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Saturday, September 1, 2012

Internet Marketing vs. Traditional Marketing



 Internet Marketing vs. Traditional Marketing

 


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ABSTRACT


More companies are moving away from traditional marketing towards Internet marketing. During the 1990’s Mass Communications dominated the market. Advertisers focused on delivering one message to a mass audience through various mediums like television, radio, and print.  Now companies are shifting money from traditional marketing to Internet marketing because Internet marketing is a more effective way to show proven results.
INTRODUCTION:

When is the last time you picked up a newspaper or searched for a phone number using the Yellow Pages? If we think about these pages honestly we have to say that we do not look to these types of resources nearly as much as we used to. When you do a price comparison between e-marketing and traditional approaches to marketing, the numbers are amazing. Traditional marketing will typically cost somewhere between 2 and 3 dollars per lead. Broadcast mediums like television and radio cost somewhere between 10 and 40 dollars for each sale. Internet marketing can be as low as $.60 per lead to about $1.40 per lead. It is the most cost effective of the marketing strategies. There are several aspects to marketing that makes it advantageous.

Internet marketing is far more efficient than traditional marketing. You can adjust your campaign much easier to produce the best results. Analytics are the core reason why more people are switching from traditional marketing to Internet marketing. You can track real facts for every element of your campaign. This will show you exactly what you are getting for your money. Most of the companies are switching from traditional marketing towards Internet marketing. During the 1990’s Mass Communications dominated the market. Advertisers focused on delivering one message to a mass audience through various mediums like television, radio, and print.  Now companies are shifting money from traditional marketing to Internet marketing because Internet marketing is a more effective way to show proven results.

RETRIEVAL SPEED

We live in an information age and when we are looking for something, we want it now! This is one advantage internet marketing has over traditional marketing. It is much quicker to type a product name in the search engine than it is to stand perusing through a phone book trying to find the right word with a listing under it. Sure it’s alphabetized to help us find things more quickly; but how many times do you stand there silently saying your ABC’s to figure out what comes next? An internet search yields much quicker results. This is one reason it is important to have a web presence and employ proper SEO marketing strategies.

CONTENT ACCESSIBILITY

Consider the last ad you saw in a newspaper or magazine. How much could you learn about the business or product in such a limited space? Maybe a catch phrase, phone number and the name of the business was all it contained. Billboards, although larger, do not contain much more content either. A site that has a good web design will be able to present customers and potential customers with everything they need to know about your business. Website optimization will include the basics of advertising: name, address, phone number. But it will have detailed information about the product or services provided as well as a map so that customers can easily find it using any means. Internet marketing can give customers much more information than traditional marketing can in a small ad.

AUDIENCE BASE

Using local television, newspapers and maybe even radio ads used to be the way to reach your audience base. While it may not be totally ineffective, it is still attempting to reach a very small audience. Especially considering that the vast majority of the population turns to the internet as their primary resource over these traditional options. The potential audience base for internet marketing is virtually unlimited. There’s a reason it’s called the “World Wide” Web.

INTERNET MARKETING PROVIDES BETTER WORD-OF-MOUTH

Word-of-mouth is still the most effective marketing for producing conversions. Social Media is an aspect of Internet marketing that allows people to build a community and let others spread positive feedback about your product or service. When you develop evangelists for your company, with Social Media Marketing, your message will be spread quickly because more people are speaking for you. People will normally trust word-of-mouth much more than traditional ads that tries to convince you about the benefits of a product or service.

CONTRAST AND COMPARISON:


Traditional Marketing
·         Cannot target audience
·         Expensive and requires more investment of time for product promotion
·         Limited reach
·         Limited exposure (per issue, per newspaper)
·         No effective way to track the marketing investment

Internet Marketing
·         Ability to reach a targeted audience
·         Economical and quick method to promote products
·         Cost effective  global promotion
·         24/7 advertising of your product of service
·         Very effective ways to track investments

CONCLUSION


The bottom line is that Internet marketing is far more efficient than traditional marketing. You can adjust your campaign much easier to produce the best results. Analytics are the core reason why more people are switching from traditional marketing to Internet marketing. You can track real facts for every element of your campaign. This will show you exactly what you are getting for your money. Internet marketing is far more efficient than traditional marketing. You can adjust your campaign much easier to produce the best results. Analytics are the core reason why more people are switching from traditional marketing to Internet marketing. You can track real facts for every element of your campaign. This will show you exactly what you are getting for your money. Most of the companies are switching from traditional marketing towards Internet marketing. During the 1990’s Mass Communications dominated the market. Advertisers focused on delivering one message to a mass audience through various mediums like television, radio, and print.  Now companies are shifting money from traditional marketing to Internet marketing because Internet marketing is a more effective way to show proven results.

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