Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Get your marketing ready for 2019 with these trends
Get your marketing ready for 2019 with these trends Marketing has existed in one form or another since the dawn of capitalism itself. And itââ¬â¢ll exist as long as there are products and services for sale. That said, it does evolve and adapt to the world around it. Billboards and signage were followed by radio ads, which led to television spots, and finally, to the digital marketing we see today. The ad men of the 50s and 60s might not recognize the form, but the goal remains the same: right product, right person, right time. Marketing is nothing if not able to go with the flow. So whatââ¬â¢s next for it as we enter 2019? Here are three trends to keep an eye on in the coming year. 2019 Templates to get Organized Before we dig into trends, download these 2019 tools to get organized in the new year. Youll get: Marketing Plan Outline Template (Word): Document your entire 2019 marketing plan. Marketing Strategy Template (Excel): Plan every part of your strategy. Content Marketing Strategy Template (PowerPoint): Planà tacticsà andà channelsà to complement your strategy. Email Marketing Strategy Template (PowerPoint): Email is a big part of marketing in 2019; use this template to get it right. Social Media Strategy Template (PowerPoint): Start the year off right with a clear social media roadmap. Audience Persona Template (Word): Finally get all your user personas on track for the year. Marketing Budget Template (Excel):à New year, new budget! The Arrival of Voice Search Voice search is taking over in a big, big way, and thereââ¬â¢s no reason to believe itââ¬â¢ll slow down anytime soon. Popular digital assistants like Siri, Cortana, and Google Assistant have fundamentally changed the way we interact with our mobile devices, to say nothing of how we search and consume information. Then, of course, we also have the prevalence of smart speaker systems like Amazonââ¬â¢s Echo, Googleââ¬â¢s Home, and Appleââ¬â¢s Homepod. Itââ¬â¢s no stretch to think that we may say ââ¬Ëgoodbyeââ¬â¢ to manual data entry entirely in the not-too-distant future. Consider: Half of all online searches will be conducted via voice by 2020 Gartner predicts that nearly one-third of searches will be conducted without a screenà by the same year Nearly 40% of adults use voice searchà at least once each day Voice shopping accounted for roughly $1.8 billion in 2017, but will reach $40+ billion by 2022 U.S. voice-enabled digital assistant users are growing by leaps and bounds, and are expected to top 39 million millennials, 17 million Gen Xers, and 10 million baby boomersà by 2019 Image Source The writing is on the wall, or more accurately, being spoken aloud: voice search is here to stay. What does that mean for you and your marketing? Plenty. Kenneth Burke, Marketing Director at Text Request, says that ââ¬Å"Google and other search engines have already been tailoring search results to match speech, meaning conversational writing and SEO is increasingly more effective than keyword-targeted writing.â⬠Consider your own interaction with Google or Siri for a moment. We donââ¬â¢t ask for information the same way we would type it, opting to say ââ¬ËHey Siri, whereââ¬â¢s the nearest coffee shop?ââ¬â¢ whereas we might have typed ââ¬Ëcoffee shops Seattleââ¬â¢. That switch in tone and structure needs to be reflected in your marketing copy. Itââ¬â¢ll need to be written conversationally so the voice-enabled assistants can read it aloud and present results the way people talk. Furthermore, Burke believes there will be ââ¬Å"a continual focus on search intentà rather than word choice, and my bet is this will play an even more significant role in 2019.â⬠What do people want, and how do they ask for it?
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