Online Marketing Strategies for StartUps and Established Businesses
The web has become an integral part of a common man’s life. The number of devices connected to the internet has exceeded the population of the entire globe. That proves only one thing that each individual user uses more than one device to connect to the web. An average individual uses a computer or a phone to access his/her beloved networking site every few minutes. With the craze for social networking and staying updated with the current affairs, we all are plugged into the internet.
Businesses understood the potential of the web and took over to the social media along with building their own websites. As time flew, they became aware of their brand’s value on the internet and started protecting the identity using various methods. Some of them includes, getting the desired usernames (brand names) as a vanity URL on social media websites and protecting brand theft by getting all the top level domains (TLDs). But are these strategies good for startups and established businesses? It can’t be! Because of the fact that a startup will have a different approach as compared to an established businesses. So what are the best online marketing strategies for both of these businesses. Let us find out.
Online Marketing Strategies for Established Businesses
For established businesses, there is very little to do on a new social media. For instance, if a company gets a new profile on a social media website, all they have to do is ask their followers on other social networks to follow them on the new social media. The engagement of users increases on social media websites, giving exposure to the business as well as the new social medium.
Well online marketing strategies for established businesses is quite straight forward and hassle free. They just have to maintain their public relations with all the social media available and capture the mind of their customers.
Online Marketing Strategies for StartUps
Online marketing strategies for startups is kind of complex as compared to established businesses. Established businesses already have their name in the market and hence they can gather a crowd from where they stand. This is not the case for startups. They have to build a foundation for themselves first and grow eventually. It’s like raising a baby.
The first step for any brand to establish itself is to get a name. Once the name has been decided, the online branding starts eventually. Getting the top level domains and vanity URLs for social media websites should be the top most priority so that you don’t attract any lawsuit later in your business.
Many companies like Google, Facebook, Amazon, etc. have a dedicated team set up to register domains that are related to their businesses. But as a startup, you don’t need to sweat it. Facebook started as thefacebook.com, Dropbox was getdropbox.com and today they have almost every possible domain related to their business. (Facebook even has fb.com)
Although branding and promotion is important but what matters the most is your products. If you could give the best products to your users, a brand is emerged by the quality it offers.
One last thing both startups and established businesses should take care of while implementing online marketing strategies is that they should not take decisions in haste. If you believe that your business will grow exponentially book the TLDs like .com, .net, .org, .biz, etc.
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) the organization for domain registry has been handing out new domain extensions lately. The below shows an excerpt from the official website.
The four signed Registry Agreements are listed below and the will soon be posted on the ICANN.org website.
- International Domain Registry Pty. Ltd.’s شبكة , the Arabic for “Web or Network”
- Core Association’s онлайн, Russian for “Online”
- Core Association’s сайт, Russian for “Web site”
- Spring Fields, LLC 游戏, Chinese for “Game”
Now domains will be even more targeted with local languages. As per a post by VentureBeat, ICANN is introducing new extensions in the Domain Name System which might include generic English words like .music, .law, .apple and so on. This will open doors for cyber squatters who are on the look out for opportunity to embezzle money on the name of an established brand. So beware of such scams and do not give out your personal and high security details like your Social Security Number (US residents), Permanent Account Number (Indian residents), credit card details or any such sensitive details to sites demanding for it.
So, to summarize the online marketing strategies for startups and established businesses, it is a cakewalk if you are aware of the market trends. Marketing your products or rather your brand online might be simple but it comes with a lot of baggage. You have to keep an eye for various things like intruders, squatters (who wants to make money on your brand name), etc. Always keep an eye for updates and news in this section so that you don’t miss on anything. This will help you build and maintain your brand.
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Magda
August 2, 2013
When someone writes an article he/she maintains the thought of a user in his/her mind that how a user can know it. That’s why this article is perfect as it considers both start ups and established business. Thanks!
Chetan Vengurlekar
August 2, 2013
Thanks, Magda for your valuable comment!
Shirley
August 2, 2013
Just wanted to say great blog! Love your writing style.
Chetan Vengurlekar
August 2, 2013
Thanks for the comment, Shirley! Hope to see you subscribed to our blog.
Chauncey
August 2, 2013
Hi CHetan, I’m starting up a new venture and this post helped me to get the know how of the web marketing strategies for a startup. I’ll make sure to book all the extensions for my business name as they will be covered in the budget which I’ve specified.
I went through your blog post list and found hardly a few posts on internet marketing. I’d like to read a more from you as you explain it a lot easier than others on the web. I’m also subscribing to your feed so that I don’t miss on any new article you publish. Thanks again.
Chetan Vengurlekar
August 2, 2013
Hi Chauncey,
Thanks for subscribing. You won’t be disappointed with the posts henceforth on our blog. Now that I know that people are liking the way I write and what they exactly want, I can increase the number of posts in the specific category.
I wish you all the best in your new venture. If you need any help regarding web marketing, you can drop a comment to me via the Contact Us page. I’ll be glad to reply to all your queries related to anything related to your business.
– Chetan Vengurlekar
Yvonne
August 2, 2013
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August 2, 2013
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Rahul Vyas
August 2, 2013
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Dany Moore
August 2, 2013
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Rolland
August 2, 2013
thnx for sharing.
Alesha
August 2, 2013
Undoubtedly Internet is the best option for promoting your business. I agree with you Chetan, that we need to keep an eye on the intruders. Moreover I say we also need to be updated by every single thing happening in the market, so that accordingly we can change our strategies.
Neamul Nahid
August 2, 2013
this is true that for a new business starting in online, understanding and maintaining the online business strategy is very important. very good post for understanding these strategies. The competition in web marketing is increasing day by day and online marketing system and other strategies related with this should be followed.
Ian
August 2, 2013
For start ups, surely remarkable content that gets itself shared is the best thing. It’s just giving time to such a thing without seeing much of a return at first. thats difficult