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Online Marketing During the Corona Virus Outbreak -Salochana Gehani

 


“As consumers stay indoors, digital marketing can be the best defense against the virus”

With times passes, corona virus has been making its way across the world. The globe is on high alert, but we have to fulfill our needs and runs businesses. Life of people and public security has become the main concern and government & businesses are requesting peoples to avoid crowded areas.

Marketers Response:

Businessmen have to make some strategies to run efficiently business during corona virus. There can be a way to twist things with digital marketing. As fewer people have been travelling, fewer the gatherings have been.

As most of the people will work on their computers and phones, companies should be thinking of reinvesting on making online ads and digital strategies.

Benefits for people dealing in online marketing:

·        One of the major benefits of online marketing is that there is no requirement to face to face interaction.

·        Online marketers are easily able to get a great picture of the expenditure

ROI.

·        Several marketers have a bit of free time in hand, so they use it for the reviewing the current online marketing strategy.

·        You can serve humankind parallel with your business. Small or large businesses can utilize their blog channels to educate their customers about the crisis and ho their products or services can help them to overcome it in the best possible manner.

Circumstances will be providing opportunities:

This is certainly a time of uncertainty; one has a great opportunity for showing their support for the betterment of the customer base. You can provide special discounts & offers that will get the constant revenue flow that you are worried about.

Many people are browsing their web sitting at home. Many are searching for discounts as they need to save some money in such a situation. This is the best way for engaging the clients so that the door is opened for revenue generation.

For e.g. recently, myntra has provided end of reason sale where the best of brands are at 50-80% off.

Disadvantages of online Marketing:

·        Nowadays, people (middleman) for their own interest, are cheating, so people have fear to deal in online shopping.

·        There is no face to face interaction, so there is less confidence to bring any products.

·        It takes more time from seeing products to getting products.

·        While you can reach a global audience with digital marketing, you are also up against global competition. It can be a challenge to stand out against competitors and to grab attention among the many messages aimed at consumers online.

·        You will need to ensure that staffs have the right knowledge and expertise to carry out online marketing with success. Tools, platforms and trends change rapidly and it’s vital that you keep up-to-date.

Reviewing the Market Strategy:

Often the marketing executive complains that they run short in time when it comes to the website update. Usually, the reason for this is work load. Now you have time for revisiting the site and making sure that it’s well presented.

This is your time for resetting the marketing goals and making campaigns by taking a look at the past efforts and performance that you have achieved. This will indicate the requirements of refreshing the marketing material that had been produced before.

You also have time to fine tuning some of the features:

Ø The content on your website

Ø Check for SEO (Search engine optimization)

Ø Get into content marketing

Ø Create engagement on social media

Wrapping it up:

We are likely going to see all kinds of businesses taking a financial hit because of the pandemic for few months to come. Now the main requirement is to focus on the brand position for being a reliable information source. This is the best thing that you can do for making a long-lasting connection with your viewers.

It’s vital that online marketing approach and the strategy you make have some sensitivity to it. People can leverage fear factors in some situation. Although this is a kind of action that will bring overall reputation damage that you will not able to normalize for years.

So, when you are planning, consider all long term scenarios.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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