Guest Column : What it really takes to succeed online today?

For online / internet, one phrase is common viz. “Content is the king”. So for online success, basic requirement is exclusive & huge content. However, only content cannot ensure the online success. It needs to be supplemented by strong branding & marketing. There are so many examples, where overnight the website has become famous by heavy advertising and promotions, for e.g. Flipkart, Snapdeal, Zomato, etc. Interestingly, there are many ways in which one can succeed in cost economical branding. Some of them are:

  1. Search Engine Optimization:  The website should be optimized for all major keywords related to the website and through SEO should get top ranking in search results related to those keywords. This itself can ensure amazing visibility. It is very common to use search engine when we want any information or want to find out something. When we rank top on this keywords, it gets noticed by many.
  1. Social Media: Nowadays, social media has become more powerful. People make opinion based on many news / talk in social media. Hence, strong social media promotion strategy will help to spread the awareness about the website. Also, it helps to connect with the user community and inform them about new development on the website. Regularly in news in social media improves awareness about the website & in turn creates a brand.
  1. E-mail newsletter: Create a database of user community and send them regular newsletter along with information which is useful for them. One should take care to a reasonable frequency of e-newsletter so that recipient is not overloaded with lots of mail which may result in the negative impression about the website.
  1. Submission in industry / region specific directories: Web directories are good source of reference for well classified information on website. Yahoo web directory is one of the best reference guides for website. Website information should be submitted in all region specific & industry specific web directories.

Apart from these there are many other cost effective tools for creating online success such as articles submission, news and press releases, blogs etc. All these efforts in a planned way create a strong user base.

 (Umesh Modi is the Chairman & Managing Director at Jupiter Infomedia ltd.)

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