Whether you own an e-commerce or brick 'n mortar business, without an advertising campaign or marketing promotions your company cannot exist. That's because customers cannot purchase what they do not know exists.
Advertising is the paid form of calling the public’s attention to your product, service, or business and is part of an overall marketing campaign.
Marketing, on the other hand, deals with your business as a whole. Marketing is the planning and carrying out of specific tasks in hopes to encourage your company’s target audience to purchase and use its products or services.
To succeed in business, you need to understand how both advertising and marketing works. And you need to know how they work together to help you bring in new customers and maintain your current customer base.
In this section, you'll learn how to profitably advertise and market your small business.