How to Start Marketing Your Business

How to Start Marketing Your Business

If you’re looking to establish your business as a leader in your industry, you need effective marketing strategies to do so. For too long now, companies have relied on traditional marketing methods like newspaper ads and radio spots, but these are becoming increasingly ineffective at capturing consumers' attention in today’s marketplace. Fortunately, with the advent of digital marketing, it’s easier than ever to connect with your audience and drive up the sales of your product or service by using social media and search engine optimization techniques that appeal to modern audiences.

Digital Marketing

Though word-of-mouth advertising is still effective, most businesses are turning to digital platforms to expand their reach. By creating an online presence and promoting your brand on social media, you can advertise and market at your leisure. To ensure that you stay ahead of your competition, keep up with recent developments in digital marketing by reading blogs like HowStuffWorks’ home page. There, you can find helpful articles on topics such as search engine optimization and inbound marketing.

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  2. Anyword and Jarvis AI (copy)
  3. Lucid (workflows and processes)
  4. Canva (graphics)
  5. HubSpot (ideas and templates, CRM and email marketing)
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  7. WordStream (ads grader)
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  9. Google Analytics
  10. ActiveCampaign (email marketing)
  11. SEMRush or MOZ (SEO)
  12. Suzy (marker research)
  13. Creatopy (ads, banners, content)
  14. Biteable (message in motion)
  15. ClickUp (project management)

Digital Marketing Tools

If you want to market your business in today’s world, you can’t rely on print advertising alone. You need digital marketing tools—especially if you’re marketing online. To be effective, digital marketing requires an integrated approach: content creation, paid placement (on social media platforms like Facebook and LinkedIn), search engine optimization (SEO), email marketing, and more. The good news is that all of these approaches can be done by understanding technology; it just takes a little research and some creative thinking.

Digital Marketing Strategy

If you want your business to succeed in today’s fiercely competitive world, one of your first steps is likely going to be developing an online marketing strategy. Start by defining which digital media channels you want your business to take advantage of and develop strategies around them. For example, if you want to market your e-commerce website, it might make sense for you to focus on SEO (search engine optimization), social media, and PPC (pay per click) advertising. Next, spend some time reading articles and guides from experts about each channel and how it can be used most effectively for small businesses in your industry. If possible, talk with professionals who have experience using digital marketing strategies for their own companies.

Conclusion

If you’re just starting out, it’s easy to get swept up in how huge and successful your competitors are—to think that they’ve been born into their positions and you’ll never be able to catch up. Don’t let yourself fall into that trap! Just because others have seen success doesn’t mean you can't also reach it by working hard, putting forth the effort, and marketing your business effectively. So get out there and make yourself known!

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Alexey Navolokin

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3 年

Excellent post. Thank you Lina G. Rugova

Diji Wusu

I make it easy for Coaches and Consultants to grow their revenue by creating compelling offers that lead to repeat clients. Marketing Strategist | Golden Circles | Growth Quest Accelerator | Client Success Summit

3 年

This will help me .Thanks a lot Lina G. Rugova Effective Marketing strategy is the underlying linchpin glossed over that leads to an unsuccessful Marketing campaign.

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