Does Digital Marketing Work for All Businesses?
Digital marketing can work for any business in any
industry. Regardless of what your company sells, digital marketing still
involves building out buyer personas to identify your audience’s needs and
creating valuable online content. However, that’s not to say that all
businesses should implement a digital marketing strategy in the same way.
For B2B
If your company is B2B, your digital marketing efforts
are likely to be centered around online lead generation, with the end goal
being for someone to speak to a salesperson. For that reason, the role of your
marketing strategy is to attract and convert the highest quality leads for your
salespeople via your website and supporting digital channels.
Beyond your website, you’ll probably choose to focus
your efforts on business-focused channels like LinkedIn where your demographic
is spending their time online.
For B2C
If your company is B2C, depending on the price point
of your products, it’s likely that the goal of your digital marketing efforts
is to attract people to your website and have them become customers without
ever needing to speak to a salesperson.
For that reason, you’re probably less likely to focus
on ‘leads’ in their traditional sense, and more likely to focus on building an
accelerated buyer’s journey, from the moment someone lands on your website, to
the moment that they make a purchase. This will often mean your product
features in your content higher up in the marketing funnel than it might for a
B2B business, and you might need to use stronger calls-to-action .
For B2C companies, channels like Instagram and
Pinterest can often be more valuable than business-focused platforms LinkedIn.
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