7 Types Of Digital Marketing You Should Know – And Consider For Your Marketing Strategy

7 Types Of Digital Marketing You Should Know – And Consider For Your Marketing Strategy

Digital Marketing is one of those terms with which we all have a feeling that we know what is means, but when it comes to nailing it down we somehow get stuck. In the end, it is not clear which types of digital marketing we are talking about. So instead of going for something soft like „it is related to online marketing or a summarizing term for all online marketing activities lets put it simply:

• Digital Marketing are all marketing activities that use digital devices.

That includes online marketing activities – but strictly speaking, that also includes some offline marketing activities, too. And that is good. Why? Because it would be a mistake to view online marketing activities totally detached from all other marketing activities.

To give you a thorough understanding of what the term „Digital marketing“ includes, here are the 7 most important types of digital marketing. And you should make sure that you know about all of them before you decide what types of marketing you are going to include in your digital marketing strategy.

1. Social Media Marketing

The Social Ms has a strong focus on social media marketing. So that is where we are going to start our list of types of digital marketing. Social Media certainly has a rightfully earned place in this list.

Social Media Marketing is „the use of social media platforms and websites to promote a product or service.“ Source Wikipedia

That means all sharing of information and engagement with followers, fans, partners or competitors on social media platforms with the goal of promoting your products is part of digital marketing. In essence, social media marketing is the targeted use of social media conversations to increase the awareness for a brand or product.

But be careful, to be successful with social media marketing you have to fully understand the one social network you want to use for your marketing. Each social network has unique features, communication best practices, and content they like. Some social networks will work great for your situation, product and content – others won’t.

2. Pay-Per-Click Advertising (PPC)

Similar to SEM other forms of PPC advertising also describe marketing methods where the marketer pays for each click on a link to a website. Apart from search engines, almost all social networks offer the opportunity for Pay Per Click advertising. These ads then appear in the feed of the targeted social media users.

Note that many of these activities cannot be clearly separated. The lines between the various types of digital (online) marketing are often blurred.

3. Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate marketing is a performance-based type of digital marketing. In contrast to PPC advertising with affiliate marketing, the advertiser does not pay for traffic but rather for conversions. The rates are usually higher but the risk on the side of the advertiser are limited since he only pays for conversions.

Affiliate marketing is popular with bloggers and high-traffic website owners who make money from selling other people’s products to their audience.

4. Email Marketing

By sending regular updates to your email subscribers you can build and nurture a relationship. By providing value with your email updates you can build trust – eventually, you will be able to turn a percentage of your audience into customers.

Note that email marketing is far more than buying an email list and bombarding them with promotional messages or a one-time advertising spot in someone else’s email newsletter.

The best results from email marketing will always be achieved with a list of subscribers you personally earned and nurtured. Then your email list can easily turn into your best digital marketing asset.

Many articles on digital marketing stop with the above 7 types of Online digital marketing. But then we could simply name it online marketing.

For your digital marketing strategy you should also know about the most important offline digital marketing types:

5. Radio advertising

You know what I am referring to, don’t you? Those breaks in your favorite music program where someone tells you what car to buy or what cleaner to use. Some of these spots can be rather annoying, a select few manage to be entertaining – at least when you hear them the first time.

There is still more to radio advertising: For instance, you can sponsor a program and

6. Mobile Phone Advertising

Of course, many of the above types of digital marketing can take place on your mobile phone. You are probably using Facebook, Instagram, and Google on your mobile phone after all. But there are some other types of marketing on your mobile phone that so far would not fit into any of the mentioned categories.

SMS advertising has been around for some time now. And with technology like Bluetooth still on the rise, the marketing and advertising options for mobile especially in local marketing have by far not yet been fully leveraged.

7. CPA Marketing

Cost Per Action (CPA) Marketing is a affiliate model where a commission is paid when a user takes a specific action. These actions include filling out a form, getting a quote, signing up for a trial, or making a purchase.

Google in the formula