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How to Build a Digital Marketing Strategy for International Markets

Building a digital marketing strategy is an essential aspect of doing business in the modern era. The world has become increasingly connected as we can communicate with one another from all over the planet.

However, companies with international customers know how difficult it can be to reach their global audience on social media platforms like Facebook or Twitter without using Google Analytics.

However, these tools will only work if you first set up profiles for different countries and languages within your account; this way, you’ll get more granular data about who’s viewing your pages!

In addition, there are great geo-targeting programs available through various sites such as Facebook, where advertisers can specifically target people living in specific locations around the globe, depending on what they’re trying to promote. 

Let’s take a look at some of these tips now!

Step 1: Digital Marketing Plan

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From Google to Facebook, the importance of digital marketing has never been more apparent. With so many sources out there for people to find information about your company and products or services, you must have a plan in place as well!

You need an end goal with short-term milestones; this will enable you to know where your efforts should be focused and how long they are expected to take.

It’s imperative to create a plan of attack for your business before you’re ready. First, figure out the market that interests you and get competitive information from other companies to effective marketing strategy. 

Once this is done, it becomes clear what kind of product or service would be best suited- take into account how much time (and money) can commit every day/week, etc.? 

Know your objectives: specific, measurable, attainable & timely with a timeline if possible! Make sure those goals are SMART -Specific; Measurable; Attainable; Relevant & Timely.

Step 2: SWOT Analysis

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The SWOT analysis is the digital marketing plan that can’t be beaten! It can help you identify your company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats so that you know how to tackle them in a way that will assure repeat business. 

For example, if we find out our customers are looking for more information on where they may purchase certain goods, then maybe this would be an opportunity worth exploring!

Benchmarking your digital marketing is the best way to optimize it. This process will identify success stories and good practices for you, so all you have left to do is extract one of those lessons from them!

 Implement a bit of internal study before diving into this project– does our website need an update? Is it customer-oriented? What are customers’ thoughts on social media about its usefulness in helping businesses or not being used at all by their market segmentation (and how should we change)?

Step 3: Achieve Your Business Objectives

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Your marketing strategy is what you are going to do to achieve your business objectives. Therefore, you need a plan to carry out your goal and know to who you want it addressed. Meanwhile, try not to forget that personalization is the most important thing when someone arrives on-site looking for something specific.

The key to positioning is very clear about your value propositions and how you want them relayed. You also need to know where your audience has gone so that they can find you in the same way too! 

Figure out which channels are most present for them (social media, blogs, email), then use those platforms as best suited. In addition to social media, make sure the “About Us” page contains all of this information too!!

Step 4: Digital Strategies and Tactics

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Digital Strategies and Tactics? Hell, they’re the most important ones these days! Don’t let that keep you down, though. With all those channels multiplying like bunnies (and growing more sophisticated every day), there are many potentials for tactics to use on your digital strategies team–or maybe even solo if you are so inclined.

What could be better than some creative social media marketing or an effective email campaign? And we haven’t even started talking about CRM yet…

If you have customers in other countries, it’s important to remember that they may not speak the same language as your native English speakers. This means that a one-size-fits-all approach will likely be ineffective for marketing strategies and social media campaigns. 

To get started with international digital marketing, set up Google Analytics profiles for each country or region where you’ll be targeting potential clients. In addition, use tools like Facebook and Twitter to target specific geographical areas such as cities or even neighborhoods within those cities. 

These tips should help make sure you can first effectively reach your global audience through localized content on online channels so that no customer feels left out of the conversation!. 

Opinions expressed by AsianBlurb contributors are their own.

Maham Qasim
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Maham Qasim is an English Literature and Economics student at Forman Christian College University with an interest in writing. Maham was born in Pakistan and raised in Saudi Arabia and is now pursuing her education.

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