Marketing is mostly about creativity. There are basics that you have to understand, e.g. differentiating yourself from the marketing, creating value, understanding the psychology of a customer, etc however, coming up with ideas, differentiating yourself, creating value in a unique manner require creativity and imagination.
Most of us, unfortunately, consider marketing a run of the mill process that runs on a certain set of rules. Today is the time to get ahead of the competition by bending those rules. You will see that you get better results and enjoy your marketing more than ever.
In the last decade or so, Internet has grown exponentially. The fundamentals of marketing have remained unchanged however, content has become more powerful than ever. The methods have changed a lot though. Earlier, telemarketing, postcards, etc used to be the norm. Even today they are being used but not so much.
To market well, you need to be able to access your market, project yourself in front of potential customers and connect. Marketing is all about trust; without trust, it is next to impossible to be in a market for a long time. To build trust, you have to give away valuable content. Lastly, value isn't decided by you, it's decided by the market.
Marketing concepts are interconnected. One thing leads to the other and that is the beauty of it. There are more opportunities and they are easily accessible. If you can create a valuable product, you will build trust and thus, from the feedback you get, know what your market actually wants.
It would be fatal to underestimate content's importance. Content forms the Internet, in fact. There are millions of articles on just about every topic under the sun. Those who are producing this content are reaching prospect customers by adopting a smart approach.
The last 5 years have seen the unprecedented rise of the social media platforms. Unless you have been living under a rock, you must have heard of sites like Twitter and Facebook. People are the lifeblood of these sites. Whenever there is an incident, you'd see that news spread through these sites like wildfire.
If you are imaginative enough, cracking social media won't be tough. You don't need to be a marketing behemoth to be able to make it big on social media; the playing field is level for both small businesses as well as corporate giants.
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