How to effectively merge your Traditional & Digital Marketing

There’s no denying it, the world is rapidly shifting from analogue to digital. People are consuming more and more digital content on a daily basis on mobile devices, desktop computers at work, and more. Unfortunately, there are a lot of marketers who think that spending more online and digital media means leaving the tried and true traditional methods behind.

While newer medias work well, it’s not recommended to let them replace completely traditional methods, especially since each media appeals to different targets. Using a combination of traditional and digital marketing techniques is the most effective method of marketing, far more useful than using either on its own.

Let’s take a look at some merged strategies tips for combining offline and online marketing to increase exposure:

Be where the target audience is

Ask the question: Can your audience be best reached online or offline or some degree of both?

Based on the answer to the first question, which channels within each category should you use?

The offline channels of TV, radio, print directories, or newspapers or the online channels of advertising networks, social media or  online directories?

The criterion is: go where the target audience is, whether it’s online or offline or both, once you have established product-market fit, how will you communicate the value that the product provides on all online and offline channels, including websites, social media, advertising campaigns, online content, news and sales catalogues?

Compensate for each other’s weaknesses

Digital marketing can provide you with concentrated exposure and more interaction with customers. Marketing through social media, email lists or online ads is also less expensive and more measurable than traditional media. When combined, the benefits of both plans can be enjoyed while they compensate for each other’s weaknesses.

Traditional marketing is generally considered to be passive, while digital marketing actively involves the target audience. This really allows the two techniques to complement each other, working together to achieve your company’s objectives. While television and print advertisements are helpful in distributing information, they can also incorporate call to action messages to look for more information on a website and or Social Media.

Maximize the impact of your marketing efforts

Utilizing both traditional and digital marketing techniques allows your company’s message to be spread across many different channels. Depending on the target market, some media outlets work better than others. Though everyone is exposed to all different kinds of media, your younger audience is likely to be more digitally savvy. By using both methods, your company is able to reach more potential customers.

Traditional media is a highly effective way to reach a broad consumer base, but digital media is a great way to reach out to a specific audience. Digital marketing can be used to build relationships with the consumer that are deeper and more relevant.

How these two ways can be merge effectively is to use the wider reach traditional marketing channels present to generate broad awareness and drive consumers to the digital experience.

If you don’t use both types of marketing, your products may not be attracting all of your potential customers. In order to maximize the market, it is key that you integrate both traditional and digital marketing into your strategy.

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