What NOT To Do In Digital Marketing?

Hi,

Once upon a time, criticisms would have freaked me out. I would have stressed over faults, and reassessed my ability.

Today, I know that how to cherish negative feedback too I receive besides the good job done rated reviews.

Do not freak out.

Let me explain -

The way I perceive digital marketing - my webmaster persona - is not acceptable to everyone.

Because most companies are looking for eligible spammers.

Yes, I worked with all these employers and learned that my understanding of digital marketing is quite different from theirs. That is because I believe online users should always treat with respect. We must not spend money on imitation things to make more money online by squeezing a visitor.

Online users are always attracted to content with an extra dimension - like to see freedom of opinion - something that is different from others.

And for that, I love to experiment week after week with content to see what is working and what is not rather than following some garbage rules imposed on me by employers just because I am his/her employee.

Therefore, even when I show my employers some data that their digital marketing theories are nothing but spam techniques and should stop now, they get furious at me. In the end, very few like to be proved wrong. I do not freak out, feel miserable, or get insulted. I wish them well and say goodbye to the organization as quickly as possible.

After all, why should I keep working on a failed project if they are not a good fit for my dream career?

I have changed jobs many times, get sacked a couple of times due to my unbend attitude and I have no regret. I have seen many who are continuing by bending their ethics to get regular salary only.

Many of my well-wishers say to me, you are neither a rebel nor a conformist. You are just as unsettled in your career as you are unsocial in life.

I do care about their opinion. However, I do not freak out about negative comments anymore.

Instead of utilizing the real power of SEO, social media, we, to capture visitors’ attention forcefully, go for an “advanced advertising” approach. We now more and more accustomed ourselves to launching programmatic advertising campaigns that are extensive, custom, and data-driven.

Our extra effort to make the digital marketing efforts “more profitable” makes it deadly and insensible in reality.

Compare the early days of Facebook that engage us through its clean and simple interface with its complexities nowadays. The growing influence of advertising on Google is now sometimes painful rather than its original exciting, friendly manner of providing search results.

That is not all bad as the technologies are also evolving and their operations are getting smarter. That said the way everyone is chasing conversion optimization is not acceptable.

You can say the online behavior of a person also changed a lot but ask yourself, what role we are playing to push them awkwardly all the time to get a sell?

If you know your target audience, you do not have to stress more than required on advertising. Only because others/your competitors are doing, you should not get yourself into a digital war. That is because you are creating more chaos online whenever you start targeting the audience to see and get clicks on your ads even when they are unwilling to see them.

However, what about those others who are working comfortably in this industry?

You may be working in an organization uninterruptedly and get paid a handsome amount, but it is still smart thinking to pay attention to your careers.

In fact, some of your achievements may build on the sand-made castle, which anytime collapses.

Why? Because it is an issue, you never faced fearlessly.

For example, you may dislike certain ideas of your boss or certain processes in your company, but you never raise your true voice against it for fear of losing your job.

You fear the uncertainties and are afraid to face the growing competition in the job market.

Sometimes, your employer is also aware that you dislike him/her internally but cannot show your actual feelings to him/her because you fear. A fear you do not know does not exist.

This is autocracy or, maybe bureaucracy in the digital world.

In short, employers many times knowingly exploit their employees and that is a bad thing. The message may be a little rough around the edges, but it still holds the truth.

On the other hand, I have seen many employees who many times not maintaining the minimum amount of professionalism they should. Although they are happy to receive monthly paychecks with a smile.

The takeaway?

Love your digital marketing profession as you love your parents. Know your target audience like you know your best friend.

Do not do any injustice to your profession, with your life. Do not fear to protest with dignity when your circumstance inevitably forces you to follow the wrong route.

Also, know that the obstacles/negative criticism can at times be the most valuable. It is hard to face but it brings out the truth.

What do YOU do when you hear or read comments against you, your beliefs?

Stay honest with yourself!

Those who do good things for their own can do to others too.

Thanks to all who are agreeing with me. The people, who are against my theory of making a sober digital marketing culture, welcome too. We shall together make some revolution and evolution to the digital space to make it a more user-friendly marketing and advertising place for all.

I am ending this post with the hope that my, our future is bright. It is time to stick to my own tried and tested digital marketing fundamentals.

Have a great time ahead!

Partha

What Digital Skills Do Employers Want?

If you are searching for an answer to questions like how can I advance my digital marketing career or what skills do I need to be a digital marketer, then this post is for you.

We are living in a digital world. Just see where you’re reading my blog post right now - without that internet-enabled phone, tablet, or computer, you perhaps would never reach this article.

Now, frankly speaking, that I’m a bit old-fashioned. That is why I prefer reading printed newspapers, storybooks rather than reading with a Kindle. Likewise, talking in person rather than through social media is what am I feel more comfortable.

But like others, I’ve had to swim through the digital wave - and quite honestly, it’s in fact made me a lot more resilient in everything I do in my digital marketing profession.

