{"id":3399,"date":"2019-07-10T08:21:24","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T08:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/?p=3399"},"modified":"2022-06-22T08:51:07","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T06:51:07","slug":"what-are-digital-marketing-assets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/digital-marketing-blog\/what-are-digital-marketing-assets\/","title":{"rendered":"What are digital marketing assets?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Assets that are synonymous with include emails, brochures, sales letters, blog posts, website content, videos and images. These pieces of content can be used in various types of marketing campaigns. This applies whether you\u2019re talking about traditional media sources or <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/blog\/why-sales-needs-to-understand-digital-marketing\/\">digital marketing<\/a> techniques.<\/p>\n<p>The specific types of marketing assets you need are determined mainly by the type of marketing campaigns you intend to utilise. For example, when you\u2019re talking about traditional advertising campaigns \u2013 which are intended for television or radio &#8211; video or audio content is usually used. Digital marketing, on the other hand, while using video and audio content at times, often relies heavily on written content in some form.<\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3403 size-shop_single\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/shutterstock_375140896-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"DSM Digital school of marketing - digital marketing assets\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/shutterstock_375140896-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/shutterstock_375140896-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/shutterstock_375140896-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/shutterstock_375140896.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2>Digital marketing assets<\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Your web presence is a digital business and marketing asset<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In many instances, if you wanted to attempt to sell your <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/blog\/how-can-businesses-use-social-media-marketing\/\">business<\/a>, the likely buyer would want to buy the digital assets of the business. These would form part of the sale.<\/p>\n<p>In the digital world, your digital marketing assets are anything that creates visibility online. In addition, they help people find and do business with you. They include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Domain<\/li>\n<li>Website<\/li>\n<li>Social media profiles and online advertising accounts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Domain registration<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Your domain name is your <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/blog\/what-makes-great-online-learning-platform\/\">online<\/a> business address. You spend hours finding that perfect domain name that aligns with your business but then you have someone else register the domain on your behalf. If this happens to come to pass, chances very good that the person associated with the domain is them, not you.<\/p>\n<p>To have anyone else hold that name is a disaster waiting to happen. If they control of your domain, they could hold you hostage. Or even worse, they could let your domain expire and not let you know. If this happens, you\u2019ll have to try to recover the domain.<\/p>\n<p>The domain registrars usually send a notice to those listed on the registration in advance of the domain expiring. If you aren\u2019t on of those listed on the domain registration, you won\u2019t be warned. If your domain expires and your website is unreachable, it doesn\u2019t take long for <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/blog\/why-should-care-about-adverts-ctr-google-ads\/\">Google<\/a> to notice and remove your website from the search results.<\/p>\n<h2><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3404 size-shop_single\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/shutterstock_326500082-600x375.jpg\" alt=\"DSM Digital school of marketing - digital marketing assets\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" \/><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Website<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>You need to be careful about who builds your website and where it is hosted. (This is not as critical as your domain.)<\/p>\n<p>There are two parts to any website:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/blog\/should-you-hire-full-time-website-developer\/\">Website<\/a> hosting, and the<\/li>\n<li>Website itself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You website hosting is a rented property that houses your website. Many web developers re-sell hosting services as part of their business model. However, it is up to you if you want to host with them or get an end-user hosting account.<\/p>\n<p>Host with the developer if you believe you will have a long-term relationship with then. Just be sure you have access to both the hosting account and the WordPress website as an administrator. You will want to move your website if anything happens to your relationship with the hosting provider. To do this you will need access as an administrator.<\/p>\n<p>Often the web development firm will not give you access to the website. This is until you have paid for the work in full. That\u2019s perfectly fine when all is well. \u00a0But if you have a dispute with the firm because they aren\u2019t delivering what they promised or their work is not what you had expected, you will have trouble gaining access to the website in order to move it or fix it.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to the content of your website, you also need to have a backup in case anything happens. Website content includes your design, content management system and the content you create.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Social Media and Online Advertising<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Technology companies understand the importance of security. When you create your profiles, you should not provide your personal login information to anyone. Most <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/blog\/how-can-businesses-use-social-media-marketing\/\">social media<\/a> platforms that provide company-specific accounts allow you to add people as administrators without turning over your mail\u00a0 password. The same holds true for your advertising accounts. All these digital marketing assets have (or should have) the ability for you to add managers to your profiles.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/contact-us\/\">Contact DSM | Digital School of Marketing<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Want to learn more about digital marketing? The Digital School of Marketing\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/courses\/digital-marketing-course\/\">Digital Marketing Course<\/a> will help you do this! For more information about this and our other digital marketing course, please visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/courses\/digital-marketing-course\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-759 size-shop_single\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSM_Footer04-600x96.jpg\" alt=\"DSM Digital School of Marketing Digital Marketing course registration\" width=\"600\" height=\"96\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Advanced Digital Marketing Course - Digital School of Marketing\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JoEwCXKahVc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assets that are synonymous with include emails, brochures, sales letters, blog posts, website content, videos and images. 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