DM Short Notes
DM Short Notes
DIGITAL MARKETING
Digital marketing is the use of digital technologies and platforms to promote products and
services, as well as to connect with potential customers.
Digital Devices — Digital devices are those that people use almost every day. Examples:
laptops, desktops, smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, wearable devices, gaming devices.
Digital Platforms — These are the platforms with which users interact regularly. You can
use them for advertising. Examples: social media, search engines, websites.
Digital Media Paid or owned digital media channels can be used to reach your target
audience. Examples: online ads, social media marketing, SMS, email marketing
Digital Data — Data about your target audience used to achieve a marketing goal is
called digital data. You can generally collect data about your target audience through
surveys, apps, and other means. Examples: apps, contact forms, surveys
The traditional manner of marketing involved businesses to advertise their products or services
on print media, radio and television commercials, business cards, bill boards, and in many other
similar ways
1. Global reach
2. Cost efficiency
3. Measurable results
4. Effective targeting
5. Increased engagement
6. Flexibility
8. Social currency
9. Greater ROI
Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the ranking of a website on
search
engines.
3. Email Marketing -
Email marketing is a direct marketing channel where you send marketing materials to
subscribers' email addresses.
4. Video Marketing -
5. Pay-per-click (PPC) -
Pay-per-click (PPC) adveltising enables marketers to reach audiences on news and other
websites and digital platforms through paid ads.
6. Affiliate Marketing -
7. Influencer Marketing -
Influencer marketing is when a brand builds awareness and trust for a product among an
influencer's followers (or fans) by using the influencer's power.
8. Content Marketing -
9. Mobile marketing -
Mobile marketing is any advertising activity that promotes products and services via
mobile devices, such as tablets and smartphones.
10.Referral marketing -
Referral marketing is a highly valuable digital marketing channel. People listen to their
friends, family, and online peers.
7. What is Digital Marketing Strategy? List steps to create a digital marketing strategy
A digital marketing strategy is a comprehensive plan that outlines how a business will achieve its
marketing goals via online channels like search, social media, and email.
8. Analyze Results
It is a set amount of funds that the company uses only for its digital marketing activities.
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Planning and executing a digital marketing campaign involves several key steps. Whether you're
promoting a product, service, or brand, a well-thought-out strategy can significantly improve
your chances of success.
4. Budget Allocation:
8. Email Marketing:
5. A/B Testing:
6. Budget Adjustments:
1.Facebook:
Profiles and Pages: Users can create personal profiles or business pages.
News Feed: Centralized stream of updates, posts, and content from friends and
pages.
2. Instagram:
Photo and Video Sharing: Users can post photos and short videos.
3. Twitter:
4. LinkedIn:
5. Pinterest:
6. YouTube:
2. Profile Picture:
4. Bio/About Section:
5. Username/Handle:
6. Contact Information:
7. Link to Website/Portfolio:
1.Set Clear Goals - Define specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound
(SMART) goals.
2. Know Your Audience: Identify your target audience's demographics, interests, and
behaviors.
3. Choose the Right Platforms: Select social media platforms that align with your
audience and goals.
4. Optimize Profiles: Ensure your profiles are complete, consistent, and visually
appealing
5. Content Strategy: Plan a mix of content types, such as images, videos, articles, and
user-generated content.
7. Use Hashtags Wisely: Research and use relevant hashtags to expand your reach
10. Paid Advertising: Consider using paid advertising to reach a larger audience.
2.Key Metrics: Track key metrics such as reach, impressions, engagement, click-through
rate (CTR), conversion rate, and follower growth.
6.Social Listening: Monitor social media conversations about your brand, products, or
industry.
7.ROI Measurement:
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EMAIL MARKETING
1. Define Email Marketing?
Email marketing is a powerful marketing channel, a form of direct marketing as well as digital
marketing, that uses email to promote your business’s products or services.
Offer valuable content on your website, blog, or social media that encourages visitors to
subscribe to your email list.
