Is your marketing an investment or an expense? If you’re like many executives and decision-makers, you view marketing as an expense and have difficulty showing results, justifying budgets and showcasing a return on investment.

More than ever before, businesses are relying on digital marketing to reach their highest goals. At the start of 2020, top companies allocated a large majority of their marketing spend to digital. With the global pandemic and so many people working from home, many companies have shifted to 100% digital marketing.

What's the first thing people see when they search for your business? Is it your logo? Your website? Maybe they found you through a social post?  

If you’ve ever logged into a tool like Google Analytics, chances are you may have been overwhelmed by the amount of data you could pull about your website. 

With almost five billion internet users online at all times, it's no wonder that digital marketing is a top priority of business executives around the globe. Digital marketing will continue to play a key role in all businesses during the year 2020 and beyond because, well, the internet is here to stay. You can’t get rid of it. It can be accessed by just one click and allows users to find the information they need in seconds without interacting with anyone. 

Digital marketing is essential for all companies. Without it, you miss the opportunity of bringing in potential leads—which means missing out on new business. By investing your time and dollars in digital marketing, you can grow your brand, build meaningful customer relationships (both on- and offline) and stay ahead of the competition. 

Digital marketing without data is like a bicycle without wheels; it simply does not work. Digital marketing requires a lot of trial and error. Generally, digital marketers are not their own target audience, so it takes some time to determine which marketing efforts will resonate most with the target audience and, in turn, drive revenue.