Lecture 4-5 Flashcards
What is digital marketing planning?
Digital marketing planning involves marketing planning within the context of the online business environment.
integrating traditional marketing disciplines and planning techniques with new digital marketing communications techniques.
What are the benefits of planning in digital marketing?
1) It helps brands avoid constant fire-fighting and high costs.
2) It gives marketers control and reduces stress.
3) It provides direction and order, allowing teams to work in harmony.
What types of plans are involved in digital marketing?
- There are general marketing plans to fulfill business objectives
- digital marketing plans that integrate with traditional marketing
- detailed campaign plans like social media campaigns.
What are the different timeframes for marketing plans?
short-term (90-day to one-year)
medium-term (two- to three-year)
long-term (three- to five-year) plans
How do short-term and long-term strategies differ in digital marketing?
Short-term strategies summarize how one-year objectives will be achieved
long-term strategies focus on achieving long-term objectives.
Strategy tends to have a longer-term perspective, whereas tactics are more flexible and short-term.
What does SOSTAC stand for in digital marketing planning?
Situation analysis
Objectives
Strategy
Tactics
Action
Control
Should Digital Marketing plans be reviewed and revised?
Yes, Digital marketing plans should be frequently reviewed and revised for continuous improvement, review the plan once a quarter.
What are the three key resources in digital marketing planning?
1) Men (and women) - human resources
2) Money - budgets
3) Minutes - timescales and time horizons for production, delivery, service, etc.
What elements are included in a situation analysis for digital marketing?
Situation analysis includes analyzing customers, competitors, partners, competencies, performance results, and market trends, considering both internal and external factors.
What are the three key questions in customer analysis for digital marketing?
‘Who’ is the ideal customer
‘Why’ do they buy
‘How’ do they buy
What is involved in competitor analysis in digital marketing?
Competitor analysis involves understanding competitors
offerings, strengths, weaknesses, and competitive advantages
including SWOT analysis and adapting to a hyper-competitive environment.
What is the role of partners and intermediaries in digital marketing?
play a crucial role in providing new routes to market and enhancing brand value.
What are types of Partners and intermediaries?
1.Intermediaries – such as price comparison sites.
2. Affiliates – your network of sites that promote your product
3. Influencers – your network of bloggers, tweeters
4. Marketing marriages/strategic alliances – with -> add value overlap – sharing databases or campaign costs
5. Syndication partners – partners who will share content online
6. Advertising partners – whose sites share ad space in the long term.
What is competencies analysis in digital marketing?
Competencies analysis evaluates internal strengths and weaknesses.
(customer databases - online customer care - website effectiveness - advertising strategies = mobile marketing)
What are some key performance indicators (KPIs) in digital marketing?
KPIs include unique visitors, conversion rates, session numbers, repeat visits, duration of site visits, popular pages or products, subscription rates, churn rates, and clickthrough rates.