Place strategically designed opt-in forms on your website, landing pages, and blog.
3.Offer Incentives:
When visitors are about to leave your website, use exit-intent popups to capture their
email addresses.
Organize webinars, workshops, or events and collect email addresses during the
registration process.
Attend industry events, network with others in your niche, and explore partnerships
with complementary businesses.
11.Use QR Codes:
Clearly communicate the benefits of subscribing and ask for permission to send
marketing emails.
Segment your email list based on relevant criteria such as demographics, preferences, or
behavior.
The subject line is the first thing recipients see, and it greatly influences whether they
open the email.
4.Personalize Content:
Keep your content relevant, concise, and visually appealing. Use compelling copy,
high-quality images, and, when appropriate, incorporate interactive elements.
7.Mobile Optimization:
Create responsive email templates that adapt to various screen sizes and devices.
Experiment with the timing of your emails to determine when your audience is most
responsive.
Leverage the segmentation of your email list to send targeted messages to specific
groups.
11.Automation:
Implement automation for certain types of emails, such as welcome emails, abandoned
cart reminders, or post-purchase follow-ups.
Regularly analyze key metrics such as open rates, click-through rates, conversion rates,
and unsubscribe rates.
13.A/B Testing:
Conduct A/B tests on various elements of your emails, such as subject lines, content,
CTAs, and visuals.
14.Compliance with Regulations:
Ensure that your email campaigns comply with relevant regulations, such as the CAN
SPAM Act or GDPR.
Email automation involves the use of technology to streamline, schedule, and send emails
automatically based on predefined triggers or actions.
Key Elements:
Triggers
Workflows
Consistency
Use Cases
Welcome Emails
Drip Campaigns
Email segmentation involves dividing your email list into smaller, targeted groups based on
specific criteria.
Key Elements:
Demographics
Behavior
Preferences
6. Define Content Marketing
Content marketing is a strategic marketing approach that involves creating and distributing
valuable, relevant, and consistent content to attract and engage a target audience.
Buyer Personas: Create detailed profiles of your ideal customers to tailor content to their
preferences, needs, and pain points.
2. Content Strategy:
Clearly define the goals of your content marketing efforts, such as brand awareness, lead
generation, or customer retention.
3. Content Creation:
Quality Content: Develop content that is informative, relevant, and valuable to your
audience.
Various Formats: Explore different content formats such as blog posts, articles, videos,
infographics, podcasts, and more.
Keyword Research: Identify and target relevant keywords to improve your content's
visibility in search engine results.
Optimized Content: Ensure your content is optimized for search engines to enhance its
discoverability.
Social Media: Share your content on social platforms to reach a wider audience.
Email Marketing: Incorporate content into your email campaigns for customer
engagement.
Paid Promotion: Boost content visibility through paid advertising on platforms like
Google Ads or social media.
Community Building: Foster a sense of community around your brand by engaging with
your audience.
Key Metrics: Track metrics such as website traffic, engagement, conversion rates, and
social media metrics.
Adjust and Optimize: Analyze data to understand what works and refine your content
strategy accordingly.
8. Storytelling:
Brand Narrative: Craft a compelling brand story to connect with your audience
emotionally.
Humanize Your Brand: Use storytelling to make your brand more relatable and
authentic.
Timely Content: Stay current by creating content related to trending topics or industry
news.
Identify and articulate the overarching goals and objectives that your content marketing
efforts aim to achieve.
2.Audience Research:
3.Content Audit:
4.Competitor Analysis:
Study competitors to identify content strategies that are effective in your industry.
Establish a consistent brand voice and messaging that aligns with your brand identity.
6.Content Governance:
Develop guidelines and processes for content creation, approval, and publication.
7.Channel Selection:
Determine the platforms and channels through which your content will be distributed.
8.SEO Integration:
Integrate search engine optimization (SEO) best practices into your content strategy.
