Chapter 2 E-MARKETING What is e-marketing E-marketing is an advertising discipline that includes all marketing activities conducted by a business online using an electronic device or the internet. Other names for this type of marketing include internet marketing, online marketing, digital marketing or web marketing. types of e-marketing 1. Search engine optimization (SEO) 2. Email marketing 3. Influencer marketing (cr7) 4. Affiliate Marketing 5. Reputation marketing 6. Social media marketing (SMM) 7. Pay-per-click (PPC) advertising Online Customer Behavior Online shopping used to be the thing of educated and rich people of the demographic of 20 to 40 years old in the late 90s In 2004 Out of these online customers, 50% of them were male, and the other 50% of them were females According to a study published by the US Department of Commerce in 2004, the 2nd most popular online searches in 2003 were for the product/service information The demographic of 77% of the US online shopper were teenagers aging from 15 years old and older They usually acquire the information about the product/service online before going out shopping. in 2003 and 2004 is that 25% of the online retail stores didn’t provide the detail on their customer service page 88% of the online customers would leave the platform before reaching the checkout page E-marketing in the hospitality industry Search Engine Marketing (SEM) Social Media marketing: Starwood, for instance, introduced a new quantitative tool called “Reputation Management Index” (RMI) Mobile advertising: QR codes’ use implementation Email advertising: Display advertising: The WH Questions Q: Who? A: Person(s) Who are my participants? Who do I intend to reach with my campaign/blog/product/service/activity/etc…? Who is my competition? Who is reading my posts? Q: When? A: Time When should I launch this product/service into the market? When should I post a blog? When do I place this Facebook ad? When do I start monetizing on my personal brand? Q: Where? A: Place Where should I advertise my business? Where do I reach the biggest number of participants? Q: What? A: Object/Action/Idea What is the objective of this campaign? What is my intention with this post? What is the added value of my service offering? What marketing tools should I use? Q: Why? A: Reason Why should my subscribers be interested in this post? Why should they buy my product/service? Q: How? A: Manner How do I get more reader to post their comments on my blog? How do I calculate the value of my brand? How do I calculate my ROI?