Retail Fashion Industry and Youth
Realising the fact that urbanisation and exposure to visual media has provided more exposure to the kids, retailers have stepped in to create and nurture the new segment. We see all the leading brands including fashion as well as sports and retailers promoting kids collection separately and exclusively. The market in terms of kids and […]
Customers Response and its Advantages
Customer response is the reaction by the organization to the queries and activities of the customer. Dealing with these queries intelligently is very important as small misunderstandings could convey unalike perceptions. Success totally depends on understanding and interpreting these queries and then working out to provide the best solution. During this situation if the supplier […]
Retail Pricing – Different Types of Pricing Models
The sale of goods from fixed points (malls, department stores, supermarkets and so on) to the consumer in small quantities for his own consumption is called as retail. According to the concept of retailing, a retailer doesn’t sell products in bulk; instead sells the merchandise in small units to the end-users. Retail Pricing Cost Plus […]
The Role and Duties of the Board of Directors
Any public limited or a private company needs to have a board of directors which would ratify the management decisions taken by the leadership. These decisions can be financial or operational that affects the day to day running of the company. Further, the board of directors is expected to give a direction to the company […]
Designing and Managing Value Networks and Marketing Channels
A normal way of functioning for a company is to procure raw materials, use its expertise in creating the product and then distribute to the customer. Companies have to convert this supply chain into a value network as to develop and maintain partnership with different stakeholders. Value Network and Marketing Channel A network which creates […]
Setting up a web page and promoting online business has become a necessity for all business organisations, irrespective of the size of the organisation and the business. Every minute, several thousands of people from all over the world are accessing the internet and searching for products and information. A few hundred of them could be looking for the product or service that you are marketing. This means you have got to be available and also be the first to reach out to such customers. If your competition has already set shop on the internet, do you have a choice but to follow suit?. Therefore the need for an E marketing strategy and business plan is easily accepted and embraced by the managements of all Business Organisations.
As you begin the process of working out the details of how, what, when and why of Online marketing, you will need to come up with the communication and promotional plan as well as the budget too.
It is important to build an online marketing expense budget. This alone would not suffice when you submit the same to the management for approval. You will need to answer quite a few questions posed by management and the big bosses.
To be able to answer the questions, you will need to work out a detailed plan of how to measure the performance, benchmark the performance of the website etc. Management function also involves having to gather, analyse and assimilate data to facilitate right decision making and achieving the business objectives.
The SEO company that you engage to build, host and manage your website will be able to offer you a list of reports with the frequency as desired by you.
Number of reports such as ranking report, indexing, traffic report and many of other related reports can be made easily available. But these technical reports can hardly add value until and unless you have worked on the requirement of data as needed by the various business groups of your organisation.
Through the reports you will be able to understand your customer behaviour, expectations and get to know your customer better. You can get to know about your customer’s requirement in specific which can be of great value to your product division which will be able to customise the product to suit the market needs.
Sales department gets to benefit from knowing when, how and what the customer is going to buy and thus find ways and means to convert the prospect to a sale. Customer relationship management department will find the data very useful for it helps to manage the customer expectation, build relationship as well as loyalty.
Marketing communication department would want to know the effectiveness of the online communication, as well as details of viewership etc.
Further strategies of integrating TV and print media and conducting promotional sales campaigns as well as new product launches etc can be planned based using the data reports.
Finally, when the management decides to invest into the E marketing plan, it is important to identify and state the business goals, list the achievable targets and metrics to assess performance. Such clarity helps in building and implementing the online marketing strategy.
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Mapping Customer Behaviour and Pattern is the starting point of E Marketing
February 12, 2025
