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Omnichannel Marketing 

Omnichannel marketing is a customer-focused approach to marketing. It integrates multiple channels across traditional platforms (such as TV, radio, and print) digital platforms, (such as social media, email, and online advertising), as well as physical in-store experiences, to deliver a seamless, unified, and personalized customer experience. 

Picture omnichannel marketing as a network of touchpoints. Whether it's online, offline, digital, or traditional, each touchpoint is interconnected, ensuring that regardless of the channel or platform used, the customer experience stays consistent. 

Imagine a customer spotting a product on social media, receiving an email update, and then making a purchase in a physical store,—all while receiving consistent service at every touchpoint along the customer journey.

Integrating three or more channels has been shown to increase customer engagement significantly.  This integration of multiple channels is crucial as consumers today expect a unified experience, whether they're online or in-store. This consistency across an organization’s marketing efforts can help build trust and deepen customer relationships.

Effective Omnichannel marketing requires deep connections with customers. It involves analyzing customer behaviors, anticipating their needs, and crafting experiences that are not just relevant, but also deeply engaging. Organizations who successfully implement Omnichannel marketing not only retain but delight customers, and make every interaction count.

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Maeve Kneafsey

Maeve Kneafsey is an international practitioner and speaker in marketing, digital transformation, ecommerce, and analytics. Starting with founding Ireland's first content strategy/digital marketing agency, she has over 20 years’ experience launching and building international digital-led businesses, from early concept to funding to growth.  

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Will Francis

Will Francis is a digital marketing and AI expert with over 20 years of experience working with some of the world's most loved brands. Today, he teaches marketers on AI, content, and social media marketing through talks, courses, and his online community, where his focus is on helping businesses navigate the confusing AI landscape and unlock real productivity gains from the best AI tools and workflows.

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Lorna Noone

Lorna Noone is an Email Marketing expert with a deep understanding of how to create effective email campaigns that drive results. She has worked at the award-winning agency Wolfgang Digital, as well as at Expedia and ASOS. Lorna has spoken at international digital marketing conferences, and brings a wealth of experience and expertise in email marketing strategy and execution.

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ABOUT THIS DIGITAL MARKETING MODULE

The Digital Landscape
Maeve Kneafsey Maeve Kneafsey
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Will Francis Will Francis
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Lorna Noone Lorna Noone
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This module begins by looking at the changing role of the consumer and how the digital audience is evolving to become more informed and proactive. It examines how growing consumer power has led to increased consumer expectations, which has caused the traditional Buyer’s Journey – from initial awareness to purchase (or conversion) and beyond – to become more nuanced and non-linear. It examines why organizations craft intricate buyer personas to address these changes, and it explores how they can respond to these changes by establishing an effective online presence, with customer experience at its core. Finally, it looks at how organizations use digital channels such as content marketing, search engine optimization (SEO), email marketing, paid search advertising, and video and display advertising to target specific audiences and encourage them to take specific actions.

This module begins by looking at the changing role of the consumer and how the digital audience is evolving to become more informed and proactive. It examines how growing consumer power has led to increased consumer expectations, which has caused the traditional Buyer’s Journey – from initial awareness to purchase (or conversion) and beyond – to become more nuanced and non-linear. It examines why organizations craft intricate buyer personas to address these changes, and it explores how they can respond to these changes by establishing an effective online presence, with customer experience at its core. Finally, it looks at how organizations use digital channels such as content marketing, search engine optimization (SEO), email marketing, paid search advertising, and video and display advertising to target specific audiences and encourage them to take specific actions.