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Hello and welcome to this session where we'll be introducing digital marketing. My name is Hanne Knight and I teach marketing at the University of Plymouth in the UK. Some of the content is taking out of my textbook Digital Marketing in Practice. How to design, implement and measure effective campaigns.
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In this session, we will be briefly reviewing traditional marketing and its key role. We will explore how the Internet has evolved over time and how the traditional marketing mix needs to be adjusted for the digital world. We will conclude this session by looking at key benefits of digital marketing.
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Marketing can be defined in numerous ways. The main goal of marketing is to satisfy consumers. Most definitions say that in order to satisfy consumers we need to know what they want and need. Ideally, marketing manager should be able to anticipate consumers' needs to satisfy those needs. The Chartered Institute of Marketing defines marketing as follows: "Marketing is the management process responsible for identifying, anticipating and satisfying customer requirements profitably".
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Digital technologies greatly influence how the goals of marketing can be achieved. Digital marketing in its simplest form can be defined as achieving marketing objectives through the application of digital technologies. A more in depth definition has been provided by Dave Chaffey. He describes digital marketing as involving the application of digital technologies to contribute to marketing activities through improving customer knowledge and delivering integrated, targeted communications and online services that match their individual needs.

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