Marketing
Adam's Marketing Insights
I’ve created a new social post with a tailored landing page targeted at specific demographics, it is getting liked and shared organically, and appearing at the top of Google and I’m seeing a lot of leads roll in from my website. So what? Where are the conversions to sales? This is where most marketers, especially the new digital centric marketers, get stumped.
Today, marketing seems to be all about digital, SEO, making videos, TikToks, with the main self imposed KPIs something as basic web traffic or likes and shares of a post.
I want to flip that on it’s head, and look at what is really important in the world of marketing.
Why do we do marketing or communications for our business or organisation?
The answer is sales. More customers. Or if we are a government body, people acting on what we have to say, and not just liking and sharing.
A like on Facebook does not equal business. Sure enough a like or share on a digital platform can result in a sale when the right person responds to your promotion but why should likes alone be a valid KPI (Key Performance Indicator)?
I was talking to a member of the communications team of a local government council in South Australia a while ago and they were proud of some photos of a Harmony Day event they’d taken. Apparently one of them had over 30 organic likes on Facebook and 4 shares. Would any business owner in the right mind think that likes and shares of photos of their sales team is a good ROI (return on investment) for what they are paying a Generation Y or Generation Z marketer to do?
Sure enough, new marketers (and even well established business operators) think that being up with the latest shiny digital platforms is where they need to be, but I think they are missing so many strategic aspects of marketing that can help them do so much better, and deliver quantifiable results for their business/employer.
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