I’m sure you’ve heard the marketing community talk about integrated marketing, but have you ever wondered why it’s so important?

Integrated marketing, when done correctly, completely transforms your marketing—meaning that it brings together all elements of your marketing plan from newspaper ads to online marketing to TV commercials. Why is this important? Because by integrating all your marketing efforts, it allows for you to have consistent messaging across all marketing channels.

When you have different messages floating about, it’s easy for your customers to get confused. They should know by the graphics and

messaging in your advertisements exactly what the sale is, where the sale is taking place, how to get the savings and how to find you online.

Too many times customers get confused with multiple messages. For instance, when a store is advertising 75 percent off utilizing

traditional media, customers get on your website, ready to pre-shop your store or buy something right away. However, if you haven’t integrat-ed your marketing messages with your website, the customer will be confused as to whether they should make the trip to your store or buy

something online.

Consistent messaging across all avenues of your marketing will help build your brand credibility. The last thing you want is a frustrated customer because they want to buy something, but they don’t know what the sale is based on due to hearing/seeing different messages on multiple media outlets.

Marketing is about keeping it simple and having the same message across all cost-effective marketing channels. Don’t confuse your customer and don’t

assume that the newspaper ad will be enough to bring them in the store. The one thing you should always assume is that one advertisement is never enough to make them purchase. The same

advertisement across multiple vehicles is the best way to encourage a purchase.