Online marketing is a necessity when you want to grow your business. It ensures that consumers can find you and customers don’t forget about you. Setting marketing goals will make it easier for you to have a plan of attack so that you’re not wasting marketing dollars. With a little help, you can learn how to smash through those goals, too.
Set Goals
The only way for you to smash through goals is to set them. We’re always surprised to find out that many businesses that are spending good money to launch online marketing campaigns have yet to sit down and write out the goals that they want to achieve.
SMART goals can make it easier for you to know that you’re setting goals that are capable of being reached.
- Be SPECIFIC with your goal.
- Ensure that you can MEASURE your goal.
- Ensure that your goal is ATTAINABLE.
- Keep your marketing goals REALISTIC.
- Have your goal set in a TIMELY manner.
It might take some time to set goals that will work for you. However, any campaign that you launch should be focused on a specific goal. Follow some digital marketing tips so that you don’t fall into the same mistakes that you may have made in the past.
Implement Different Types of Online Marketing Strategies
Not all consumers respond to the same types of campaigns. Additionally, you’ll find that some of your target audience is on Facebook while others are not on social media at all. It only makes sense for you to have different online marketing strategies using some of the different platforms that are out there.
- Facebook advertising
- PPC campaigns
- Content marketing
- Search engine optimization
- Email marketing
By taking the time to get to know your target audience and what motivates them, you can decide which campaigns will get the job done. You also have to look at why you’re marketing to them. For example, are you looking to increase your leads? Are you trying to keep your existing customers? Do you want your leads to convert? Once you can identify the ‘why’ behind your reason for marketing, you can decide what method is best to use.
You may also want to have several campaigns running at the same time. This will allow you to drive more traffic to your site, engage your existing leads, and keep your current customers engaged so that they don’t forget about you.
Track Your Progress
Tracking your progress is an important part of the puzzle. If you don’t know how you have improved, is it possible to know if you have improved? This means that you need to set some benchmarks for yourself. As we mentioned before, SMART goals can make a big difference. If you’re focusing on attainable and timely goals, you will have a timeframe associated with a goal. You also need to be able to measure that goal.
Let’s talk about search engine optimization. You may not have any SEO keywords on your website right now. As a result, you’re not showing up on enough search engine result pages. The website traffic being generated from Google is low because of all of it. As you put campaigns into motion, track what happens. You can start to see your rank for different keywords improve. You will also see the traffic to your website start to increase.
Don’t be afraid of analytics as they can help you to stay on track. Otherwise, you could be wasting marketing dollars because of not knowing whether something’s working for you or not.
Constantly Adjust
If you ran a sale that no one responded to, you would work to make adjustments, right? The same thing is true about internet marketing. Adjustments are needed based on how people respond and how things change over time.
Remember that there are different types of digital marketing campaigns. You will need to adjust based on what your current goals are.
- Generate new leads
- Monetize existing customers
- Build engagement
As your business changes, your marketing goals have to change, too. Additionally, some campaigns may stop working for you. Rather than continuing to pay for a Facebook ad that’s no longer resulting in traffic, change it up. You don’t want to waste money simply because you’re not engaged in what’s going on with your marketing.
Marketing would be a lot simpler if you could set it up and forget about it. Unfortunately, it’s an ongoing process. When you’re more actively involved in the online marketing campaigns, you can set more effective goals and smash through them on a regular basis.
If you need guidance, a digital marketing agency can help you to set various marketing goals and campaigns for you. Contact us to set an appointment.
Article by Phil Fisk
CEO Coastline Marketing Group, Inc.
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