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Topic 5 - Managing Digital Communications - Updated
Topic 5 - Managing Digital Communications - Updated
media campaigns?
4. What are some tips for enjoying positive word of
mouth?
3 1. What is Digital Marketing?
Advantages Disadvantages
• Can offer or send tailored • Consumers can screen out most
information/messages messages
• Lower cost • Time consuming
• Global reach • Ads can be less effective than they
• Can trace effects by clicks on a appear (bogus clicks)
page/ad • Complaints and feedback
• Contextual placement • Lost control over online messages
• Can place advertising based on via hacking/vandalism
search engine keywords
Major Media Time Spent Per Day
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8 4. Online Marketing
Communication Options
Web sites
Search ads
Display ads
E-Mail
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4. Online Marketing
Web sites (KW- “best hotel in Shimla”)
Ease of use
Physical attractiveness (https://www.clarkesshimla.com/ vs.
https://www.hotellandmarkshimla.com/ )
Microsites
Search ads
Paid search or pay-per-click ads
Search engine optimization (SEO)
E.g. use Keyword “online grocery shopping”
10 4. Seven Key Design Elements of a Web site
– 7C
Context. Layout and design
Content. Text, pictures, sound, and video the site contains (Virtual
tour)
Community. How the site enables user-to-user communication
Customization. Site’s ability to tailor itself to different users or to
allow users to personalize the site (PC vs. Smartphone users)
Communication. How the site enables site-to-user, user-to-site, or
two-way communication
Connection. Degree that the site is linked to other sites
Commerce: All the product price along with the add-ons available for
it is all visible in the website
Online
(Quora, TripAdvisor, GitHub)
communities/forums
(HubSpot Blog)
Blogs
Social networks
6. Social Media
14 Social media are rarely the sole source of marketing
communications for a brand
Only some consumers want to engage with some brands, and, even
then, only some of the time
(Marketingprofs, 2019)
15 7. Word of Mouth
Face-to-face and phone
Online
Viral marketing (“word of mouse”)
16 7. Creating Word-of-Mouth Buzz
Start-up company
Mid-size company
Large Firm
Start-up: 2 Lakh budget
Mid-size : 12 Lakh
Large Firm: 1 Crore
19 8. Task – How to plan digital marketing campaign
for the following types of companies?
Factor to be considered
Type of industry: Service or manufacturing or hybrid
Target customer segments: B2B or B2C
Buyer persona (demographic details, interests, and behavioral traits)
Time needs (Immediate or long term or both)
Suitability of channel for TG
Select of channel based on secondary data (if available)
Select the channels
Measure ROI of each channel
Realign strategy
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Thank you
21 Case Study Question- Sephora Direct:
Investing in Social Media, Video, and Mobile