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Essay about New Internet Marketing Landscape

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The internet is changing marketing not to mention the world. "The number of internet users worldwide is expected to reach almost 1.4 billion by 2007" according to Armstrong & Kotler (2007) p. 26. The internet is also changing the ways that companies are conducting their marketing.

A great example of a company that has been transformed by the new digital age is Melendi Photography (wwww.melendiphotography.com), owned and operated by my dear uncle Luis Melendi and his wife Maria, located in Key Largo, Florida. Originally a mom & pop photography company, it has now been revolutionized by the internet and telecommunications in the past 10 years. They?re main source of marketing came from local newspapers. When they first opened there …show more content…

They offered a monthly free studio session to customers who signed up for their monthly marketing/news email, in which they described their current promotions and prices. They refreshed their marketing strategy to include e-marketing. Marketing is considered a way to reach out to consumers. The Melendi?s understood that by using the internet they could reach out in a more proactive manner to their customers, provide better serves, and reach completely different demographic areas.

?The internet and other digital technologies have given marketers and business owners a whole new way to reach and serve customers.? (Armstrong & Kotler, 2007) p. 437
Melendi Photography began a marketing affiliate program, with well known local companies such as www.miamiweddingplanner.com and www.islandweddingshop.com, becoming one of their primary affiliate for Wedding Photography. With the newly implemented website, customers could see examples of work, the company provided, even if they were not in the relative area. This increased contracts- thus leading the Melendi?s to higher profits.

Shortly after their marketing success with business to business affiliates, Melendi Photography implemented yet another great e-marketing tool, Search Engine Marketing. Furthermore, by marketing their newly designed website on sites such as www.google.com and Yahoo! they were able to increase traffic to their website. This specific business also opted to optimize they?re website, with key ad

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