Investing your time and money in ways to market your business remains a critical element for success. When you are considering your marketing approach, there are several strategies that can give your business a much-needed boost.

Take Advantage Of Social Media

Social media remains an integral part of marketing because many people have at least one social media account and you can utilize paid advertising. With many social media platforms, the biggest mistake for most businesses is attempting to cover all platforms, but not being effective on any single outlet. Pick the major platforms, especially ones that work best for your business and your type of product. For example, if you have a freelance band, Twitter will not be as effective to promote your music as YouTube or Facebook, but can be useful to interact with followers. Some businesses should also consider paid advertising on social media platforms. This is an excellent way to draw attention to your business. Generally, these advertisements use demographic information to determine who see a specific ad. Additionally, ad placement may depend on the the accounts a person follows.

Integrate Traditional Marketing

Many traditional marketing practices have fallen by the wayside, but they remain effective tools. For example, having an ad on a radio show used to be common practice. Today's radio show might be slightly different, but can continue to be a way of promoting your business and sometimes, helping someone else with promotion. Some localities continue to have popular radio shows, but more often than not, online radio streaming or podcasts have become more of the norm. See if there are any radio or podcast hosts with a significant following who are willing to do a sponsorship deal or talk with you on their show.

Traditional marketing can also take the form of networking events that will allow you to mingle with other business professionals and even hand out business cards. You might find small business events in your community or networking events associated with different social media platforms. This is another reason social media can be an invaluable tool, because it may give you the opportunity to network with other personalities on the same platform and find ways to grow your business. For example, Google is well-known for hosting YouTube events for content creators.

Use Good SEO Practices

Search engine optimization (SEO) will always be important for online marketing, primarily because websites that utilize SEO to its fullest potential will have better rank and visibility online. SEO trends over the last several years have favored longer, more informative content that is truly designed for humans, not just search engines. Additionally, mobile optimization is increasingly important as more people are using mobile devices to access content and some even prefer accessing businesses via an app, rather than a traditional mobile site. This means an accelerated mobile page (AMP) will be given priority over a poorly-performing mobile page or even desktop versions.

The tools you use remain an integral part of marketing strategy. Using several strategies effectively will give your business the best chance at success.

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