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Communicate. Connect. Convey. Podcasting provides an audio-based platform for brands to do exactly that. So, why is this increasingly popular media vehicle being used as a marketing tool? And why should you get involved as a marketer?

June is over, which means the new financial year has officially begun. It can be difficult having a business grow organically, but marketing strategies have continued to evolve and are crucial to helping a business grow. A helpful marketing strategy has the capacity and capability to assist with the acceleration of your business’ growth in the new financial year. Read further to find out how marketing strategies can help your business.

Electronic Direct Marketing (EDM) is a form of digital marketing that is implemented by many companies to aid in the promotion of their brand and products to potential customers groups, aiming to build customer relationships, generate leads and increase sales. Email marketing has had such a strong influence on marketing strategies with EDM’s generating 174% more conversations then social media. “What’s the difference between EDM and email marketing”, you may ask. EDM marketing strategies don't only solely focus on email, but rather cover many other angles of marketing. An EDM marketing strategy is more comprehensive, it integrates various forms of media and strategies including social media, offline advertising, pay-per-click advertising and more.

Short form content has taken the digital space by storm, with all major brands and businesses demonstrating reformation in their marketing strategies. Short form content is essentially condensed and concise pieces of information, such as shortly written blogs, articles or videos that are less than 10 seconds.

A positive customer experience promotes loyalty, helps you retain customers, and encourages brand advocacy. When providing customers with great customer experience, they are likely to purchase more, become loyal and share the experience they had with their family and friends, yet so many do not know how to give a great customer experience to the consumer. Customer experience is an essential part of a business, as business does not exist without its customers.

No matter how big or small your business is, a well-developed marketing strategy can go a long way in turning your brand into a successful one. But in today’s competitive world, how do you get your brand’s marketing strategy to stand out from that of your competitors? Do you think you’re doing enough but still don’t see the results you desired? If you’ve nodded your head in agreement, then you’re looking for something more than just a basic marketing plan. Worry not. We’ve got you covered.

The days of using simple techniques to climb to the top of Google's search results are long gone. Google strives to improve its search algorithm to provide visitors with the best possible search experience. This refers to search results that direct visitors to websites that have the most relevant and high-quality content and that can be done through the implementation of SEO.

Similarly, to how social media revolutionised the online marketing landscape, the metaverse is about to do the same. It is imperative that marketing and communications brands pay close attention to the metaverse as it is indeed the next frontier for online interaction. Think about it like this, if brands had not made the shift to online marketing when social media became apparent, they would have been left behind and disregarded. Consumers would have forgotten about them and focussed on the brands that were engaging with them on social media platforms that they use every day. Ultimately, the metaverse is about to do the same and restructure online marketing forever, therefore if brands do not adapt to this, they will become irrelevant.

You’re in your final year of your marketing degree, or you’ve just graduated and are looking for jobs… only problem is that everywhere you apply for is asking for work experience, but how are you meant to have experience if no is willing to hire you in the first place?

Search engine optimization (SEO) is the practice to increase your website rank on a search engine result page (SERP) so that your website can get more traffic. It is similar to moving your store from a small town closer to the city where most your target customers live, to get more walk-ins, and subsequently achieve more sales. The same logic is applied to a business’ website, however the way of doing this is drastically different, where 96.8% of small business fail at SEO because they don’t understand how to boost their company’s SEO.