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Today marketing strategies are essential for a business to operate successfully. When these strategies become effective, they are the foundation of making a business succeed. 

One definition of customer journey is the route a person travels when engaging with your company's brand, product, or service. There are five stages to this process, first getting people to know about your brand and consider it in their decision process. Second getting them to purchase. Third, keeping them as consumers, and finally getting them to advocate for your brand in their own communities.

The first 'e' businesses took off in the early 1990s and never looked back. The internet has grown exponentially in the thirty years since then. The main advantage of digital commerce is that you can reach a diverse range of prospects all over the world in relatively short periods of time while spending much less.

I started my internship at Marketing Eye when I had just finished my first semester at University. My aim was to find a part-time internship where I would be able to learn and enhance my skills in the professional world. I had applied to Marketing Eye without any expectation of getting accepted for the role. When I received the call of confirmation I was ecstatic, as this was my first achievement in a new country. Marketing has always been my field of interest and so a Marketing internship was extremely exciting.

Imagine that there is suddenly a digital black out in the whole world: you cannot access your mobiles, laptops or internet. There is no Instagram, Facebook or YouTube. What do you say, will you be able to survive in this world? Will businesses be able to survive since they have made themselves use to the fast-paced environment of this ever-changing world?

No, I don’t think that’s possible!

Technology has made us rely on it so much that one cannot even imagine a world without digital devices. It is the same case for the businesses across the world. Whether it is accounting, analytics or finance, every department is entirely dependent on technology.

A marketing plan is a vital aspect in successfully launching a new product or service. It acts as a blueprint in ensuring your target audience is well educated on your expertise, with the overall aim to generate leads and increase overall sales. All companies are aware of the importance of having a business plan, yet many ignore the plethora of benefits a marketing plan will bring to your business.

Oftentimes, these terms are used interchangeably…

But they actually mean two different things.

Think of it like this…

You are a military leader and about to go war, you would obviously need to prepare all the necessary machineries, weapons, equipment, troops, and the perfect combat strategy to penetrate your opponent’s defences.

The approach to how you are going to tackle the enemy’s defences will be different for each opponent (your competitors), hence this describes your marketing strategy, it lays the foundation before you attempt to do anything.

So, it is essentially like your strategy on how to win the war with your limited sources and capabilities.

Recently, I came across a famous fast food chain billboard which was promoting its newly launched product. A thought came across my mind as to why these multinational brands are using such old traditional ways of advertising to promote their new product as these would be better advertised on social media than on billboards. That’s when I saw the small symbols of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube on the billboard, and it suddenly struck me the main focus of the billboard was to direct the customers toward their social media platforms. This made me realize how traditional and digital media can co-exist in the same environment.  

In digital marketing SEO campaigns aim to drive organic search results and website traffic from search engine’s such as Google. SEO performance is largely determined by changes you make to your website, what your competitors are doing, and changes search engines make to their search result pages. Google’s search results are constantly changing to provide the best user experience for their users.

It’s been a tough two years working from home and creating marketing strategies that would absolutely kill it amidst a global pandemic. But now as the situation eases (we’re hoping), us marketers are setting benchmarks for the new year, including goals that make sure our email marketing strategies offer our audiences just what they need, while creating the right ROI for our clients.