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Nov 19
How to Become a Sought-After Marketing Specialist

9 Necessary Skills to Become a Sought-After Marketing Specialist

  • November 19, 2020
  • Leandro Eclipse
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Many are looking for online opportunities today. It might be because of health concerns. Or they just want to have more time for their family or the things that matter most. And one career with a lot of online job opportunities is becoming a marketing specialist.

After all, all businesses need to market themselves to become more profitable. And as companies adapt to the new normal, more and more are looking for marketing specialists to navigate these changing times.

marketing specialist salary

Here’s a rough salary range of marketing specialists, depending on skill level.

So how do you become a sought-after marketing specialist? Here are 9 necessary skills you should have.

 

Knowing Your Buyer’s Persona

Know Your Buyer’s Persona

The best marketing materials shown to the wrong customers will not matter. That’s why the fundamental skill you should possess is knowing your buyer’s persona. It’s the cornerstone of your marketing strategies.

Who is your customer? What language do they speak? What are their demographics? What are their buying patterns? In this way, you can create marketing campaigns that will effectively resonate with your target customers.

 

Creativity

Creativity

It’s not enough to do marketing strategies over and over again. Top tier marketing specialists are creative enough to churn out fresh ideas to attract new customers.

And this creativity doesn’t only mean aesthetic images. It’s thinking outside the box. It can be a combination of creating new mechanics, jingles, and anything under the sun that can captivate the audience to your client’s brand.

 

Can Spot Trends

Can Spot Trends

How do you make a brand viral? It’s a combination of knowing your customers, your creativity, and capitalizing on timely trends. Excellent marketers can spot the trends and ride on it.

And you’ll never know, one post can reach millions of people overnight.

 

Adaptability

Adaptability

Not all marketing campaigns are always effective. Even those that have been successful back then might flop today. One recent example is this pandemic. Some campaigns might not be as effective today compared to our unrestricted lifestyles back then.

That’s why marketing specialists need to be adaptable to the changing times. They should quickly catch on things that might be more effective today. And pivot campaign resources that are not working anymore to profitable ones.

 

Inbound Marketing vs Outbound Marketing

Inbound Marketing vs Outbound Marketing

There are different types of marketing strategies. And arguably most focus on either inbound or outbound marketing.

Inbound marketing is providing content to your customers to engage and build trust. In the long run, it creates loyal customers who advocate what your products represent.

On the other hand, outbound marketing is directly contacting clients with sales pitches to make them buy now. Both have advantages and disadvantages.

As a marketing specialist, you sound know which one to use or how to mix both strategies to create the results your clients want.

 

Basic Knowledge in SEO

Basic Knowledge in SEO

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is one key inbound marketing strategy that plays on Google’s search algorithm. You want your website and webpages to rank on certain keywords.

Why? Because showing up on the first page would mean thousands of organic web traffic without even paying a cent. And the more people that visit your website, the more possible customers you can get.

So with your inbound strategy, you should have at least a basic knowledge of SEO to take advantage of this free advertising medium. After all, almost all companies want this exposure.

 

Excellent Writing Ability

Excellent Writing Ability

When we do marketing, it all starts with words. It can be a slogan, a marketing copy, a script, or just a simple write up for a website landing page. Equipped with your customer knowledge, marketing targets, and SEO, you should be able to write persuasive copy to attract customers.

 

Understanding of UI/UX

When you get people to visit your website, what makes them stay? There are many factors, but one that you should know of is User Interface (UI) / User Experience (UX).

UI/UX is essential because people searching online have short attention spans. If they find your website to be hard to navigate, or if there is nothing eye-catching on it, they might leave in a few seconds. And those are leads that might have been customers.

So as a marketing specialist, you need to take note of a fluid UI/UX for your target customers.

 

Communication and Collaboration Skills

Communication and Collaboration Skills

Marketing efforts are not made by just one person. It’s a culmination of ideas and execution between you and your colleagues. And to collaborate better, you have to communicate well with them online.

You should know how to gather data and elicit ideas to create a cohesive marketing campaign. After all, these collaborations will multiply all your efforts in the long run.

 

Analytics

Analytics

What you don’t measure won’t get improved. As a marketing specialist, you need to analyze data after every campaign in order to be better. You will also be faced with industry statistics that might be helpful for your cause.

These are just some data you will encounter. You will be faced with many more. You should know how to work with this to provide the best results for your clients.

 

Conclusion

There you have it. Here are 9 necessary skills to become a successful marketing specialist. It’s a fast-paced but exciting career you can do online.

If you’re looking for opportunities in this field, you can check out this link to find what you’re looking for. Cheers!

 

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