In todays Internet connected world, Digital Marketing (DM) is considered to be the overall strategy and blueprint for broadcasting your brand and unique value offering to the online global community. It is strategic in nature as it involves measurable activities like Online Brand Messaging (via design of your website, Facebook Fanpage and other digital properties), Lead Capture and Conversion (Search Engine Optimization, Pay-Per-Click, & Landing Page Design), and Ongoing Social Monitoring (Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, and other Social Media sites)
1. Online Brand Messaging 2. Lead Capture & Conversion 3. Ongoing Social Monitoring
THE NEW, MORE EFFECTIVE WAY TO SALE
Since the beginning of our modern civilazation, we've sold our products and services to buyers the same way...we deploy our sales force out into the world to find buyers. In other words, we seek out prospects. Now, with the introduction of the search engine (first) and social media (second), our prospects find us! The paradigm has shifted 180 degrees. BUT...and this is a big but...Our prospects only FIND US if we are fully engaged in a Digital Marketing strategy and have positioned ourselves properly TO BE FOUND in front of our competitors.
A DIGITAL STRATEGY AND ONLINE MARKETING PLAN
To many people, the rapid evolution of online social technologies and digital media is occuring so quickly that it becomes a full-time job just to keep pace. Understanding where to begin in developing a Digital Marketing strategy for your own company or brand is itself hard to figure out. Often times, people "freeze up" for fear that they may cause more harm or damage to their brand if they "don't get it right" the first time. In many cases...they CAN do more harm than good.
PARTNERING TO BUILD A SOLID FOUNDATION
At 2Surge, our goal as always been to partner, mentor, and educate our clients and to be trusted Digital Marketing advisors. By taking a hands-on approach to Digital Marketing we not only assist you with defining a comprehensive Digital Marketing strategy, but we also educate you along the way to inform you why each defined tactic is part of the effective strategy defined. This gives you a more comfortable view not only of Digital Marketing, but of 2Surge as a partner. We eliminate the "Black Box" feeling of the unknown.
STEP 1: ASSESS AND UNDERSTAND
The first step in our DM Action Plan is to Assess your current existing online brand and properties and also understand your business philosophy, value proposition, competitors, and product/service offerings to the market. By building an all-encompasing profile of WHO you are and WHAT values you offer, we are better able to define a DM strategy best suited for you. >>Deliverable: DM Strategy and Action Plan
STEP 2: BUILD AND OPTIMIZE - Effective online design - Ecommerce design and implementation - Effective call-to-actions and landing page design - Onsite Optimization for strategic search phrases - Establish a Social Network hub (utilize social media as the vehicle...NOT the destination)
STEP 3: ATTRACT AND CONVERT - Backlink campaign implementation - Local search profile generation - Video marketing - PPC campaign design
STEP 4: MONITOR, MEASURE, AND IMPROVE - Website traffic analysis and reports - Conversion and sales reports - Backlink campaign analysis and reports - PPC campaign analysis and reports
STEP 5: BRAND BOOSTING AND REPUTATION MANAGEMENT - Mobile app design - Fanpage app design - Dedicated social monitoring, conversation tracking, & social engagement