Chapter 4 Digital Marketing and Social Media: Living in the Connected World Flashcards

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Define E-business

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Conducting online transactions with customers by collecting and analyzing business information, carrying out the exchanges and maintaining online relationships

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Categories of E-business

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  • E-tailing
  • Business to business transactions
  • Electronic data interchanges
  • Email
  • Gathering information
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Define Digital Marketing

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The strategic process of creating, distributing, promoting and pricing goods and services to a target market over the internet or through digital tools

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Digital Marketing Capabilities

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  • Global reach
  • Personalization
  • Interactive marketing
  • Right time marketing
  • Integrated marketing
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Global Research

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The ability to reach anyone connected to the internet anywhere in the world
Example: Independent filmmakers use the internet to generate audiences and sales for their firms

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Personalization

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Creating products to meet customer specifications
Example: Lululemon Athletica has a website feature that allows buyers to mix and match items to create complete outfits to suit their individual tastes

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Interactive Marketing

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Buyer-seller communications through channels such as the internet and interactive kiosks
Example: Dell maintains the IdeaStorm site where users trade ideas, information and product feedback

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Right time Marketing

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The ability to provide a product at the exact time needed
Example: The WestJet website lets customers make advance reservations, check in online, check flight status and sign up for their rewards program

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Integrated Marketing

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Coordination of all promotional activities to produce a unified, customer focused promotional message
Example: Sony uses the slogan “Make. Believe.” in both offline and online promotions

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Business to Consumer (B2C) Digital Marketing

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Selling directly to consumers over the internet:

  • Interactive marketing
  • Access and convenience
  • Personalized service
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Challenges in Digital Marketing

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  • Safety and Online Payment
  • Privacy Issues
  • Frauds and Scams
  • Site Design and Customer Service
  • Channel Conflicts and Copyright Disputes
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Explain Safety and Online Payment

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Consumers are concerned about the safety of sending credit card numbers over the internet
Solution: Internet browsers contain encryption systems

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Explain Privacy Issues

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Collections and use of personal information through the use of cookies or spyware
Solution: Firewalls or electronic barriers

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Explain Frauds and Scams

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Phishing is a high-tech scam that uses authentic looking email or pop-up messages to get unsuspecting victims to reveal personal infomation
Vishing is a scam that collects information through voice response systems
Solution: No organization will ask for personal information through the internet

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Explain Site Designed Customer Service

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Well designed websites can draw more customers - customers want quick deliveries and easy ways to return products
Solution: Design sites to that products are easy to find and customer questions can be answered quickly

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Explain Channel Conflicts and Copyright Disputes

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If manufacturers sell through their sites, they compete with the stores selling their products - channel conflict
If material written or produced by a third party is placed on a side, copyright permission from the owner may be required
Solution: Don’t sell from their sites to avoid channel conflicts
Obtaining permission from the owner of material to be placed on the site avoids copyright issues

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Four Main Functions of the Internet

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  1. Digital business
  2. Entertainment
  3. Information
  4. Communication
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Online Communities and Social Networks

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  • Internet forums
  • Newsgroups
  • Electronic bulletin boards
  • Social networks
  • New mobile payment systems
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Blogs and Podcasts

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  • Blog
  • Wiki
  • Podcast
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Define Blog

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Online journal

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Define Wiki

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Web page you can edit

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Define Podcast

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Online audio or video file

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Promotions on the Web

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  • Banner ads
  • Pop-up ads
  • Pre-roll video ad
  • Widgets
  • Search marketing
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An E-business website can

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  • Broaden customer bases
  • Provide immediate access to current catalogues
  • Accept and process orders
  • Offer personalized customer service
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Successful Site Development

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  • Establish goals
  • Implementation and interest
  • Pricing and maintenance
  • Assessing site effectivenes
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Implementation and Interest, content should be

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  • Relevant to users
  • Easy to access and understand
  • Updated regularly
  • Written or displayed in a compelling way
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Pricing and Maintenance Costs

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  • Development
  • Placing the site on a web server
  • Maintaining and updating the site
  • Promoting the site
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Assessing Site Effectiveness

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  • Web to store shoppers
  • Click through rate
  • Conversion rate
  • Engagement
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Measure of Website Effectiveness

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  • Research studies
  • Profitability
  • Website traffic counts
  • Click through rate
  • Conversion rates
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Define Social Media Platform

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Type of software or technology that allows users to build, integrate or facilitate a community, interaction among user generated engagement

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Social Media Tool

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Enables users to communicate with each other online

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List the Social Media Platforms

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  • Social Networking Sites
  • Bookmarking Sites
  • Social News Sites
  • Blogging Sites and Forums
  • Microblog
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Define Social Networking Sites and provide an example

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A website that provides virtual communities through which people can share information, post opinions and increase their circle of online friends
Examples: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn

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Define Bookmarking Sites and provide an example

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A platform that gives users a place to save, organize and manage links to websites and other internet resources
Example: Pinterest combines bookmarking with social networking

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Define Social News Sites and provide an example

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A platform where users can post new items to links to outside articles then vote on which postings get the most prominent display
Example: Digg, Reddit

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Define Blogging Sites and Forums and provide an example

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Blogging Sites are platforms where a host or writer posts information or opinion on various topics and followers may respond
Forums are platforms where users post messages and hold conversations of specific topics
Example: Tumblr

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Define Microblog and provide an example

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A blog posting that contains only a few words

Example: Twitter

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Social Media Tools

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  • Sharing services
  • Blogs
  • Microblogs
  • Apps
  • QR codes
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Define Social Media Marketing (SMM)

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Social media portals to create a positive influence on consumers toward an organization’s brand, goods and services, public image and website

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Essential features of Social Media Marketing

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  1. Creates a buzz
  2. Creates ways for customers or fans to engage in conversations with each other and with the organization
  3. Allows customers to promote the firm’s messages themselves
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Search Engines

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Provide shoppers with the greatest amount of information about products and companies and helps with comparison shopping

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Social Media Marketing Plan includes

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  • Goals and strategies
  • Target market
  • Budget
  • Implementation methods
  • Tactics for monitoring, measuring and managing the SMM effort
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Setting Goals

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Goals should be clear and felxible

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Determining the target market

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  • Demographics
  • What the group needs or wants
  • Which of the firms’ products/social media will meet the needs and wants to particular groups of people
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Creating Content

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  • Have a strong brand focus
  • Focus on the audience
  • Provide relevant information
  • Have share worthy texts and images
  • Include innovations to generate content
  • Offer promotions, discounts in exchange for participation
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Implementing the Plan

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Create a timeline for rollout onto each social media platform

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Ethical Issues in Social Media Marketing

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  • Workplace ethics
  • Be honest
  • Respect privacy
  • Be accountable