Knowing your target audience is the first step in choosing the right digital marketing channel. Knowing your target audience helps you tailor your message to them and allows for better targeting of potential customers (or clients).

For example, if you are running an online sale and want to reach out with advertisements on Facebook or Google Ads, knowing that most of your customers will be female from age 20-29 will help shape which type of ad copy would work best for those audiences. If there are specific product categories or services that appeal more to this target group, then those can also be incorporated into an advertisement so as not to waste resources on reaching people who aren't likely buyers anyway.

The first step in choosing the right digital marketing channel for your campaign is to identify where your target audience spends their time online. This means understanding what platforms, websites and apps they regularly use. You can then decide if it makes sense to connect with them there (and how).

For example, let’s say you want to reach millennials on social media. The best place to do that would be Instagram because the platform skews younger than other networks like Facebook or Twitter – which means it has more of a millennial presence. If you wanted to reach business professionals ages 25-34 with an interest in marketing, LinkedIn might be a better choice since most people over 35 tend not to use it as much anymore (though this varies depending on who you ask).

In the digital marketing world, content is king. It is the only thing that matters if you want to make an impact on your audience — but so many companies don't realize this. They think that what they're doing on Facebook is enough for their audience, or maybe they think their website needs to be updated more often than it does. The truth is that what works for one platform doesn't necessarily translate well onto another platform.

Take Pinterest and Instagram as an example: they both have a pretty similar type of content (images), but the way in which users interact with each platform differs greatly due to its nature (desktop vs mobile). If you're trying to grow your following on Pinterest, posting images on Instagram won't give you anywhere near as much engagement as posting them directly on Pinterest would — because there's less space available for sharing visually compelling information about yourself when scrolling through your feed quickly! If you want engagement from your followers across both platforms, then make sure that each update contains something unique that people will find interesting enough to click through from one post to another.

If you only have limited time and/or funds to devote to your digital marketing campaign, it might be worthwhile to run it across several channels at once: for example, a Facebook ad campaign combined with an email marketing blast and a blog series could give you the biggest bang for your buck.

Social media and digital marketing channels come in all shapes and sizes, with different strengths and weaknesses. If you're just starting out in your digital marketing journey, it can be hard to know where to begin, because all of the different social media platforms offer unique opportunities for your business. Before you start posting on Facebook and Twitter, take a step back: think about what kind of content will work best on each social media platform, who your target audience is going to be on that platform, and how much time you have available for content creation and sharing...

The point is this: every social media platform has its own pros and cons. And one size does not fit all when it comes to choosing which platforms are right for your business.

Before you start your digital marketing campaign, it's important to know what channels are going to be most effective for your audience. Do they prefer email? Or do they really love Facebook? Are they all on Snapchat and Instagram?

It's also important to know what your potential customers want from you and the reality of how much time they have available to consume content. Are you selling luxury fashion items or an office productivity app? The type of content that’s going to engage them will vary greatly based on this fact alone.

As we’ve discussed, there are many benefits to using social media in your digital marketing campaign. It’s a great way to interact with your audience on a personal level and build trust over time. You can use social networks as an opportunity for targeted advertising, or even supplement other channels with content created specifically for each platform.

However, there are also some disadvantages that you should consider before deciding whether or not this channel is right for your business. For example, it can sometimes be difficult to reach out directly with questions from customers who post on these platforms because they may not always be active when someone else responds instead (or they might not respond at all). Another drawback is that it can take time before seeing any results from these efforts if they don't prove effective immediately!