Internet Marketing - How To Succeed In 2009

We're in very difficult economic times, and businesses are preparing for a deep, longer than originally expected recession. How will this impact marketing budgets? Well, it's going to shrink, but what part of it will grow -- yes grow, or at least not shrink? Hint...Internet marketing budgets. Let me explain....

All year 2008 I see TV, radio, newspaper, billboard, and event sponsorship marketing budgets shrink. I also noticed the savvier marketers -- the ones who set-up, launch and track the profitability for each marketing dollar spent -- are allocating a greater percentage of ad budgets to direct response ad campaigns, specifically, direct response Internet advertising campaigns.

Direct response Internet advertising allows you to quickly calculate how much revenue you'll get for spending xyz marketing dollars. To survive and succeed in 2009, challenge yourself, advertising agencies and marketing teams to learn how to best allocate your limited marketing dollars. There's no rhyme or reason why General Motors is slashing drastically its offline ad spend, creating websites for most all its Chevrolet dealerships, and funneling dramatically more ad dollars to the Internet. When it comes to survival, more and more marketing dollars within media budgets are heading to the Internet.

Contact me if you want to talk direct marketing or leave a blog comment to offer up your opinions.

Happy Selling,

Jeff Martin
www.SalesDrivenMarketing.com