Special K: The Rise Of Digital Marketing

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In recent years, digital marketing has become the leading way companies are choosing to advertise their various products or services. With the world becoming increasingly more online, it has become essential to be fluent in this mean of communication. This report will touch on just how many ways there are to market businesses online through various platforms as well as why digital marketing has become increasingly more popular. The rise of this form of advertising has created new job positions that have been quickly filled by up and comer marketers. The duties, salaries, and outlooks for these occupations are also important to understand when looking at the field as a whole.

There are nine different categories of digital marketing that companies …show more content…

Below is a graphic of what this might look like on Instagram. In this case, the brand Special K chose someone on Instagram with a large following that also was in accordance with the essence of their brand. Since Special K is a nutritious cereal, selecting a fitness page was a smart choice. Both parties benefit from the transaction. The influencer gets paid, while the company can strengthen their brand by choosing a like-minded individual and advertise their product at the same time. A similar tactic can be seen on YouTube. Creators can be seen doing sponsorships with a multitude of companies. In fact, “YouTube seems to be the second most influential social media platform for purchases. 18% of consumers are influenced by YouTube regarding their purchases” (Barker 2017). For example, a youtuber can make a video showing off clothes from a website. They then promote a coupon code that consumers can use at checkout for a percentage off of their purchase. This way the company can track how much traffic the video drew in and pay the creator a slice of the proceeds. So far we have talked about influencers promoting a clothing brand or a food product, but their outreach is not limited to those items specifically. I have personally seen youtuber recommendations for apps, vitamins, and hair extensions. Anything you can think of …show more content…

Being at the top of the search page is essential to draw in consumers. Not many scroll past the first page of results. This process of getting to be ranked higher is called search engine optimization or SEO for short. There are a variety of factors that can push you to the top. The website Shopify explains this well by saying, “Get people to talk about you, produce good quality content, get people to link to you, and Google will be more confident that you are the best result that they can offer to their searchers…” (Overland 2013). Simply, the more popular and trustworthy the site, the higher on the page you will

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