Geofencing: How to Use Location Based Marketing to Your Advantage
Are you looking for a better way to target potential customers? Want to grow your brand awareness? Not sure where to start? Geofencing, a
form of location-based marketing, is a great place to start!
Geofencing,
is a way of setting up virtual boundaries around a physical location. These boundaries can detect when a person enters or leaves the
location. You can create ads, and target locations based on your competitors, user behaviour, and geography.
Your ad will show up for up to 30 days after leaving the virtual fence and will show up on over 300,000 apps on mobile devices including
Google Chrome and other browsers. You’ll be able to track ad clicks and visits to your physical location. By using geofencing,
you’ll know which targeted locations are yielding the most views and clickthroughs. This will help you to refine your target audience
in order to optimize results.
Common Geofencing Applications
Geofencing helps to personalize your marketing messages. Stores target ads to a specific audience to deliver in-store promotions. It is also
used to engage crowds of people at organized events: concerts, sporting events, and more. The geofences you choose are typically based on
behaviour. For example, if you are a dentist, you may want to target candy stores, or you could target sporting arenas if your business
sells sporting equipment. There are many ways to implement geofencing into your digital marketing plan, that can help you increase your
brand awareness.
Privacy Concerns
Some people have concerns with privacy when it comes to using geofences. They worry about what information is being collected, if it’s
being shared, and when they’re being targeted. Here are some facts about how it works:
Only tracks devices when locations services are turned on
Does not share location data with other programs/services
Does not save/log individual location data
Only knows when devices have entered a 'geofence' or 'conversion zone’
Be sure to integrate geofences into your digital marketing plan to target potential customers with your branding messages, exclusive offers,
and links to your website! For more information on how to implement geofencing to your plan, give
us a call today.
Lynne Motkoski, Digital Marketing Consultant
Specialty: Digital Marketing
Strategies Education: MA Communications
& Technology, BComm [U Alberta]
Lynne is known for her strategic approach to marketing communications, technologies, and lead generation. She has a passion for education,
keeping up with current marketing trends and practices, and helping clients keep ahead of their competition.
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