The year 2020 has made the number of businesses out of the league, the businesses who transform themselves according to digitalization are able to survive the COVID-19 pandemic. Digitalization acceleration or Digital transformation is not only related to upgrading of technology but also includes the optimization of work culture & habits.

There are no. changes that need to be implemented in 2021 to match the speed of the transformation. Some of the essential points we will discuss in this piece of content.

If you are still working with the traditional marketing strategies then you seriously need to optimize with advanced digital marketing. The current marketing strategies should be based on the data because targeting the defined or small audience is a fruitful rather large chunk of users. The marketers should plan, manage, test, implement, optimize, measure & report on the marketing campaign and program in order to get a good ROI (Return on Investment).

If the business wants to increase the CLV (Customer Lifetime Value), i.e it is the term that represents the total amount of money a customer is expected to spend in your business during their lifetime, the business has to deliver the best customer experience. In other words, CLV can be replaced with customer loyalty towards your brand. Customers stay with the particular business as long as they receive the privileged treatment.

Either it is large MNCs, small businesses, or startups, the attitude of the employees makes a huge difference in the progress of the organization. The business should have smart strategies to nurture, appreciate the rising talent from time to time. All these strategies help teams to extend their efforts and help them retain the best talent within the organization. Moreover, the many skills are required in the digital business hence it becomes essential to grab & retain the best people for growth.

For online or digital businesses, data is everything. It is the essential assets of the businesses which make the foundation of the organization. In the age of customer-centricity, the consistency, transparency, accuracy, and accessibility of data is money. Data is found in the mixture form and clear parameters or filters should be applied to that to visualize the important one and based on this next steps or impact can be predicted.

Automation is a great example of how technology has changed our living and working style. In Fact, we use automation in our daily routine life like auto bill payment, calendar reminder, etc.  Adoption of the new technology helps to automate the tedious tasks in the workflow which allows business owners & teams to add value to their work. Think about adding a 40% increment in the efficiency just by putting the work on auto-pilot.

The best content is great to grab the user's attention in this digital world. Create & share good content on the website, social media, PR. blogs & articles which add value in their life as well as your business. The more you encourage the users to generate content for your brand, the more they will be engaged with you.

The website conversion metric is the crucial and important KPI for marketers to predict the future steps & goals of the business. Omnichannel marketing frameworks help to drive the qualified traffic in your funnel to optimize the conversion ratio. The Google Analytics tools help to analyze & compare the channels of the website traffic. Understanding your channels will ensure you develop the marketing strategies based on data-driven insight.

Usually, the business has to spend more money for acquiring new users, while it is cheap to get repeat business or referral. Email is the best option to retain the customers as it recalls the brand value from time to time. Reaching the customers on their special days like anniversary, birthday adds as the cherry on the cake and it makes the customers feel special.

On the initial level, human brains resist the changes either it is personally or professionally. The organization's priority should be changed as per the market's needs & customers' demands. If the organization is unable to understand the customer's signal of improvements then it creates barriers in the growth. The development service provider should brush up their skills to maintain the agility from top to the bottom of the organization.

The new trend “Work From Home” is getting popular is majorly due to the use of cloud platforms. The users can access the service or file from anywhere. Operating in the cloud eliminates the multiple issues of operations. Cloud technology generates the eligibility, innovation & resilience to the business to sustain. This approach allows the business to leverage the profits by saving on infrastructure expenses.

Digital transformation in business is leading the new phase. The recent COVID-19 pandemic has triggered the digital transformation. Businesses are looking for the tools & digital solutions to scale their operations. The transformation also makes the new services, new solutions, new economics & new ecosystem for the startups and SMEs organizations. To stand apart from the crowd the business has to adopt new strategies & technologies to make the unique space in the competitive digital market.