3. • 95% internet penetration
• 89% access to internet at home
• 70% of Irish internet users surf the web every day
• Average Irish adult looks at their phone 57 times a day
• 1 in 3 of us check our phone within 5 minutes of going to sleep
• More than half of us think we use our phone too much
• 86% use internet to find out about goods and services
• 72% use it to access online banking
• One in four purchased online six+ times in the last 3 months
• Ireland ranks 9th in EU for online shopping
• 58% of large enterprises in Ireland experienced ecommerce which accounted for 43% of total
sales
• 68% of Irish businesses use social media
https://www.neworld.com/newsblog/2018/irelands-digital-and-social-statistics/
Irish Customer is Online
4. Set Goals1
Define Target Market2
Attract the Customer3
Build Contact Email list4
5 Measure & Optimise
DIGITAL MARKETING
STRATEGY
5. CRAFT AN IDENTITY OF YOUR IDEAL
CUSTOMER
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• Name, demographic, disposable income,
method of communication etc.
• A day in their life – where do they go,
what do they do /read , how do they
spend their money etc.
• How do you reach them?
• What are their pain points/challenges?
• How can your product/service fill their
gap/challenge/need. What messaging
does s/he want.
6. ATTRACT THE CUSTOMER
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• Email
• Content
• SEO – relevance & authority
• Focus on key media platform for
engagement
• Give incentives
• Paid advertising
7. • Content speaks to ideal customer and
addresses their needs by using SEO best
practice.
– Drives traffic, interests customer and builds
trust and credibility
• SEO supports content by understanding
how the search engines work with niche
keywords and other technical SEO.
– Creates visibility in Google with relevance &
authority
CONTENT MARKETING
8. CONTENT CURATION
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• Curate external content from other sources
• Create your own content (subject to keyword
strategy)
– Clarify goals/USP message to promote
– Create headline that promises value
– Create content that is relevant to the audience
– Message should communicate your solution
– Attractive content – how to/educational, brand
success or entertainment.
• Promote it!
9. Keywords & Selection
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• Keyword – term or phrase used by a searcher to find
infomation on particular topic.
• Keyword Selection – process of scrutinising different
propsective keywords to select the right ones for your
campaign.
10. Local SEO
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•Google treats local business searches differently
•Growth of mobile
•Local searches are ready to act
•Competition is growing
•Google MyBusiness Profile
•Dominate search results and get feedback
– Yelp, FB, Tripadvisor
– Positive reviews drive discoverability and rank
– Ask customers to leave reviews
– Negative reviews require a response
11. No. 5 • Over 610 million users in over 200 countries
• Almost one fifth of users use site daily
• Over 20 million registered companies
• Working professionals and jobseekers
• 27% Irish population use it
• 24% of 50-64 year olds use it
• 9% of 65+ year olds use it
LinkedIn
12. No. 4 • 1 billion users
• 60% of users use the site daily
• 95 million photos uploaded daily
• 74% of businesses use it
• Biggest jump in Irish users – from 5% to 32% yoy
• 21% of 50-64 year olds use it
• 10% of 65+ year olds use it
Instagram
13. No. 3 • 321 million active monthly users
• 46% of users use it daily
• 140 million tweets daily
• Tweets with video get x 10 more engagement
• 84% of businesses use Twitter
• 16.2% of global users are 45 years+
• 19% of 50-64 year olds use it
• 8% of 65+ year olds use it
Twitter
14. No. 2 • Almost 2 billion monthly users (2018)
• Create videos to funnel customers back to your website with
links over the video (Youtube card) or in description
• Average visit lasts 40 minutes
• 40% of US Seniors use it
• 61% of businesses use it
• 29% of Irish Users
Youtube
15. No. 1
• 2 billion active monthly users
• No. 1 social networking site
• 75% of users use it daily
• 65% of Irish people use it
• 8 billion video views daily
• 65% of 50-64 year old use it
• 41% of 50-64 year olds use it
• 95% of businesses worldwide use it
Facebook
16. Youtube Ranking Success Tips
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• Key words
• Create Youtube account with Gmail account
– Tags
– SEO Optimised video
– Customise Thumbnail
– Add Cards to Videos
– Family friendly content
– Competitor espionage – Vid IQ
– Do Ad campaign in Adwords
– Youtube
17. Successful Facebook Ads
• Targeting the right customer
– Core targeting – demographics, behaviour etc
– Custom audiences – target people you have a relationship
with through:
• Page engagement
• Your website (pixel)
• App engagement (facebook sdk)
• Video view
• Email list
– Lookalike audiences – reach people like current
customers/fans/visitors
19. Final Thoughts
• Research your market
• Match social media activity to the target market
• SEO & Local SEO
• Engage – savvy customers with good content - relevant, useful, shareable
• Give customer high value content - Create contented customers
• Listen to your customer and always respond
• Turn customer into fans and ambassadors
