The buzzword, Digital Marketing is a type of marketing of products and services across electronic platforms, encompassing both online and offline channels.
The most important 7 categories under online marketing are:
Search engine optimization (SEO)
Search engine marketing (SEM)
Content marketing
Social Media Marketing (SMM)
Pay-per-click advertising (PPC)
Affiliate marketing
Email marketing
Under offline marketing, we have 4 major segments:
Enhanced offline marketing– This kind of marketing is entirely practiced offline, but enhanced using electronic devices. In today’s world, electronics play a dominant role.
Electronic billboards
Digital product demos
Digital product samples
Television marketing – TV ads are most probably the first kind of marketing we’ve grown up seeing! They are direct and largely popular among the masses.
TV commercials
Tele-shopping
Super Bowl commercials
Radio marketing – It is one of the oldest forms of digital marketing, where an over-enthusiast person screams at the top of his voice to sell a product.
Radio commercials
Show sponsoring
Phone marketing – This is the biggest and fastest mode of offline marketing with its own share of crests and troughs.
Cold calling
Text message marketing (giveaways, coupons, loyalty programs)
QR codes
Some of the most common Digital Marketing terminologies to get acquainted with:
Call to Action – It is the best way to provoke a consumer for his response. Buy Now and Shop Now are some of the common CTAs.
Bounce Rate – It’s the percentage of visitors who navigate away from the site after viewing only one page of a respective website.
Conversion Rate – It refers to the percentage of visitors who have ended up completing your intended goal. For best results, install a Tracking Pixel on your website. Mind it, your conversion rate is of crucial importance, it sheds light on the positive return on investment.