Sunday, November 03, 2013

The 10 Biggest Myths About Digital Marketing

The overarching theme of this article highlights how digital marketing is simply just another tool in your bag of tricks. Digital marketing can be powerful, but it can also be very useless if used with the wrong positioning and/or wrong brand. Every company and every product is slightly different and if digital marketing is to be effective it must be tailored specifically to that brand.

One very important point that I would like to underscore was the comment that every organization should have someone that knows how to code. This isn't specifying the need to have someone on call to actually code, rather the importance lies within the knowledge that a coder can provide with respect to what can actually be accomplished through coding. An informational outlet that allows marketers the ability to explore their creativity within the realm of reality. A coder on staff enables the company and marketing team to leverage an in-house sounding board to innovate and implement creativity efficiently - this is extremely important in a highly competitive marketing landscape.

Finally, digital marketing is not meant to be a "check the box" marketing tool (i.e. Facebook page, Twitter account, LinkedIn company page). In fact, without aligning these tools properly with the brand, they can actually backfire and become extremely detrimental to the product. Concentrate on your product, digital marketing will supplement your brand over time.

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Sean Breuner

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