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Marketing Strategy: Deciding how to split your marketing budget? Keen to analyse what sort of ROI you can anticipate from your latest campaign? This is the section where we focus on results, marketing analysis and tactical methods that can be applied to all marketing regardless of your advertising channel. Regulars include On a Shoestring, which is our monthly look at marketing for SMEs and B2B Straight Up, which looks at business-to-business marketing. In addition, thought leaders such as Michael Kiely and David Gillespie contribute their regular columns on holistic brand strategy and integration.
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No wonder Marketing struggles to gain credibility in the corporate world with statements such as your "it looks great and your marketing dept will love it". e-commerce is an integral part of marketing teams today - we marketers work very closely with e-commerce and we have known for years that you don't use flash. Give us a break, please.
Second, I think perhaps I have been a touch harsh on Marketing depts here, obviously there are many fantastic marketers who understand the pointers above already (of which clearly you are one). However, I would say it is unfortunately my continued experience that non-web savvy marketing professionals still get drawn to flashy websites for ecommerce based on their polished look and feel rather than usability and effectiveness. The purpose of the comment is part of a wider message to all people working in ecommerce (marketers, retailers, brand managers or agencies) that we need to get real about what a bad idea using flash predominantly is. The more people who re-iterate this point the better our sites will be for both clients and end-users, which can only be a good thing.http://www.tangentone.com.au
I would add in a seventh point: measure it. And don;t just measure the number of "clicks" or "hits" but delve in to a deep understanding of the person behind the click so that you can build a relationship with the person and drive remarketing programs to them. Again, the savvy folks know this, but for those new to this field it is important to know that the successful online marketers are taking personalisations strategies very seriously and getting great results by doing so.
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@Nancy Rocks - couldn't agree more, and I'd go as far as to say the most important part of developing a strategy is being really frank about how much time and resource you have to put in. It's a pretty massive misconception that social media is 'free' as the likes of facebook and twitter don't charge to set up accounts, but like any marketing activity getting real rewards from it takes time and money. I guess that's why I see strategy as so important, as it can give you some SMART goals and milestones to measure success against and give some view of ROI.
@Kevin - brilliant point and a very welcome addition to my six. Collecting and analyzing data is the only way to properly inform ongoing online strategy and is a complete must for any serious business. Our work in targeted, personalized email campaigns has been some of the most effective that we've ever done for clients and the results really do speak for themselves.
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However - companies that have product-centric marketing departments, particularly industrial ones in the B2B environment are miles behind most marketing techniques and still view the web as a brave new world. They know everyone is doing it, but not sure why, but gee whiz - that website sure does look nice! Let me have one!
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