A Multilingual Digital Marketing Approach Will Benefit Your Business In Multiple Ways
So your brand is doing pretty well among the English speaking audience. Globalisation struck the world in the 90’s, thanks to the internet and here’s what happened – everybody with an internet connection migrated online and became netizens. You obviously still think that English is the only language used on the internet, don’t you? We’re sorry to burst your bubble, but here are some statistics that will get you out of the box
- 2001 to 2011 saw the growth of English-language by 281 percent. Impressive, right?
- This certainly can’t be compared to Spanish which grew by 743 percent during the same period!
- Russian content grew by 1,826 percent
- Arabic topped it all with a whooping growth of 2,501 percent!
According to a Common Sense Advisory study from 2012, it takes 12 languages to reach 80% of the Internet.
Meanwhile, Asia now has more Internet users than the US and Western Europe put together. And the country with the highest number of social media users in 2016 was actually South Korea.
This Graph Will Further Enlighten You With Some Insightful Statistics About Bilingual Users On The Internet
People Prefer To Buy In Their Own Language
A multilingual digital marketing approach gives way to multicultural marketing. More importantly, people prefer to shop in their native language. According to Common Sense Advisory, 52.4% of 2,400 online customers they surveyed preferred to buy products in their native language. And that percentage was even higher in certain countries, like Japan or France.
Eurobarometer found that people prefer to buy from native-language sites. 75% of “heavy” Internet users and 85% of other Internet users said they would only “occasionally” or “never” use another language to search for or buy products.
Multiculture Marketing
If you need to attract more customers to your business, it is important for them to find. Search Engine Journal notes, multilingual content can bring “quick SEO wins.”
The bottom line? If a significant percentage of your customer base speaks another language, your business probably should, too. With multilingual marketing, you reach out to your customers with a more personalized approach thereby connecting them on a different tangent
Improvise Seo
While some would argue ‘SEO is dead,‘ there’s no denying that organic search can still deliver fantastic value and a great return on investment. However, when you take the stance that the foundations of SEO lies in a website’s structure and technical make up, a number of quick wins for gaining presence in new territories become apparent. In many cases, launching language-specific subdirectories which host translated versions of the site is the way to go, given that you’re launching on an already established domain, which it’s safe to assume already has some level of authority. Unless you have a specific reason not to, which some businesses will have, rolling out translations in subdirectories on a domain which Google already trusts on English search engines can be a quick way to earn rankings across the language-specific search engines in your newly targeted territories.
Tips to keep in mind while going about with your multilingual digital marketing expansion
- Local connection – You need to be connected to a local agency to help you navigate the market
2.Translators – A local translator who understands local culture, connotations, signages and certain beliefs to help your brand personalize their communication is highly recommended
Content localisation has given new openings to brands in territories that responded well to their products and services.
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