In order to find the best digital
marketing agency, first, we need to understand "what is digital
marketing", "will digital marketing benefit your business" and
answer the question "how do I get more leads for my business?" -
which should be the purpose of any marketing.
What is a Digital Marketing Agency?
The dictionary definition of Digital marketing is the marketing of products or
services using digital technologies, mainly on the internet, but also including
mobile phones, display advertising, and any other digital medium. So simple to
summarise in one sentence, yet it can be a complicated process to get right and
to ensure that all of your digital marketing is working together, not as silo
activities. This is where the expertise and experience of the best digital
marketing agencies can be hugely beneficial.
Traditional advertising, newspapers
and paper directories, such as Yellow Pages, are increasingly less
effective for businesses. Whilst a few years ago people would go to a computer
to search for a product or service, nowadays people are connected to the
internet all day, every day and "live online". Looking for
information, a product or service is as quick and simple as searching on a
laptop or computer at work or picking up their mobile telephone or tablet.
Digital marketing focuses on getting your information, products and services in
front of people when they are looking online. The best digital agencies
understand the buying process of your products and services and ensure that
your information is prominent to the potential customer at the appropriate
time. In the digital marketing world, the various stages of the buying process
i.e. research, consideration and purchase are called "micro-moments"
and the very best digital marketing agency will present the relevant
information, service or product at the targeted time in the buying process.
Whilst some digital marketing
agencies will also create and manage traditional advertising or business
marketing, such as newspaper advertising, specialist digital marketing agencies
will concentrate on online marketing as opposed to "marketing
companies" who commonly concentrate on TV, radio and print marketing.
Regardless if your business is
business-to-business (B2B) or business-to-consumer (B2C), digital marketing can
be a fast, often instant, and reliable way of getting leads into your business
and driving up revenue. The very best digital marketing agencies will manage
all of the digital advertising based on return on investment (ROI) ensuring the
leads generated are at a cost that makes business sense and increases profit
levels. Digital marketing will benefit your business and answers the question
"how do I get more leads for my business"?
Digital marketing, sometimes
referred to as website marketing, can be broken down into a number of important
features and services:
SEO Services
Search engine optimisation, most commonly abbreviated to "SEO", is
the process of getting your website found on search engines like Google when
people make a search relevant to your business, services or products.
Regardless if your website is
e-Commerce or selling services it will drive leads and sales into your business
if it is found for the search terms people use (often referred to as
"keywords") to look for them in Google.
SEO requires experience and
understanding of how Google reads your website. What messages and information
you want Google to read for a webpage or website and knowing where to place
that information so search engines can find it. A good SEO company will have a
proven track record of ranking websites high in the search results.
SEO works best when the proven
methods of obtaining rankings are applied in conjunction with latest trends
that are driving traffic. An example of this is the "near me"
phenomenon, which has seen a 150% growth in the last 12 months, where mobile
phone users are adding "near me" to their search query i.e. "SEO
Company near me". These customers are looking to buy and buy from a local
service or product supplier.
Although SEO can be a stand-alone
service, it is most effective when combined with PPC, social media and
reputation marketing. SEO is also the cornerstone of effective PPC, social
media and reputation management campaigns.
Pay Per Click
Pay Per Click (PPC) often referred
to as "Google Advertising" or "online advertising" is where
you position adverts at the top of the search results for specific search
terms. These search terms can be the words people use when in the "research"
phase of making a purchase or targeted at the "buying keywords" when
potential customers are looking to buy.
Although your advert, depending on
your budget, can be shown every time a search is made, you only pay when an
internet user clicks on your advert and is taken to your website or calls you
direct from the search results page meaning you only pay when you get a click
from a potential customer hence the name for this form of marketing of Pay Per
Click (often abbreviated to PPC).
How much you pay for each click is
determined by a few factors. The "cost per click" (abbreviated to
CPC) is determined by the quality and relevancy of the advert to the search
term being used and the relevancy of the page on your website that the
potential customer land on. These factors contribute to your overall
"quality score". The higher your quality score, the less you pay per
click and less you pay per lead into your business.
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