Promoting your business in the digital age

Is your digital marketing strategy still fit for purpose? We outline four key elements your business should be using to advertise your brand and engage with new customers.

As a small business, you know you need an online presence as a brand. You have a company website and you post occasionally on your blog page.

But at this point in the digital transformation of business, that’s not enough for customers to find you, engage with you and become long-standing customers of the business. To promote your business effectively, you need to embrace both the digital revolution and the benefits of automation and artificial intelligence (AI).

Four key digital channels that should be on your agenda

1. Search Engine Optimisation (SEO):

Healthy search engine optimisation (SEO) ensures you have long-term, trusted organic visibility of your business when potential customers search online. The idea is to make your brand visible in the digital marketplace. This means keeping your website up to date and producing content that secures high rankings and attracts passive buyers/clients to your site.

2. Social Media:

Social media channels, like Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Threads, are more than just a ‘nice to have’. Depending on your business, these platforms can be an essential way to build a recognisable brand community and create some real customer engagement. It’s important to produce regular content that’s consistent, relevant and tells your followers exactly what kind of business you are.

3. Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO):

In the age of AI, mastering generative engine optimisation (GEO) is just as important as having good SEO. GEO is critical for surfacing your content and brand in AI-driven summaries, chatbot results and voice search results. Authoritative content, structured data and concise, factual answers allow your brand to become a trusted source of truth in generative AI searches.

4. Programmatic Advertising:

Programmatic advertising can give you the tools to automate the purchase of ad space across thousands of sites and apps. It uses real-time bidding and data to match adverts, online ad space and target audiences. Get it right, and you can ensure your ads reach the perfect customer at the best time to convert them into paying customers.

Time for an update?

When was the last time you updated your digital marketing strategy? If you’ve not changed your strategy in the past 12 months, then a review is well overdue!

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