Digital Marketing Flashcards
What is Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?
The process of optimizing your website to rank higher in search engine results pages, thereby increasing the amount of organic traffic your website receives.
What channels benefit from SEO?
Websites, blogs, and infographics.
What is On-page SEO?
SEO focusing on content on your website, involving keyword research to answer reader questions and rank higher in search results.
What is Off-page SEO?
SEO focusing on activities outside your website, such as acquiring backlinks from other publishers to improve your site’s ranking.
What is Technical SEO?
SEO focusing on the backend of your website, including image compression, structured data, and CSS optimization to increase loading speed.
What is Content Marketing?
The creation and promotion of content assets to generate brand awareness, traffic growth, lead generation, and customers.
What channels can be part of a content marketing strategy?
Blog posts, ebooks, whitepapers, infographics, and audio/visual content.
How do blog posts benefit content marketing?
They demonstrate industry expertise and generate organic search traffic, offering opportunities to convert visitors into leads.
What is the purpose of ebooks and whitepapers in content marketing?
To educate visitors and generate leads by exchanging content for contact information.
What is Social Media Marketing?
Promoting your brand and content on social media channels to increase brand awareness, drive traffic, and generate leads.
What is Pay Per Click (PPC)?
A model that drives traffic to your website by paying a publisher every time your ad is clicked.
What tools can help manage social media marketing?
Tools like HubSpot and Hootsuite, which connect and schedule content for multiple social media channels and monitor analytics.
What are common PPC channels?
Google Ads, paid ads on Facebook, Twitter Ads campaigns, and Sponsored Messages on LinkedIn.
What is Affiliate Marketing?
Performance-based advertising where you earn a commission for promoting someone else’s products or services.
What are common affiliate marketing channels?
Video ads through the YouTube Partner Program and affiliate links on social media accounts.
What is Native Advertising?
Advertisements that are content-led and featured alongside non-paid content, such as BuzzFeed-sponsored posts.
What is Marketing Automation?
Software that automates basic marketing operations like email newsletters, social media post scheduling, lead-nurturing workflows, and campaign tracking.
What is Email Marketing?
Using email to communicate with audiences, promoting content, discounts, events, and directing people to the business’s website.
What is Online PR?
Securing earned online coverage with digital publications, blogs, and other content-based websites.
What types of emails are used in email marketing campaigns?
Blog subscription newsletters, follow-up emails, customer welcome emails, holiday promotions, and customer nurturing tips.
What channels maximize PR efforts?
Reporter outreach via social media, engaging online reviews, and responding to comments on your website or blog.
What is Inbound Marketing?
A methodology that attracts, engages, and delights customers at every stage of the buyer’s journey using digital marketing tactics.
What is outbound marketing?
A traditional method of marketing seeking to push messaging out to potential customers.
What are examples of inbound marketing?
Blogging vs. pop-up ads, video marketing vs. commercial advertising, email contact lists vs. email spam.
What are examples of outbound marketing?
Outbound marketing includes activities such as trade shows, seminar series, and cold calling.
What is Sponsored Content?
Paying another company or entity to create and promote content that discusses your brand or service.
What are examples of sponsored content?
Influencer marketing posts and blog articles highlighting a brand.
What is Search Engine Marketing (SEM)?
Increasing website traffic by placing paid ads on search engines like Bing Ads and Google Ads.
How do SEM ads appear?
They fit seamlessly on the top of search engine results pages, providing instant visibility.
What is Instant Messaging Marketing?
Marketing products through messaging platforms to reach potential leads quickly.