Top Trends in 2018 for Internet Marketing
The year 2018 has just begun, but there are already plenty of internet marketing trends to take note of. Let's take a look at four of these trends.
The year 2018 has just begun, but there are already plenty of internet marketing trends to take note of. Let's take a look at four of these trends.
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The Grow<strong>in</strong>g Bus<strong>in</strong>ess of Influencer Market<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Influencer market<strong>in</strong>g is a grow<strong>in</strong>g trend amongst bus<strong>in</strong>ess owners. Micro<br />
<strong>in</strong>fluencers can help bus<strong>in</strong>esses generate more revenue than other market<strong>in</strong>g<br />
campaigns. This type of market<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>cludes allow<strong>in</strong>g social media or major<br />
celebrities (<strong>in</strong>fluencers) to market products and brands. Influencers can promote<br />
products that are important and/or relevant to them and their followers. Market<strong>in</strong>g<br />
at this level can broaden a marketer’s customer base and allow them to reach<br />
demographics they may have ignored <strong>in</strong> the past. Influencer market<strong>in</strong>g also<br />
<strong>in</strong>cludes provid<strong>in</strong>g consumers with organic content that isn’t “staged.” Sponsored<br />
content that appears organic can be highly effective, as consumers are also a large<br />
part of <strong>in</strong>fluencer market<strong>in</strong>g. Plus, user-generated content can be engag<strong>in</strong>g and<br />
make the consumer a part of their own shopper experience. For example, some<br />
major brands are now allow<strong>in</strong>g customers to suggest products.<br />
Advertis<strong>in</strong>g on Social Media Websites<br />
Recently, sites like Facebook, L<strong>in</strong>kedIn and Instagram have become more “adfriendly.<br />
”Facebook offers many market<strong>in</strong>g tools, opportunities and technology to<br />
help companies grow their brand and reach customers. In 2017, L<strong>in</strong>kedIn made<br />
many improvements to their advertis<strong>in</strong>g plat<strong>for</strong>m. The website has a new user<br />
<strong>in</strong>terface with new B2C and B2B opportunities. Instagram offers great advertis<strong>in</strong>g<br />
controls and promote B2C engagement, which is more effective on this site than<br />
others. These social media sites are grow<strong>in</strong>g and expand<strong>in</strong>g every day, offer<strong>in</strong>g<br />
many channels <strong>for</strong> digital market<strong>in</strong>g campaigns. In fact, a great <strong>in</strong>ternet<br />
market<strong>in</strong>g company will always offer social media market<strong>in</strong>g as a part of their<br />
services.