So, while none of the skills below are absolutely essential to survive and thrive in the digital job world, they might be of use to learn in your career. If nothing else, knowing what other teams in your office do will aid you to collaborate more easily with them when you work together on shared projects.

The best way to gain knowledge of anything nowadays to take online lessons - they’re cheap (or completely free), and you can get training anytime, anywhere, and in any mode you wish. I’m not claiming that everyone can be taught anything through online classes, but starting should not be a problem these days. The future isn’t that bad after all.

To get you on track, here are 10 courses you can take - starting today - to advance your digital marketing knowledge, to stay ahead of the crowd (and even add some skills to your resume) in the competitive job market.

1. Social media marketing with YouTube and Instagram

You perhaps mention "proficient in YouTube and Instagram" in your resume about posting photos and videos of you and your friends or family members, but do you actually know how to approach these social platforms professionally? Or even Facebook and Twitter?

If your company does anything with video content or images, it might be in your favor to learn how marketing can be done profitably on these channels.

Check out for a platform-specific curriculum to learn how to leverage each and every social media commercial that’ll benefit your career, as well as your personal brand, say for example boost your professional network and promote your voice on LinkedIn. These lessons will take you through campaign making from start to finish, from uploading to making it viral cleverly your creation among others.

Write to partha.sdtt@gmail.com for a free consultation.

2. Adobe Photoshop for beginners

Just like social media, editing photos and using them commercially is one of those skills many people claim they have, but don’t really know how to do anything beyond copy and pasting.

Fortunately, many free courses are available online, all you need to know about to find and enroll in a program you prefer. If nothing else, you can make your LinkedIn profile photo more professional.

Write to partha.sdtt@gmail.com for a free consultation.

3. CMS operations for beginners

For all those out there who have ever wanted to manage a website or blog’s back-end for content publishing or landing page creation, now’s your opportunity!

Some tutorials will guide you to all the basics of a CMS like WordPress operation, a well-known platform for website managers - and a fantastic way to advertise your blogging hobby, from designing to managing content.

Write to partha.sdtt@gmail.com for a free consultation.

4. HTML programming

Ever wanted to learn how to edit a web page template but never had the real chance - or someone to coach you? Any HTML/CSS/JS tutorials, available online cover all the simple yet essential sides of programming for you to establish yourself as a front-end developer - either at your workplace or just to enrich your own knowledge base.

Write to partha.sdtt@gmail.com for a free consultation.

5. Search engine optimization

Even if you may not need SEO for your current job profile, it’s always a good idea to pick up this valuable skill for a better understanding of how the search engines really work. SEO drives most of your website’s traffic. All the above-mentioned skills will complement your SEO knowledge. By taking an SEO class, you’ll learn what search engine optimization is, how to select keywords for marketing, and how to compete with other sites for the most visibility.

Write to partha.sdtt@gmail.com for a free consultation.

6. The Google Analytics course

Like SEO, analytics is a great way of tracking traffic to any site, in addition, to understand how visitors are interacting with the website. Any comprehensive course on Google Analytics will walk you through the different aspects of the tool and how to interpret the data presented to you and then transform the data into information. With this information, you’ll be able to recognize patterns that’ll give you an idea of what users want - and how to make changes to the website following that trend.

Write to partha.sdtt@gmail.com for a free consultation.

7. Essentials of Outlook

It’s hard to keep track of all your emails, to-do lists, presentations, reports, meetings, etc. if you don’t know how to properly use Outlook. With proper training, you’ll learn how to save time and keep organize everything. Sure, checking and replying to email is boring, but we all have to follow the rules of corporate communication to a certain degree.

Write to partha.sdtt@gmail.com for a free consultation.

8. Fundamentals of Google Drive operation

Did you know that there are two main aspects of any job function - collaboration in real-time and synchronization - and Google Drive has these both which should radically increase an individual’s productivity and efficiency. Once you know how to use it - will surely become a fan of cloud storage aside from understanding the real importance of using it as a central repository of all project files.

Write to partha.sdtt@gmail.com for a free consultation.

9. Google Advanced search - search the web like a pro

If you’re like me - spend half of the day on the web and but can’t seem to find things on Google that you’re searching for, regardless of several attempts and changing keywords combination again-n-again, a training session on Google advanced search is perfect for you. This will teach you how to take benefit of Google and/or Bing optimally, as well as all the tips and tricks to save time on finding the best search results.

Write to partha.sdtt@gmail.com for a free consultation.

10. Writing for the web

Writing is an art and also a little bit of science behind it. Knowing how to write well is a valuable skill and requires a considerable amount of thought and energy. Because we look for quick answers on search engines and social media these days, the content has to be engaging, helpful, to the point, and easy to understand all at once. A content writing course is difficult to find but you certainly will find a program where you can learn when writing, what are the points that you need to keep in your mind.

Write to partha.sdtt@gmail.com for a free consultation.

See, all these courses will help you build a 360-degree approach to your digital marketing career which you want to pursue. Hopefully, now you know, what are the new-age digital skills and how do you develop digital skills. 

Good luck!