2. ? Marketing is that aspect of business that you can never
ignore when it comes to your business. A wise businessman
will set aside a separate budget for the marketing alone.
The problem is, we live in the generation where a huge part
of the population does transactions only online while
another chunk does not yet know how to use the internet.
So the traditional vs. digital marketing decision becomes
difficult.
3. ? With the traditional vs. digital marketing debate going on, let us figure
out what is most suitable for the marketing and promotion of your
business. Digital vs. Traditional Marketing could seem like a tough
decision to make but these pointers will help you make up your mind.
How to choose between Traditional Marketing & Digital Marketing ?
Lets check it out one by one¡
4. WHAT IS TRADITIONAL MARKETING?
? Traditional marketing is the
conventional modes of marketing
that have been used since the
beginning of marketing and
advertisements. This includes:
? Television.
? Newspaper.
? Radio.
? Flyers and billboards by the roads
and highways.
? Ads in related weekly magazines.
5. WHAT IS DIGITAL MARKETING?
? Digital or online marketing is the
marketing mode of the global village. It
is only obvious that the era of the
internet will have its influence in every
realm of life.
? Digital marketing includes platforms
like¡
? Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
? Social media like Facebook, Twitter, or
Instagram.
? Business networking sites like LinkedIn.
? Promotional ads via emails.
? Paid pop ups.
? Blogs
? Click bait links for viral content.
7. TRADITIONAL MARKETING
? News paper, T.V Ads, Radio Ads are
highly costly, where you have to paid
on basis on allotted slots or per
Colom rate.
? There is a budget limitation for it
after certain stage.
? Ads in News Paper, T.V & Radio
comes with limited duration.
? With traditional marketing, you have
to wait for weeks, sometimes even
months before the boosts start to
turn up.
? Digital marketing is budget friendly as
even new entrepreneurs can afford.
? You can plan your systematic long
term (1month to 1 year) marketing
strategy that saved up money.
? You can see everything in real time
including:
- Number of visitors.
- Most active time of the day.
- Conversion rates.
- Bounce rates.
DIGITAL MARKETING
ADVERTISEMENT COST & REAL TIME RESULT
8. TRADITIONAL MARKETING
? limited space and frequency of
advertisements with Traditional
Marketing.
? you can¡¯t claim that a television ad or
an advertisement on every newspaper
in town is going to cover the majority
of the population. Any means of
traditional advertisement is limited to
a certain locality.
? A well maintained website with quality
content targeting the needs and adding
value to your target audience can
provide significant value and lead
generation opportunities. The same can
be said for utilizing social media
channels and personalized email
marketing.
? Whereas online advertisement reaches
out to the entire world so you are
missing out on nothing.
DIGITAL MARKETING
PRODUCT IMAGE, DEVELOPMENT & EXPOSER
9. TRADITIONAL MARKETING
? People buying the newspaper for
News & updates do not buy it for the
ads in it. People listen to the radio for
Music and the weather forecast.
People buying magazines for contents
& Information in it which does not
include the ads. So many times it
happened that traditional advertising
goes ignored.
In case of Digital Marketing you can
choose whether you want to see it or not.
It is not shoved into your face, apart from
the annoying popup ads of course. You
can choose to ignore that email as long as
you want. You can choose to opt out of
social media discussions on a particular
brand page. You can also target interested
audience as the social networking sites
keep a tab on what you look for on the
internet
DIGITAL MARKETING
PEOPLE¡¯S MINDSET & CHOICE
10. TRADITIONAL MARKETING
? In Traditional Marketing, you cannot
really interact with your target
audience. You need to wait out for the
responses to come then you can plan
your next step. This is a long and
tedious process.
? Digital Marketing allows you to
engage your audience in real time.
You can chat and discuss a lot about
your brand or Company with the
actual audience immediately. Yes, this
demands more engagement from
your side too. You need to be
prepared to invest that much time or
a public relations team into the
marketing budget.
DIGITAL MARKETING
AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT
11. TRADITIONAL MARKETING
? With traditional marketing, you cannot really interact
with your target audience. You need to wait out for the
responses to come in before then you can plan your next
step. This is a long and tedious process.
? Traditional statistics would be too late to make any
concrete strategy refinement on time.
? But there are some advantage as well¡
Target Local Audience
Things are tangible and securable (Ex ¨C
Materials, Brochure etc.. )
More personal - Real and personal approaches
make people want to take something more seriously.
Simpler process
? With Digital Marketing you instantly
know what is working for you and what
isn¡¯t via Google Analytics. You can
measure the inbound traffic, bounce
rate, conversion rate, profit, and the
general trend of interested audience, all
in real time.
? getting results and the analytics in real
time is to be able to catch up in real
time. When you know how things are
going down, you will have a chance to
improve them from bad to good and
good to better.
DIGITAL MARKETING
ANALYTICS & REFINEMENT
12. Traditional marketing v/s Digital Marketing is always a subject to Debate .
Both are good in their own Perspective way when it comes to make your
Marketing Strategy ¡ only thing you need to keep in mind is your strategy
is very much depend upon¡your product, your market place, price &
policy, nature of business etc.
¡° The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do,
Choose your strategy Smartly¡ ¡°
- Prof Michael
Porter