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When building a business, the profit is a far-off dream. The real purpose of the business is to create customers by satisfying their specific needs. Often, many startups shut down because they fail to create customers unwilling to pay for their products or services. While they may have great ideas, businesses must have buyers and a proper way to attract an audience. For example, by properly researching and analyzing potential users. This is where marketing comes in.

 

What is marketing?

Marketing refers to any action that is getting people interested in your company’s product or service. This happens through market research, analysis, and understanding your ideal customer’s interests. Marketing relates to all aspects of a business, including product development, distribution methods, sales, and advertising.

In order for companies to promote their product, they create so-called marketing campaigns.

 

What is a marketing campaign?

Marketing campaigns are organized, strategy efforts to promote a specific company goal. This could be a product, a service, or the brand as a whole. They can be promoted through different types of media such as online platforms, television, radio, or print.

Marketing campaigns are often the first interaction a consumer has with a company’s product. For this reason, these campaigns must be properly described, in a way to encourage a potential buyer, convincing him that this product is exactly what satisfies his specific needs.

Launching successful marketing campaigns leads to attracting and retaining new customers which in turn will lead to the stimulation of the company’s growth which is necessary for any business to exist. This is why marketing includes a different set of strategies that are better suited for some companies over others. These strategies are divided into two main types of marketing.

What are the types of marketing?

As we mentioned earlier, marketing is divided into two main groups, traditional and digital marketing, and each group has its own types of strategies.

What is traditional marketing?

Traditional marketing is also called offline marketing because to increase brand awareness traditional marketing uses offline promotional strategies that include:

  • Outdoor Marketing – This refers to public out-of-home advertising displays including billboards, advertisements on public transit, etc.
  • Print Marketing – This includes the use of content published in print advertisements such as newspapers, magazines, brochures, or flyers.
  • Direct Marketing – Direct marketing refers to any marketing that relies on direct communication or distribution to individual consumers.
  • Event Marketing – Event marketing is planning, and organizing an event to promote a brand, product, or service.

 

What is digital marketing?

Digital marketing is also called online marketing because companies use digital media and platforms to promote products and services.

  • Search Engine Optimization (SEO) – Search Engine Optimization is a set of processes aimed at improving a website’s visibility in search engine results pages (SERPs), such as Google, to get more organic traffic. SEO refers to unpaid traffic rather than direct traffic or paid traffic which is search engine marketing (SEM).
  • Search Engine Marketing (SEM) – SEM refers to the practice of promoting websites by increasing their visibility in search engine results pages (SERPs) primarily through paid advertising.
  • E-mail Marketing – Email marketing is a marketing strategy where businesses send commercial or promotional messages, typically to a group of people, using email.
  • Social Media Marketing (SMM) – This is a marketing strategy that uses social media platforms such as Facebook or Instagram to promote a product or service.
  • Affiliate Marketing – Affiliate marketing is a marketing strategy by which an affiliate earns a commission for marketing another person’s or company’s products.
  • Content Marketing – This is a marketing strategy that involves the creation and sharing of relevant materials, such as articles, videos, and social media posts, to attract and engage audiences.

For a company to improve its marketing strategy, there are four main pillars, also known as the 4 P’s.

 

What Are the 4 Ps of Marketing?

The four Ps of marketing are product, price, place, and promotion. Together they represent the essential mix that a company needs to market a product or service.

  • Product – Companies need to choose what they will sell, that is, what is a physical product, services, consulting, etc. A good product helps businesses stand out from the competition and win customers.
  • Price – This represents the amount of charge. It is important to achieve a balance that leads to the most sales and the most profit.
  • Place – Your products must be visible to your target market. Therefore, it is important to choose a suitable place where your customers will be able to find information about your business.
  • Promotion – Promotion is the fourth P and represents the way your consumers find out about your business. These are the marketing strategies that you use so that the consumers can find you.

 

Conclusion

Marketing refers to all activities that a company performs to promote and sell products or services to consumers. To get people interested in your company’s product or service, it must receive proper research, analysis, and understanding of the interests of your ideal customer.

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