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For example, the traditional commercial model of developing a product or service and taking it to market doesn't apply online. Neither do the traditional marketing strategies that rely on advertising to 'broadcast' a message about a product or service into the market. To understand how this is relevant to our business we have to look at what people are actually searching for. By cross referencing what we are offering with what people are actually searching for, we can tailor our marketing message to more effectively intersect with what people really are looking for.
The Online Market is everywhere and yet no where specifically.
To 'reach the market' we have to think in a different way; in fact, exactly the opposite way.
On line we don't take our products and services to market, instead we bring the market to our type of products and services by making our websites more attractive to the search engines people use to find what they're looking for.
This is accomplished through the effective use of language.
Effective means people use, buy into and buy from your website.
The WWW has become the place where language and mathematics combine to create a more intuitive, nuanced, specialised and ultimately useful place to look for what we need and find what we want.
To quote Seth Godin (author of The Idea Virus):
"Marketing by interrupting people's attention isn't cost-effective anymore. You can't afford to seek out people and send them unwanted marketing messages, in large groups, and hope that some will send you money".
"Instead, the future belongs to marketers who establish a foundation and process where interested people can market to each other. Ignite consumer networks and then get out of the way and let them talk".
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