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Digital Marketing Strategy
What is a Strategy?
A plan of action designed to achieve a 
particular goal.
What is Digital Marketing?
It aims to create demand using the 
power of the Internet.
It is 
measurable. 
It gives brands 
opportunity to 
build tailored, 
optimised brand 
experiences 
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So then, what is a Digital Marketing 
Strategy?
Builds on traditional marketing 
strategy, using the benefits and 
challenges within the digital medium.
Integrated online and offline strategies 
are key. 
They speak to an overall brand 
identity which is vital to achieve an 
organisation’s goals.
Strategy is about choices
The brand that 
attempts to be all 
things to all 
people risks 
losing the clarity 
of its value 
proposition. 
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Consider the factors that affect your 
business.
For example: 
•Market 
•Competitor landscape 
•Customers 
•Core competencies
The Internet has changed traditional 
marketing models...
Porter’s 5 Forces 
The 4 P’s
The 4P’s: product, price, placement and 
promotion; and Porter 5 Forces 
analysis have been re-examined and 
adapted.
The Internet allows for new Products 
and Services.
They can be customised en masse, e.g. 
NIKEiD (http://nikeid.nike.com).
Pricing information is accessible on 
comparison websites. 
(www.pricerunner.co.uk and 
www.nextag.com)
Businesses need to differentiate on 
value – customers may pay a higher 
price for better value.
Placement and distribution is no longer 
determined by location (online bookings, 
eTicketing, mail order etc.).
Various technologies (APIs, SOAP 
services, RSS and XML) allow 
information and services to be 
distributed throughout the world.
Promotion online can be tracked, 
measured and targeted more 
effectively.
The new P: People 
Allows for personalisation, peer-to-peer 
sharing, communities and 
consumer-centric organisations.
Seth Godin recommends these five 
elements: 
•Data 
•Stories 
•Products 
•Interaction 
•Connection
Data: 
The raw facts about your product or 
service. 
Online data is richer than ever before!
Stories: 
Markets are ‘conversations’. 
Brands create stories.
Products: 
Physical manifestations of your story.
Interactions: 
Tactics to connect with consumers. 
Comprise touch points of the brand.
Connection: 
Like the 5th ‘P” – people ‘fall in love’ 
with your brand.
Creating and implementing a 
strategy.
Must cover: 
•Who you are 
•What you are offering 
•Who you are offering it to 
•Why and how you are doing this
Consider context. 
Understand your business and market.
Use a SWOT 
analysis: 
•Strengths 
•Weaknesses 
•Opportunities 
•Threats
Objectives: 
Consider creativity and technology. 
These should speak to the system AND 
the story.
They should also be aligned with the 
greater strategic objectives of your 
brand.
Value exchange: 
•What value are you adding to the 
market? 
•What constitutes success? 
•How do you measure this?
Tactics...The how. 
The strength of the tools is dependent 
on the type of objectives set.
Digital Marketing Strategy
Metrics: 
How will you measure value exchange? 
These are the key performance 
indicators (KPIs). 
Set them up early on!
Ongoing optimisation: 
Monitor, measure, experiment, learn, be 
proactive! 
Google Insights; Flickr; Delicious; Spyfu; Quirk 
SearchStatus; SEO Book’s Rank Checker; Change 
Detection; Google Alerts; BrandsEye; Google Patent 
Search; Google Adwords External Keywords Tool; 
Google Trends; YouTube Selection Tool, etc. 
Use tools to gather data:

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