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The term means promoting a product or service via an electronic medium such as website, online catalogue or newsletter to get the word out to the highest percentage of potential customers or internet users locally and internationally. In other words, the company should have an online presence to be able to market electronically.
What is E-Marketing? The term means promoting a product or service via an electronic medium such as website, online catalogue or newsletter to get the word out to the highest percentage of potential customers or internet users locally and internationally. In other words, the company should have an online presence to be able to market electronically. It's obvious that E-Marketing objectives won't be achieved by just having a website unless the right steps are taken before it reaches the end customer on the internet and this is called E-Marketing steps. What are the different means of E-Marketing? There are different ways to promote a product or service online: 1. Search Engines Internet users search for information using "Search Engines". And to appear in the search engine results you should register your website with a number of local and international search engines. The most popular ones are: Google, Yahoo, MSN, AltaVista, etc. You can open a separate account for your company in Google AdWords for instance; as Google hold around 80% of the search engines shares in the market; therefore the highest proportion of internet users use Google for their searches. Moreover, you will get the advantage of tracking your Ads, account stats and having access to your daily reports of your website visitors which will show you information about number of visitors, most viewed pages, the geographic location of your website visitors, etc.. Web Directories These are websites that have been designed especially so that people can add or submit their websites under related categories. There are some directories which are free while others charge a small amount of money for some more exclusive features. Direct Emails This means that the company promotes its products or services to the targeted audience by sending them an electronic mail or newsletter. These audiences could be company's current costumers or people who could become future customers (potential customers). In most cases, the company would send a series of emails or newsletters to customer to give them information or persuade them to try a new product or service. This could prove one of the most effective marketing methods if used correctly. Banners Promotional banners are fancy colorful graphics or text which could also be used to display the company's logo or slogan. Banner marketing has become very successful and commonly used among webmasters and marketing companies. Banners have also been proved to create excellent brand marketing as they are very attractive and eye catching and embed a long lasting image or impression in our mind that is associated with a certain company or brand. Website A bad website will definitely give a bad impression to your site visitors. Infact, it can act as a very bad advertising tool if it was not used correctly. Therefore you need to consider some key points to ensure that your website will bring in the expected results that it was designed for.
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