniques in order to further elevate your overall brand.
What is ‘Digital Marketing’?
Digital marketing is a type of marketing that promotes products and services through the use of the internet and online-based digital technology such as desktop computers, mobile phones, and other digital media and platforms. For instance:
- Websites;
- Mobile apps;
- Social media company apps;
- Search engines;
- Advertising;
- Email and automation.
Establishing an online brand presence can be difficult as the digital world is extremely saturated. You must keep in mind that there are other businesses that are vying to build their own brands within the online world as well. Standing out should be the main focus of your digital expansion. To do this, your business must be able to demonstrate its value to the audience.
What are the main advantages of Digital Marketing?
Currently, there are over 4.66 billion active people on the Internet, you can use this statistic to your business’ advantage. Here are some of the main advantages of digitising your marketing tactics:
- Establishing an online presence can allow you to reach out to different demographics across the world;
- Lower costs in comparison to traditional marketing methods;
- More control of how you can portray your business to a global community;
- Easy to track results and measure success.
Are there any disadvantages to Digital Marketing?
There are also disadvantages to this form of marketing that you must keep in mind. For example:
- Staff must be skilled and knowledgeable within this area;
- It may be time-consuming;
- High competition due to saturated environment;
- Cybersecurity issues.
These disadvantages can be avoided if one practices due diligence. In addition to this, creating effective strategies can enable your business to prevent most of these things from occurring.
Why should my business focus on digital marketing methods now?
As aforementioned, building an online presence now can be extremely advantageous to your business. It goes beyond the capabilities of traditional marketing as the digital sphere can provide your business with an unlimited amount of engagement from a larger audience.
With an online presence, you can focus more on building rapport with your audience. Customer service has and will always be an integral part of any business, no matter how large or small the business is.
The process of communicating with your audience has become much more simplified in recent years due to the emergence of social media platforms. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok continue to grow as more and more people join the digital world.
Creating an account on any or all of these platforms is simple, but creating a successful online presence with these sites is no small feat. We highly suggest that your business takes the time to find out what they can do to stand out amongst the crowd first, you may do the following:
- Find your unique selling proposition - this is essential to the success of your digital presence so show the online world what your business principles are and what value you can bring to these potential consumers;
- Employ and train your staff - training your staff to understand how the digital world works will be extremely beneficial to your business. As your staff acquires more digital marketing skills, you should see a major difference in your online presence;
- Control public perception - how the public perceives your brand is entirely based on how you present yourself to the online community. Communicate to the online audience in a way that represents the values of your business. Failing to do so can negatively affect how consumers will view your entire brand.
We are aware of the challenges businesses face when they first appear within the digital sphere. Persona Finance is here to alleviate your problems by offering remote accounting and business services to all types of businesses. For more information on how your business can effectively implement digital marketing strategies, please contact Persona Finance at [enquiries@personafinance.co.uk] or for other business and accounting queries.
