It used to be that marketing strategy concentrated on sales. You would get the attention
of people, tell them about your products and services and then drive them to action.
The thinking was that the more people you put in the front, the more would come
out the back. Whilst this strategy was sound in the past, now things have changed.
Today putting up an attention grabbing TV promo and consumers will still not come
to your shop but instead go to the internet. Their activity will have a data trail
which your competitors will use to retarget your potential customers with competing
messages before a purchase event can occur.
In the digital age, marketers must change their focus from grabbing attention to
holding attention.