E-marketing strategy

Electronic marketing strategy or E-marketing strategy was commonly used between circa 2000 to 2010 to show a broader scope superseding Internet marketing strategy which mainly referred to web marketing and use of SEO to also consider techniques like Customer Relationship Management.

At the time my textbook was titled E-marketing Excellence to reflect the practice at the time, particularly in the UK.

Today most people refer to digital marketing strategy – see digital marketing plan structure for my recommendations on what this should contain.

Google Trends shows how the popularity of these terms has changed through time and how digital marketing now dominates, so that’s the term to use if you want to be ‘in-the-know’.

About

Welcome to my personal site where I blog about the latest developments in digital business to help students, professionals or lecturers using my books in their studies or careers.

I also write about assistive technology to help others teaching the visually impaired as part of my volunteering work for charity AbilityNet.

My latest books

Full details on Amazon:

Digital Marketing: Strategy, Implementation and Practice, 9th Edition, published 2025.

With Fiona Ellis-Chadwick and Majd AbedRabbo.

Used by: Undergraduate and post-graduate degree marketing students. Senior marketing professionals, e.g. marketing managers and directors.

Digital Marketing Excellence
6th edition

About Smart Insights

Dave Chaffey is lead author of several bestselling digital marketing books including Digital Marketing: Strategy Implementation and Practice, Digital Business Management and Digital Marketing Excellence. These are based on my 3 decades experience on digital marketing consulting and training work includin

This site is my personal blog which has ideas to help students, professionals or lecturers using my textbooks in their studies or careers. I recommend taking a look at the Digital Marketing Book Support pages on this site