Megan 2018-Apr-06 Digital Marketing

No matter what kind of business you run, every business goes through a unique set of marketing challenges. Some of the challenges are restricted budget, limited resources and the pressing need to build brand visibility.

Here are some common marketing mistakes and how you can avoid them.

Not defining your target audience

One of the biggest mistakes that marketers make is trying to appeal to everyone. Remember, when you target everyone, you reach no one.

The right target audience is very important for your business; you need to set up correctly in order to contact potential customers. Analysis of the wrong audience might bring failure to your business from many directions.

Spending money on 'big marketing' too quickly

Slow and steady wins the race. You’ve heard that before. Same goes for marketing. You should hold back and start slow. You don’t want to blow your budget early in this game.

Take time to test your audience and discover who your consumers are by spending small amount of money on hyper-targeted marketing.

Investing too much time on brand perfection

Investing too much time in brand perfection won’t yield much result; rather it would lead to wastage of time, money and energy.

The best approach is to run a lean start-up method. Don’t delay the launching of the website, just to get the perfect design. Once the website is launched and started rolling, you can pick up more information and make those tweaks and changes for a more stable position.

Chasing competitors

Make your own agenda. Don’t get caught in the trap of replicating your competitor’s efforts in the hope of getting more attention. Your competition may have a bigger budget and hundreds of employees, but don’t dwell on that. Just focus on your competitive advantage.

Failing to measure results

If you don’t know what kind of traction you got from a specific campaign, you'll have no idea if you made a return on your investment. Tracking your campaigns will help you identify which part of your strategy is working and what requires improvements.

As you move forward, learn from your past mistakes and relaunch your marketing strategies to drive sales. If you would like help preparing or reviewing digital marketing strategy before your business, get in touch with us today.