Successful Internet Marketing Begins At Home
Make no mistake ladies and gentlemen, we are in the middle of a new dotcom boom. What do you mean you never noticed? Well I can confirm that you are, but you probably never noticed due to its more controlled, long-term style. Slowly but surely from 2005 up until now businesses have invested in the internet and continued to do so because the return on investment has made it worth their while this time around.
Did you spot the key point in the last paragraph? Pay attention Bond! The key point was "ROI" - Return On Investment. That's the only thing marketing people care about. They care not a jot about actionscript, javascript, validation, ventilation, hyper-ventilation...nothing. They care about ROI. This is not necessarily a bad thing, so as a web professional it's up to you to ensure that your work creates a good ROI or you'll lose your client / job.
So what's the secret of good internet marketing? Good, successful internet marketing begins at home. Start by looking at your own business' CRM system - if you don't have one, then hang your head in shame, and find one. Install it, build it, make it work. A good CRM system is the most important tool in your internet marketing mix BAR NONE. A well build CRM system should be a database for existing clients, potential "hot prospects", cold prospects, dead leads, business parters, everybody! Make sure each contact in every one of the above brackets is as fully detailed as possible with relevant telephone numbers (including mobile phone - you'll need that later!), email address, and "tag" as to their status, e.g. "client" or "hot prospect". Again, fill out as much information as you can for every contact, don't rush this job - do it right from the beginning. Could take a few weeks, but it'll be worth it, and later I'll be talking about how you can really use this monster you have created.
So run along and build that now, and then come back to this article...
Done it? Good.
Now you have your CRM in place, it's time to get strategic. For strategic you need to make a 12-24 month plan purely for internet marketing communications, and THAT my friends will need to take place in my next article, so stay tuned!
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AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Russell Clark is a web communications expert based in Sweden. Working with the internet "since it was all fields round here", Russell is a keynote speaker at major internet conferences across Europe, such as the "Stora e-handelsdag" ("e-business day") in Stockholm, Sweden.
A founding member of http:http://www.frost.se - one of Europe's leading web agencies - Russell's areas of expertise are site design; layout; structure; information architecture; strategic planning and internet marketing.
Russell is apparently "always available" to anyone who drops him an email and keen to offer help and advice if he can.
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