9.Content Lifecycle:
Plan for the entire content lifecycle, from creation to promotion and repurposing.
10.Performance Metrics:
Define key performance indicators (KPIs) that align with your business goals.
1.Topic Ideation:
2.Content Calendar:
3.Content Formats:
7.Community Engagement:
9.Content Repurposing:
10.Feedback Loop:
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MOBILE MARKETING
Mobile marketing is any advertising or marketing campaign that promotes products or services
through mobile devices.
1. In-App Marketing:
In-app marketing is marketing through mobile apps. In-app marketing can be either for
your own brand or for other brands. For your own brand, In-App marketing refers to the
use of banners, overlays, and inbox messaging to market your products to your app
users.
Mobile push marketing sends marketing messages on mobile devices using push
technology. It allows you to deliver relevant information to users even if they are not on
your website or app.
3. SMS Marketing:
SMS marketing is a marketing campaign via text message. You can send promotions,
alerts, offers, and more to current and potential customers’ phones.
Social media platforms typically have billions of users, making social media a great place
to advertise and promote your business.
5. Location-Based Marketing:
Location-based marketing allows you to target a customer on their mobile device based
on their location.
6. QR Code Marketing:
QR code marketing allows you to create a link to your website, download your app,
review your business, or signup for your newsletter.
This type of marketing refers to the process of promoting a mobile application to reach a larger
audience and increase downloads.
User acquisition
Visibility
User engagement
Revenue generation
Competition
Brand awareness
Customer insights
1. Prelaunch Marketing
2. Postlaunch Marketing
Location-based marketing is using data from mobile device users’ current or past locations to
display relevant content to them.
Types -
1. IP address marketing - IP address marketing lets you use that location information
to target your marketing.
2. GPS Marketing - GPS marketing lets you target promotions based on this location
information.
4. Beacon Marketing - Beacon marketing, also known as beacon advertising, allows you
to use physical devices called “beacons” on the premises of a business to communicate
marketing efforts to people within range of that beacon.
Mobile marketing analytics is a process of gathering data and insights from mobile marketing
campaigns and mobile applications.
3. Mobile ad analytics
1. A/B Testing:
A/B testing is a technique used to compare two different versions of a mobile marketing
campaign or mobile application to determine which one performs better.
2. Segmentation:
3. Personalization:
4. Predictive Analytics:
Predictive analytics is a technique used to predict future user behavior based on past behavior
and other data.
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Analytics provides valuable insights and data driven decisions that can significantly impact a
company's success.
Importance -
4. ROI Measurement
5. Website Optimization
6. Targeted Marketing
9. Budget Allocation
1.Audience Reports:
2.Acquisition Reports:
3.Behavior Reports:
4.Conversions:
5.Real-Time Reports:
8.Event Tracking:
9.Integrations:
1.Account Creation:
Go to Google Analytics and sign in with your Google account. Create a new account for your
website.
2.Property Setup:
Within your account, set up a property for your website. This involves entering information
about your website, such as its name, URL, and industry category.
4.Configure Goals:
Define specific goals, such as completing a contact form or reaching a certain page, to track user
interactions that matter to your business.
If you operate an online store, configure e-commerce tracking to monitor transactions, revenue,
and product performance.
6.Verify Implementation:
Verify that the tracking code is implemented correctly using tools like Google Tag Assistant or by
checking the Real-Time reports.
The process involves tracking user actions on your website and optimizing campaigns to
improve the likelihood of desired actions or conversions.
1. Define Conversions:
Utilize tools like Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, or platform-specific tracking tools to
set up conversion tracking.
Identify the crucial touchpoints in your customer journey where conversions are likely to
occur.
Conduct A/B tests on elements that can impact conversions, such as ad copy, images,
button colors, and form fields.
7. Mobile Optimization:
Continuously optimize your campaigns based on the insights gained from data analysis
Reporting and data visualization in digital marketing are crucial for interpreting complex data
and communicating insights in a clear, compelling manner.