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Index Page –› Business & Companies –› Marketing
 

"Directional" (Not Direct) Marketing

 
< P > T h o s e w h o b e l i e v e t h e w e b i s n o t a d i r e c t r e s p o n s e m e d i u m s h o u l d t h i n k a g a i n . A r e c e n t s t u d y c o n d u c t e d b y A d K n o w l e d g e a n d p u b l i s h e d i n t h e i r r e c e n t " O n l i n e A d v e r t i s i n g R e p o r t " s u g g e s t s t h a t 6 0 p e r c e n t o f t o t a l w e b s i t e c o n v e r s i o n s o c c u r s i n t h e f i r s t h a l f - h o u r . I n o t h e r w o r d s , b a s e d o n t h e s t u d y t h e b u l k o f y o u r v i s i t o r s w i l l l i k e l y b u y w i t h i n t h e f i r s t 3 0 m i n u t e s . < / P > < P > W h i l e t h a t ' s p r e t t y m u c h c o n v e n t i o n a l w i s d o m , a n i n t e r e s t i n g c o n c l u s i o n o n e c a n m a k e i s t h i s : Y o u o n l y h a v e t h i r t y m i n u t e s t o c o m p e l v i s i t o r s t o t a k e s o m e k i n d o f a c t i o n . A n d s i m i l a r l y , i f p e o p l e d o n o t b u y w i t h i n t h o s e p r e c i o u s 3 0 m i n u t e s , t h e l i k e l i h o o d t h a t t h e y w i l l l e a v e y o u r s i t e , n e v e r t o r e t u r n a g a i n ( e v e n i f t h e y b o o k m a r k e d i t ) , i s m i n i s c u l e a t b e s t . < / P > < P > O n t h e o t h e r h a n d h o w e v e r , a p r e v i o u s r e p o r t a l s o f o u n d t h a t " p o s t - i m p r e s s i o n " c o n v e r s i o n s ( i . e . , c o n v e r s i o n s f o l l o w i n g m u l t i p l e i m p r e s s i o n s o f a n a d ) a r e s l i g h t l y h i g h e r t h a n t h o s e t h a t c a m e a s a d i r e c t r e s u l t o f c l i c k t h r o u g h s . T h i s s u p p o r t s t h e v i e w t h a t t h e I n t e r n e t i s a l s o a b r a n d i n g t o o l . T h e r e f o r e , i f t h e I n t e r n e t i s a d i r e c t m a r k e t i n g m e d i u m t h e n h o w c a n t h i s b e s o ? T h e a n s w e r c a n b e f o u n d i n o t h e r f i n d i n g s . < / P > < P > T h e l a t e s t r e p o r t m e n t i o n e d t h a t p o s t - c l i c k t h r o u g h c o n v e r s i o n r a t e s w e r e o n t h e r i s e . O f t o t a l c o n v e r s i o n s , t h e s t u d y a l s o f o u n d t h a t 4 4 p e r c e n t w e r e r e p e a t c o n v e r s i o n s . A n d f i n a l l y , k e y w o r d p l a c e m e n t s , w h i l e t h e y c o s t m o r e , w e r e f o u n d t o y i e l d t h e h i g h e s t c l i c k t h r o u g h r a t e s . < / P > < P > ( " K e y w o r d p l a c e m e n t s " s i g n i f y k e y w o r d - b a s e d b a n n e r i m p r e s s i o n s - - i . e . , b a n n e r s t h a t a p p e a r o n p o r t a l s a f t e r s p e c i f i c k e y w o r d s a r e s e a r c h e d . F o r e x a m p l e , i f y o u s e a r c h e d f o r " m u s i c " o n Y a h o o , a b a n n e r f o r a m u s i c - r e l a t e d w e b s i t e w i l l a p p e a r o n t h e s u b s e q u e n t r e s u l t s p a g e . ) < / P > < P > F r o m t h e s e f i n d i n g s , s e v e r a l c o n c l u s i o n s e m e r g e : < / P > < P > < O L > < L I > W e b s i t e s a r e b e c o m i n g b e t t e r a t d i r e c t m a r k e t i n g ; < L I > A d v e r t i s i n g i s m o r e e f f e c t i v e w h e n t a r g e t e d ; < L I > A n d p e o p l e w h o b u y b a s e d o n b r a n d p r e f e r e n c e a l o n e d o s o < U L > < L I > I f t h e y b o u g h t i n t h e p a s t a n d a r e l i k e l y t o b u y a g a i n , < L I > O r i f t h e a d s w e r e n o t t a r g e t e d i n t h e f i r s t p l a c e . < / L I > < / U L > < / L I > < / O L > < P > < / P > < P > E s s e n t i a l l y , t h e f i n a l c o n c l u s i o n o n e c a n m a k e i s t h a t d i r e c t m a r k e t i n g , c o u p l e d w i t h t a r g e t e d m a r k e t i n g , s e e m t o y i e l d t h e g r e a t e s t r e s p o n s e . B u t a s i t e t h a t d o e s n o t c o m p e l v i s i t o r s t o t a k e s o m e k i n d o f a c t i o n w i t h i n t h e f i r s t f e w m i n u t e s , o r o n e t h a t d o e s n o t t a r g e t i t s p r o s p e c t s f r o m t h e o n s e t , w i l l t h e n h a v e t o s e r i o u s l y i n v e s t i n , a n d r e l y o n , b r a n d i n g e f f o r t s i n o r d e r t o e n c o u r a g e a n a d e q u a t e l e v e l o f s a l e s . < / P > < P > F o r l a r g e r c o r p o r a t i o n s , b r a n d i n g a l o n e i s p l a u s i b l e s i n c e i t r e q u i r e s a s i g n i f i c a n t i n v e s t m e n t - - a n d r i s k . B u t f o r s m a l l e r b u s i n e s s e s h o w e v e r , b r a n d i n g i s c o s t l y a n d s h o u l d n e v e r b e t h e p r i m a r y f o c u s . I n f a c t , w h i l e b r a n d i n g i s i m p o r t a n t i t s h o u l d o n l y b e t h e b y p r o d u c t o f a n e f f e c t i v e l y i m p l e m e n t e d , t a r g e t e d d i r e c t m a r k e t i n g s t r a t e g y . T h e m o r e q u a l i f i e d y o u r v i s i t o r s a r e , a n d t h e m o r e c o m p e l l i n g y o u r m e s s a g e i s , t h e h i g h e r t h e p e r c e n t a g e o f w e b s i t e v i s i t o r s t h a t w i l l b u y w i t h i n t h o s e c r u c i a l 3 0 m i n u t e s w i l l b e . T h a t ' s " d i r e c t i o n a l " m a r k e t i n g . < / P >
Author: Michel Fortin
 
Author Bio:
Michel Fortin is a specialist in this area. Michel has written several articles in the past on this topic.
 
 
 

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