Despite the fact that internet marketing is relatively new in the field of advertising, this approach has been widely accepted as the best method to reach consumers, who are spending more and more of their time online. “Internet marketing”, “digital marketing”, “emarketing” or “online marketing” as it is also called, is a complex approach consisting of several types or marketing activities, which use different platforms to establish the connection with online consumers and transmit the message.
In this course, each of these types of internet marketing approaches is analyzed in terms of how it can help you, when it comes to the overall internet marketing strategy.
Web analytics is the part of marketing devoted to the analysis of your goals and methods used for promotion of your website, and how those should be adapted in order to refine the approach and eventually produce better results. This segment of the course will show you what web analytics is, why you should use it and which metrics should be tracked to get the relevant data for the analysis. You will also learn about conversion optimization, elements of web usability and conversion optimization and how to calculate conversion rate optimization.
The following segments of the course deal with search engine marketing, social media marketing and search engine optimization. All of these are necessary parts of internet marketing. You need to understand how each of them works in order to be able to define a strategy, that will take the most out of these types of online advertising activities.
Each of the types of internet marketing strategies and activities is explained in terms of definition, important concepts and practices that could be used to leverage your website to a new level. While search engine marketing is focused on paid advertisings programs such as Google AdWords and Bing Ads, and different kinds of search engine marketing (SEM) campaigns, learning the basics of search engine optimization (SEO) is going to help you with understanding some of the free methods that can be used to increase a website’s organic position. When it comes to social media marketing, besides the definition of the concept and recommended social media platforms, you will also learn how to develop a social media marketing strategy.
Other types of internet marketing approaches with great potential to grow your business include email marketing, an approach based on establishing direct communication with customers or potential customers, and affiliate marketing, an approach where you allow others to promote your products and get additional traffic to your website. Lead generation is also introduced as it is necessary to understand this concept to obtain relevant contacts and target those, who are most likely to become your customers. Steps for developing a successful internet marketing strategy incorporate all the types of internet marketing activities into an approach that is based on the business’ needs and distinctive features, allowing you to adapt your own strategy so that you are most likely to achieve your goals. You should follow this guide to develop an internet marketing strategy that uses the potential of all types of marketing activities.
The final part of the course is devoted to mobile aspects of internet marketing, and how mobile devices are changing the way users interact with websites, thus making it necessary to adapt your website to this growing trend and incorporate mobile aspect into internet marketing.
