If your market demand is decreasing due to the current situation, we encourage you to see it as an opportunity to be creative and find new ways of connecting with your present and future customers. It is easier said than done, but because we work with multiple clients, many of whom have faced a significant drop in their normal order volume in recent weeks, we have been able to gather some actionable tips to help you with your digital marketing.
If the market demand in your vertical has dropped off, now could be the time to increase your brand awareness. Those people who are still searching for your product related keywords could very well be the ones that will buy as soon as stores open again, or when the demand in your vertical picks up. Make sure you'll be able to target these prospects when the time is right. Create remarketing lists for the time frame in which demand was low and/or stores were closed. Since there are fewer advertisers active in the advertising space on display & social networks, the cost has reduced for many ads, so you can seize this opportunity to increase your brand awareness in your target group at a lower price.
This is also a good time to collect email addresses so you can alert more people when you re-open. Whatever tactics you use, try to leverage all your current means to increase brand awareness and re-contact your brand when demand in your market revives.
Even if your bricks-and-mortar stores are closed, there could still be people who are searching for details of physical stores online. Make sure you capture these queries and redirect them to your online store.
With conversion rates and revenue streams decreasing across a multitude of
industries and verticals, many brands are calculating the impact on their 2020
results and focusing on cost-efficiency and projected performance targets. Depending
on your vertical and the estimated impact, this may be the only option.
However, single-mindedly focusing on the same hard targets you had before the
pandemic may prove suffocating for your business. Given the current market
situation, your business may benefit more than ever from “being there” for its
customers, staying in contact with them and letting them know they can rely on your
brand. As mentioned above, building brand awareness keeps you at the forefront of
your customers’ minds during the pandemic and will help you get your business back
on top when demand increases again. Analyse what works best for you and make
data-driven decisions on your strategy: either focus on a hard ROI target or try to
maximise the number of conversions or transactions still available in your market.
Depending on the outcome you may need to:
If you have noticed that, even though your brand has been forced to scale back operations due to coronavirus, your database is still responding favourably to your communications, don’t be afraid to keep sending out emails. Just be aware of the following: