Marketing with Blogs Part 1/3 eMarketing review by Robert Scales

Submitted by Robert Scales on Mon, 12/05/2005 - 16:11.

What is eMarketing?

Term referring to the Internet and e-mail based aspects of a marketing campaign, such as banner ads, e-mail marketing, search engine optimization, Pay-Per-Click, and other tools. Also referred to as "Online Advertising."

A full definition can be found on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-marketing

It's all about Visibility in 2005

  • 888 millions users (14% of world population)
  • In North America 65% of web user have access to broadband (high speed internet)
  • 44% of internet users and one-quarter of all adults, now say they use online banking.
    A little more then 48% of users has made an online purchase in past 12 months.
  • Google - is now searching 8,058,044,651 web pages
  • 84% of internet users have used search engines. On any given day, 56% of those online use search engines.

What are they looking for?

  • People, places or things
  • Commerce, travel, employment, or economy
  • Computers or internet or technology items
  • Health or sciences
  • Education or humanities
  • Entertainment or recreation
  • Sex or pornography
  • Society, culture, ethnicity or religion
  • Government (or military)
  • Performing or fine arts

Continuing Trends in eMarketing

  • Blogs
  • Accessibility
  • Web 2.0
  • Open Culture
  • Meta Data / Tags
  • Podcasting and other media-casting

Marketing tips

  • Do you research
  • Know your target market
  • What’s your eCommerce / online strategy? Plan of action.
  • eBranding, you can’t judge a book by it’s cover.. or can you? Your online image is everything, you only get one chance to make an impression.
  • Service you client well. Their success is your success.
  • Keep a blog: everyone is an expert in one way or another, share that expertise!

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