4 Ways To Humanize Your eLearning Portal’s Marketing

eLearning Portal Marketing For More Engagement
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Summary: Once an eLearning app is ready, the next big hurdle to overcome is the marketing process.

How To Make Your eLearning Portal’s Marketing More Engaging

Many marketers try to wash away this fact with their baseless reasons, such as a mobile app is sufficient enough for its success—but this is a grave sin.

Hence, from the very initial stage of the eLearning app development process, marketing has to be considered. However, upon hearing the term "app marketing," many bells may be ringing in your mind, as you may think that it is a very boring and lethargic job, which is a perfect reason for the boredom.

How Does Marketing Aid An eLearning Platform?

eLearning is an engaging concept in and of itself, and there are multiple layers added to its services. Your portal, despite having enchanting features, must reach out to its targeted audience base, and it is here that marketing becomes your trusted partner. Eventually, marketing is the most interesting job, but there are many aspects you should consider carefully so that your mobile app marketing can be error-free.

Here are 4 of the most important mistakes that should be avoided in app marketing:

1. eLearning Marketing Requires Research

The most heartbreaking fact we hear from the marketers is when they say that they don't need research to perform app marketing since it needs only "understanding" and not research.

Hmmm, quite fascinating to hear. But, did you know that without research you cannot gain understanding? Both of these aspects work together, hand in glove, missing either of them means you don't get a proper foothold on that aspect. Also, chances are that you will miss a large part of the marketing section.

A successful eLearning app is the outcome of research and data. With the research, you learn what your users want and how they prefer to receive information. It helps you understand the drawbacks of your existing plan and the ways to overcome them. So by investing in research, you learn more about your targeted users and how to gain an edge over your competition.

2. Social Media Channels Help The Platform Grow

Marketing for your eLearning portal can be done in many ways, and the best way to accomplish this is through social media channels.

There is a misconception, which revolves around app marketers, that only the paid marketing works in favor of the app's success. However, what they fail to understand is that social media channels (i.e., Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, to name a few) have a huge user base, and these channels are accessed globally.

Hence, if you are going to promote your mobile app through these portals, undeniably it would be an instant success. Releasing app teasers, screenshots, and development images will help create a stir in the market long before the app is released officially.

3. Content Drives eLearning Platform

It might sound weird to some of you, but actually, content is the king and will always remain with the marketing strategy as well. The content you write for your eLearning app, whether it is in the form of a blog, article, press release, PPT, infographic, helps grab the attention of your potential and targeted users.

There is no rule that this type of marketing must be initiated after the launch of the mobile app, but you can initiate it during the ongoing process of mobile app development as well.

You can write about the app and its functionality through blogs and articles, the only thing you need to keep in mind is that the content must depict why this mobile app is going to be useful for the users and how it is going to help them.

4. Take Full Advantage Of Reviews

With an app, your eLearning audience can communicate with you and share their concerns and positive remarks about your services. As a marketer, if you feel that ignoring app reviews will help you in the app development industry, then you are wrong.

When you reply to a negative or a positive comment, you suddenly create a bond with your customers and they feel connected with you; it becomes personal.

Even if your review is negative, you don't need to avoid it; however, give a prompt response to your users and help them solve their issues. This strategy is a technique used in app marketing to help convert your users into loyal customers.

Final Thoughts

Marketing is a vast platform that varies from one industry to another, hence you need to practice the most effective ways to make those strategies work for your portal. Here is when being selective and prudent really helps you in the long run in terms of your eLearning requirements.

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