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The German media market will continue to change in the coming years, setting new trends that will change the way people consume media. These developments will have an impact on the media industry and its competition.
1. Mobile media:
The mobile Internet is increasingly becoming the preferred platform for media consumption and production. A wide range of applications available on mobile devices enables users to consume media content anytime and anywhere. This development will have an impact on the German media market, as demand for mobile applications will increase while traditional media forms will lose importance.
2. Social media:
Social media platforms will continue to be an important part of the German media market. Social media campaigns and marketing will continue to play an important role in content marketing and can be an effective strategy to reach new customers. Advertisers will also increasingly use social media platforms to promote their products and services.
3. Video-on-demand:
Video-on-demand (VoD) is increasingly becoming an important platform for media consumption. Technological advances mean users can now stream video content on demand. VoD platforms such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video offer a wide range of content available to users.
4. Data-driven media:
Data-driven media will play an increasingly important role in the media consumption scenario. With the increasing amounts of data available today, media companies will be able to personalize their media content and offer it tailored to users' needs. This will change the way people consume media.
5. Immersive storytelling:
The development of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) will take media consumption in a new direction. Immersive storytelling experiences based on VR and AR will allow users to immerse themselves in and connect more deeply with media content. These technologies will change the way people consume media and create new opportunities for media companies.
If you publish at least two articles, e.g. blog posts on your website per week and thus your sitemap grows piece by piece, this shows Google and other search engines that you continuously provide up-to-date information that potentially has a higher benefit for users. In the best case, you will benefit from a better, i.e. higher, search engine ranking - ideally on the first page - and thus receive more free search engine traffic, so-called organic traffic.
As is true everywhere, staying on the ball pays off
In the short term, the effect may seem small to you. But consider how quickly two articles a week and 52 weeks a year can add up to a triple-digit number of articles or blogposts. 100 opportunities per year to find and engage relevant prospects with entertaining copy on your topic and products. You often leave your competitors far behind in this regard.
Already after a few years you have considered and described your topic from all possible angles, pointed out all typical mistakes, created FAQs and How-To's for beginners, always discussed the latest innovations and thus created over time an article catalog and archive, from which you can benefit in the long term and that will help you in the long run to more visitors, prospects and customers (so-called long tail content).
This evergreen content forms the basis, the foundation for your future business success. So it's worth investing in content creation.
For many B2B service providers and companies, acquiring new customers is a major challenge. Often, the market environment is very competitive, i.e. there is a multitude of comparable offers and competitors in the respective niche, region or industry. With increasing competitive pressure within the market segment, click prices for online marketing campaigns also rise, resulting in lead costs in the double- or triple-digit euro range.
What is the alternative?
With the help of so-called content marketing, you attract potential prospects and convince them of your offer. This is a marketing strategy that often pays off if you can't compete with the multi-million dollar marketing budgets of international corporations.
What is the alternative?
Collect leads and contact information for later contact
Has the prospect:in moved on your website, you have managed in the optimum case to trigger a direct order. In the vast majority of cases, however, this is not the case and so it is important to at least get the website visitor to at least bookmark your website for a later revisit or to make a request, e.g. to use a demo version, a free consultation or an individual offer.
There are various sources and strategies for generating leads (both as a B2B and as a provider in the end customer business). Basically, a distinction can be made between unpaid (so-called organic) and paid sources of leads, e.g. in the form of Google Ads.
The situation for most companies and providers in the B2B sector is as follows: There is strong competition/stiff competition in the respective niche, high click prices, escalating marketing budgets as well as ad campaigns that do not work. The downward spiral of ever increasing costs with ever poorer conversion rates is supposed to be stopped with a further increase in the marketing budget - which often enough fails.
But what is the alternative to expensive online marketing?
With the help of so-called content marketing, you provide potential prospects and customers with free knowledge with added value and thus create trust. The goal is that the customers in spé deal longer with your offer and do not leave your website after a few seconds, but click through your website. The more articles, i.e. content, you provide on your website, the more this testifies to competence in your respective field and will increase the likelihood of a purchase.
In the best case, you manage to get interested parties to sign up for your newsletter, for example, to be informed about future discount promotions, make an inquiry via contact form or phone. It is important to obtain their consent to be contacted in order to be able to contact them in the future in the so-called follow-up process and to convert them into customers in the long term. After all, the majority of B2B customers only buy after the second, third or fourth contact. Here, it is also important to understand the so-called sales cycle in the business-to-business business.
If you have managed to direct interested parties to your site through thematically relevant articles or blogpots, the first hurdle has been cleared. Therefore, think about how you can maximize the number of visitors who come to your site for free (so-called organic traffic). These can be, for example, articles with titles that consist of specific questions as potential customers enter them in Google or other search engines, articles about current news in your industry or niche, product news or reviews.
The media market in Germany has changed significantly in recent years. Traditional media, such as newspapers and magazines, have lost importance and revenue, while online media, such as social networks and streaming platforms, have grown strongly. While television will still play an important role in Germany in 2022, the importance of the Internet will continue to grow.
Revenues in the German media market in 2022 will be determined primarily by developments in digital media. For example, digital advertising, video-on-demand (VoD) and social media platforms will account for a large proportion of revenues. The online games business will also become increasingly important.
Print media will still play a role in the German media market in 2022, but their share of revenues will continue to decline. This will primarily affect newspapers and magazines, which are being replaced more and more by digital media. Some publishers are trying to hold their own in the market by also offering their content digitally.
The German media market in 2022 will also be shaped by new technologies such as virtual reality and augmented reality. Developments in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) will also continue to play a crucial role. The use of AI in advertising will help improve the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.
Overall, the German media market will continue to develop in the direction of digitalization and innovation in 2022. Sales will be driven primarily by innovative digital media such as apps, VoD and social media, while traditional media will lose importance.