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Use Smart Insights Free membership to learn how to structure digital marketing plans using the RACE Planning framework using templates created by 'Dr Dave'. Also has a comprehensive blog covering digital marketing models and free downloads covering how to audit digital marketing and AI for Marketing.

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Digital marketing glossary

Marketing plan

A marketing plan defines how a business will compete within its chosen market through its marketing strategy. The marketing plan should be aligned with and should support the business plan. The key element of marketing...

Digitalisation

IT analyst Gartner defines Digitalisation as ‘The use of digital technologies to change a business model and provide new revenue and value-producing opportunities; it is the process of moving to a digital...

Metaverses

Online worlds where people can game, work and communicate in a virtual environment, typically supported by VR headsets, chat and video. This term came to prominence for me and many when Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook...

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Dr Dave Chaffey is co-founder and Content Director of digital marketing advice site Smart Insights. We’re a publisher and learning platform that helps our 150,000 active members in over 100 countries plan, manage and optimize their digital marketing activities by applying the actionable advice in our planning templates, guides and interactive e-learning tools.

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