Ignorance might be bliss for some people; some others do their homework and get ahead of them. Digital world is about content, integrated with correct optimization techniques to make it reach to the right audience. Here are some points of digital common-sense that can make your campaigns better:
1. Know the ‘T’: One thing you must always keep in all your online and even traditional ad campaigns is the Target Audience. Whatever communication you create, whatever ads you feature, a good research on your prospective consumers is always a benefit because ultimately it’s your existing and prospective consumer you want your ads to reach.
2. Those first few words: One of the constraints of online advertising is, there is too much to refer and there is always less time for the people to spend. Right selection of the first few words, a good copy is very necessary to seek attention.
3. Sharing is caring: As said earlier, the attention span of people online is really low, but the chances of watching/reading/playing something that was shared by a friend is always more. Hence, give links or tabs for them to share and make your content reach more places.
4. Picture perfect: Human brain is one complex structure and researches say that it has a higher recall value for Pictorial things. Hence, keep in mind that your campaign promotion contains right amount of pictures featuring your brand colors and communicating your brand’s emotions to the audience.
5. CPM or CPC: Online ad campaigns cannot be totally organic, they cost and they can cost huge if you don’t know the right way to optimize it. Use a CPM (Cost per mille or cost based on thousand impressions) method to reach out if your main goal is to create your brand image and to create a recall in consumer’s mind. You may use CPC (Cost per click) when your main goal is to sell through your campaign. However in any case Click through rate can be one deciding factor and must be kept in mind too.
6. Let them ‘give it back’: Your consumers like to speak and when they know you’re listening they just love it! So always keep an option in your campaign to take feedback. Not only it helps in improvement, but it helps in giving consumers an assurance of your problem solving capacities.
7. Keep watching! : Last but none the less keep a track of the trends, keep analyzing your success and growth through analytic tools to predict what’s working for you and what’s not. You can tweak your ideas a little by observing these trends.
Nothing ever comes with a guarantee, especially in case of your campaigns expecting to go back and repairing the damage is impossible. These few points do not guarantee your success but they help you to avoid damaging your campaigns with load of budget and less of exposure. At the end of the day content is the king, but if you want to market yourself online, you better know your thing!
Your’s is a point of view where real inenillgtece shines through.