Integrated marketing and public relations strategies:
Marketing and public relations support sales by promoting
and communicating the brand and product benefits. The Internet
allows you the ability to measure the public relations online
activities similar to measuring marketing campaigns. As an
example, published press releases or product reviews on other
sites as well as your own are ways of driving free traffic
to your site. Press releases typically contain a natural frequency
of important keyword phrases that often rank well in the search
engines. Product reviews promoted by other sites will also
drive traffic. Thus, you make sure that you get the maximum
communication value, brand building and financial valuation
from your Integrated Marketing investment.
Integrated Internet and traditional marketing strategies:
Integrated marketing campaigns are critical for companies
to achieve business goals. These kinds of campaigns enable
you to be found where the buyers are both online and offline.
Industry-specific portals and communities are very analogous
to trade shows and industry conferences. Buyers go there to
learn from the experts, vendors and peers. Tapping into the
natural interest of the market place is key to 21st century
marketing success. Offline contacts can be sent email fulfillment,
and invited to online events, such as web casts or "Chat
with the experts". Contacts gathered online can be invited
to meet with executives or technical staff at trade shows
or conferences. These days, there are several high-end Internet
advertising and marketing communication firms that help identify
the most effective, cost-efficient integrated marketing activities
to make your online presence an asset to be leveraged by your
sales team and executive staff. They basically assist clients
in evolving their marketing strategies, so that they can enhance
business plans to leverage the synergy between online and
offline marketing activities.
Integrated marketing and sales to track and measure
ROI:
--Measuring the true ROI of Internet Marketing programs by
integrating marketing campaign tracking with
Sales Force Automation as part of a closed loop Marketing
to Sales process.
--Monitoring Buyer behavior combined with the ability to track
Internet Marketing campaigns to sales pipeline
--Understanding the customer relationship in a virtual environment,
with timely follow-up of qualified leads, leading
to more calculated results.
--Providing strategic consulting for Integrated Internet Marketing
programs alongside traditional marketing services,
in order to achieve remarkable ROI (Return on Investment).
All said and done, with the Internet being the best medium
for implementing an effective process for measuring marketing
ROI, today you have higher quality web leads to a sales team.
All this is made easy and attainable, with integrated marketing
campaigns.
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