“I see technology as a means to
empower and as a tool that bridges the distance between hope and opportunity.
Social media is reducing social barriers. It connects people on the strength of
human values, not identities.”
--Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of
India
Until
a decade ago, the whole idea of Digital Marketing seemed like an adolescent
idea which will fade away in a year or two. While traditional marketers were
not convinced about the effectiveness of Digital Marketing strategies, their
skepticism further made it difficult for the industry to believe on this new
methodology. It appeared to everyone that Digital Marketing was a more an
unattainable and unachievable thing. In a country like India, the situation was
even worse. India is a country where people have grown used to traditional
marketing methods like painted advertisements, newspaper and TV advertisements.
India seemed like a country where people didn’t have easy accessibility of
internet and thus we were far from Internet Advertising. Even the
conservative-mindedness of the people in India made them trust the traditional
forms of Marketing and not have much faith in Digital Marketing.
Undoubtedly,
things have changed remarkably and India is emerging as one of the widest
audience for Social media and internet. The Indian population forms a major
chunk of the people on various social media sites like Facebook, twitter, Instagram,
tumbler etc. and surprisingly Digital Marketing has opened up a new phase in
India. Digital Marketing
is meant for those people who are creative and passionate about internet. It is
the use of internet for marketing and
publicity of products and services. Digital marketing can be taken up by
professionals with a basic knowledge of internet but a knack for creativity and
artistic visualization. Digital Marketing, like traditional form of marketing
is a highly result driven and is sales-oriented. A perfect Digital Marketing
activity should result in considerable increase in sales and large-scale
generation of business. Therefore, one cannot begin a digital marketing
campaign without setting the campaign objectives.
A
Digital Marketer understands the needs of the clients and visualizes their
needs to deliver what they want. Due
to the vast demographic expanse of the country Digital Marketing is something
which can really help the way people connect with each other. Digital marketing
is acting as a boon for the marketers because one of the greatest hindrances of
the traditional mode of marketing is lack of mass reach. An efficient digital marketer
requires one to know strategies like Search Engine Optimization, Search Engine
Marketing, email marketing and social media marketing to ensure an effective
Digital Marketing activity.
Therefore,
Digital Marketing has come up to be the most effective way for the expansion
and generation of business. With its vast reachability and accessibility, the
digital medium has turned out to be extremely profitable in showcasing and
selling of products and services. The biggest example of this, is the rapid
growth of the E-Commerce websites like Flipkart, Snapdeal, Jabong, etc. Their
business is completely dependent on digital marketing, as they don’t operate on
the physical medium. With an effective digital marketing, through social media
and other platforms, generation of large-scale business can be easily done. But
productive digital marketing requires an extensive knowledge, to acquaint a
candidate about the various aspects of the same.
Therefore,
iFEEL - Institute of Future Education
Entrepreneurship and Leadership has designed certificate courses on Digital Marketing, in order to cater to
this requirement. It’s a 6-months
certification program, designed to familiarize candidates on various aspects
of digital marketing. The students undertaking the course are imparted with
knowledge on Search Engine Optimization, Search Engine Marketing, Social Media
Marketing, Mobile Marketing, among the other topics related to Digital
Marketing. Thus, this course aims to make you an expert in the field of Digital
Marketing!