Digital marketing is a very difficult task to master, but can potentially transform your business. Conversly, a digital marketing campaign can drain your resources without offering any benefits!. It is, therefore, vital that businesses understand how to get the most out of their digital marketing budgets, however big or small they might be!

Start by focusing on your website’s foundations

It can be all too tempting to begin a digital marketing campaign by driving straight into using popular techniques. When rushing in this way, businesses can forget the importance of their website’s foundations. Without the right website structure and architecture, you will never be able to achieve a high search engine ranking.

Your website’s architecture is so important because it needs to be able to facilitate a search engine bot. Search engine bots crawl websites to determine their worth and credibility. A search engine bot cannot perform its job if your site architecture is not set up to support it. When a bot is unable to crawl a site, it is automatically given a poor rating. You need to provide a site map and have the right website structure; otherwise, no matter how much you spend on your digital marketing practices, you will never reach the number one spot.

Have the right approach

According to SEO specialists at Pronto Marketing, successful digital marketing campaigns rely on a scientific approach, rather than a “spam approach” which might have some short-term impact but will end up hurting your reputation in the long run. This approach is most relevant to content marketing and link building, as you should focus on reputable links and providing value with your content, which is where we at TLD can help! You should try and maintain this scientific approach to every other aspect of your digital marketing campaign as it is sure to positively impact your practices.

Get to know Your target audience

If you do not have a deep and clear understanding of who your target audience is, you might also throw your digital marketing budget straight out the window. You need to have a comprehensive understanding of your target audience to ensure that you are employing relevant digital marketing methods. Simply put, there is no point in attracting traffic to your site if they are unlikely to make a purchase. There are some introspective exercises we can help you with (send us a request for a worksheet). And, one of the best ways of understanding who makes up your ideal target audience is to find out who your most valuable customers are. You can use tools like Google Analytics to find out more about your most valuable customer demographics. This information will help you to implement more effective digital marketing campaigns in the future.

Optimise your site for conversions

Digital marketing is all about getting traffic to your website, but you will never see a real financial gain from digital marketing unless your site is optimised for conversions. Set up a conversion funnel on your website to encourage customers to convert. Continue to encourage customers by adding in ‘calls to action’ across your website. Optimising your website for conversions is one of the best ways to ensure that you are able to capitalise on your digital marketing efforts.