This January, Martin GONEVO will celebrate its first birthday! To mark the occasion, the company is offering an online marketing guide for beginners. Whether you’re just starting out or already have a bit of experience, this resource will help you become an effective online marketer. Don’t worry — we’ve got you covered! In today’s guide, we’ll cover everything from foundational knowledge to effective marketing techniques. Let’s get started.
Foundational Knowledge
To operate a successful business, you must understand the basics of marketing and sales. Luckily for you, we’re going to teach you all about these important areas.
Marketing
Yes, marketing is a bit more involved than selling a product. Instead of just producing, promoting and selling your product, you should be thinking of ways to attract potential customers to your brand or company. This involves researching your target market, formulating a solid marketing strategy and then using various tactics to promote your product or service. Let’s take a closer look at each of these factors.
Target Market
Your target market is the specific group of people you’re aiming your marketing strategy at. Before you begin your SEO efforts, you must first establish who your target audience is. Depending on the nature of your product or service, you may need to perform market research to determine exactly who your ideal buyer is. It is crucial to pinpoint a niche within the larger audience and formulate a strategy that will enable you to connect with them.
Strategy
Your marketing strategy should be a plan of action designed to achieve your objectives. This involves considering the various tactics and strategies you’ll use to grow your business. Decide which ones will have the greatest impact and set aside the time to implement these tactics. You can also use your strategy to map out areas you’ve identified as weaknesses and set goals to work on improving. You should follow this strategy until you see measurable results.
Tactic
The tactics you’ll use to promote your product or service depend on your marketing strategy. The goal is to attract potential customers to your business and get them to engage with you and your brand. This leads to a conversion – getting them to take action (such as making a purchase), subscribing to your email list or visiting your site. You can use various tactics, such as search engine optimization (SEO), content marketing, e-mail marketing, social media marketing and display advertising. Decide which ones you’ll use and set aside the time to implement these tactics.
Tactics
The specific tactics you use depend on your marketing strategy. The goal is to drive traffic to your site from various sources. While SEO is an important part of online marketing, you shouldn’t solely rely on this technique. Create content that’s relevant to your target market that will encourage them to click through to your site. You can also use tools such as HubSpot to track the effectiveness of your various marketing efforts. The more you know, the more you can do!
SEO
Search engine optimization is the practice of getting websites or blogs to show up on the first page of a search engine’s results for relevant keywords. While it’s important to look at your SEO efforts from a holistic point of view and consider different factors such as your competitor’s rankings and how users are interacting with your content, you should always start with a keywords research tool to test your current content and discover new keywords. If you’re looking for a free online tool to help you find the right keywords, try Google Keyword Planner. You should implement high-quality content on your site, focusing on quality over quantity. Additionally, you should avoid using jargon and keep your articles concise and easy to understand.
Content Marketing
The content you create should be of high quality, offer accurate and reliable information and be unique and useful. Studies show that consumers prefer to read engaging articles that provide useful information rather than just marketing pitches. Create useful content that encourages potential customers to take action and then distribute this content to as many people as possible via social media sites or email.
Email Marketing
Email marketing is one of the most effective forms of marketing. It’s quick and easy to set up and requires little to no effort from your part. Just take care to make sure you follow-up with relevant emails and don’t overdo it – people hate spam!
Social Media Marketing
The most effective forms of marketing on social media are those that are informative. Using social media to market your product is great, but you should never, ever simply promote your product. Instead, use social media to generate leads, grow your audience, engage with your followers and create a community.
Display Advertising
Display advertising is a bit like SEO in that you’re not directly promoting a product. Instead, you’re trying to reach a certain audience and advertise something that’s relevant to them. You can use Google Display Network to find relevant ads for your product and display them in your sidebar.
How To Become An Effective Online Marketer
To become an effective online marketer, you must do a little bit of everything. Luckily for you, we’re here to help with seven steps to help you achieve digital marketing success.
1. Measure your results.
Your first step is to measure your results – whether these are in terms of leads, sales or website traffic. Identify the metrics you’ll use to determine your success and set a target for yourself.
2. Identify your target audience.
Your target audience is the specific group of people you’re aiming your marketing strategy at. Before you begin your SEO efforts, you must first establish who your target audience is. Depending on the nature of your product or service, you may need to perform market research to determine exactly who your ideal buyer is. It is crucial to pinpoint a niche within the larger audience and formulate a strategy that will enable you to connect with them.
3. Create content.
There’s no substitute for good content when it comes to attracting potential customers. Create content that’s useful, informative and engages your target audience. These articles can be anything from popular blog posts to webinars or podcast episodes. The goal is to create high-quality content that encourages potential customers to take action.
4. Distribute the content.
Once you’ve got content that’s valuable and relevant to your target audience, you can distribute this content to various platforms such as social media sites or email lists. To continue growing your business, you should take advantage of all available channels and distribute your content to as many people as possible.
5. Measure the results of your distribution.
After you’ve distributed your content to various platforms, you’ll want to measure the results of this effort. Just because you’ve got content doesn’t mean it’ll generate leads or sales – it needs to be distributed to drive results. Use keywords in your content and analyze your distribution platforms to identify the most effective ways to reach your target audience.
6. Redesign your website.
Unless you’re happy with how your current website looks, it’s time for an upgrade! Your website is your online storefront and it’s critical that it looks consistent across all devices – desktop, laptop and mobile. Make sure to test your site on all these platforms to ensure it looks the same on all of them. With so much competition, it’s important to ensure that your website looks as good as new.
7. Regularly check yourself.
To become an effective online marketer, you must do a little bit of everything. Thankfully for you, we’re here to help with seven steps to help you achieve digital marketing success.