1. Profile
Name: Gad Ocran
Digital Marketing Strategist with GET GHANA
ONLINE
CERTIFICATIONS: Google Certified Digital
Marketer, Facebook Certified Marketer,
Marketing Partner at HUBSPOT
Office Location: Adenta SDA, House No. EA
32/2
Email: gad@getghanaonline.com
2. Marketing Quote
The sole purpose of marketing is to sell more
to more people, more often and at higher
prices. There is no other reason to do it.
-Sergio Zyman
4. Marketing in the modern times
Definition of Terms
Marketing :The action or business of promoting
and selling products or services, including market
research and advertising
Digital Marketing: The action or business of
promoting and selling products or services using
digital tools eg. Social Media Networks
(Facebook, Twitter etc.), Email, Website/Blog
5. Marketing in the modern times
Marketing 2.0 : An evolution of Marketing that
leverages the social networking aspects of
many new websites.
8. Digital Marketing over Traditional
Marketing
Traditional Marketing is also called
“Outbound” Marketing because marketers
push his or her message out far and wide
hoping that it resonates with their targeted
audience whiles
Digital Marketing also called “Inbound
Marketing” is about reaching people who are
already searching for your product
10. Why digital marketing
Reach out to a larger audience/client base:
Africa is an emerging market with high
technological prospects and more online
presence of populace especially with the
introduction of Smart Phones, Tablets and
other gadgets, more Africans now have easy
access to the internet in performing their daily
task.
11. Fact/Statistics
Number of Internet Users in the World
(2016)=3,424,971,23 which is 46.1 % of
world’s population (7,432,663,275)
Locally (Ghana); Number of internet users
26,327,649 population (2015)
Internet users on Dec 31, 2014, 19.6% of
Ghana’s population (2015
Source: Internet World Stats
15. PRODUCT
Product or service offered to the consumer.
Product decisions include appearance,
packaging etc.
16. PRICING
Pricing decisions should take into account
probable pricing response of consumer, also
include discounts
17. PLACE
Where do buyers look for your product or service?
If they look in a store, what kind? A specialist
boutique or in a supermarket, or both? Or online?
Or direct, via a catalogue?
How can you access the right distribution
channels?
Do you need to use a sales force? Or attend trade
fairs? Or make online submissions?
18. PROMOTION
Promotion encompasses the different
manners in which you tell the consumer about
your product. Promotion and place (the next P
in the equation) make up the biggest
difference between the traditional marketing
tactics of years past and digital marketing
19. Careers in Digital Marketing
Social Media Marketing Manager
Online Marketer
Search Engine Optimization Manager
Email Marketing Manager
Business Blogger
20. Digital Marketing as a Vocation
“With more people going online, and less
people having less knowledge about the
usage of digital tools ; social media, emails, in
marketing their product, a career in digital
marketing will make you stand tall among
your peers in the job market”
-Gad Ocran (Digital Marketing Strategist with
GET GHANA ONLINE)