The advantages of using an online marketing company for sales, branding and targeted exposure is self-evident. As traditional off-line markets are embracing online marketing to eagerly promote products and services, the need to refine the sales and fulfillment cycles based on supply and demand are a necessity.

To bridge the gap of demographic disparity, search engine marketing specialists are now involved in managing aggressive (organic or sponsored) online marketing campaigns for highly-competitive keywords for their clients on a daily basis.

Instead of business as usual (television, radio, print), companies must now adapt their advertising and marketing efforts to embrace a new breed of web-savvy consumers to secure such ripe online opportunities.

Traditional consumers have shifted the way they perceive, search and acquire information as a result of search engines. To say that the playing field has been leveled in an understatement.

In a matter of months and aggressive online campaign can secure millions of impressions and reach a targeted audience (that converts) as a result of a successful SEO campaign. Keywords thought previously unattainable can now be optimized organically for your site in a matter of months, vs. years of branding using traditional off-line means to reach those same prospects.

Instead of spending 300,000 to launch a new product. With a fraction of the cost using a fair amount of content (300-600 pages developed over time) and strategic positioning, such a company could within a year rival the most competitive national brands through (1) leveraging optimized landing pages (2) targeting an optimal range of keywords (3) acquiring links from authority sources and (4) using the proper tags for a viral social media barrage to kick off a viral backlash of online exposure.

When you consider traditional PR (public relations) the emphasis was hinged on the contingent that you reach the largest qualified audience through newspapers, television and publications. The method focused on third party referrals or endorsements from authority columns, TV shows, talk shows or similar mediums.

When Google entered the scene in the 90's, the rules of marketing changed. In 2008, with the advent of bloggers, social media and search engine optimization, you can reach the same prospective users of traditional media (reaching audiences that rival traditional publications) in an environment that is most suitable for conversion (their own computer screen) as a result of content and tags harboring on the brink of their interests.

In the past when the methods for delivering media were limited to television or an occasional article from a monthly or bi-weekly publication, with RSS feeds, social media sites or Google Blog Search you can simply specify the keywords that interest you and have email updates delivered to your computer, PDA or phone as they occur in Google 24 hours a day.

It is this logic that now has businesses searching for more value and reach for leveraging their advertising dollars. Value which is recession-proof, is the new metric as online marketing has become a viable alternative to exorbitant traditional marketing methods.

What more could you ask for from the standpoint of conducting business online? Online marketing campaigns can produce instant analytics and holistic market research.

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About the Author

Jeffrey L. Smith is an seasoned search engine optimization expert and founder of SEO Design Solutions marketing services company. Jeffrey has been involved in internet marketing since 1995 and brings fresh search engine optimization services to businesses seeking long-term organic positioning.