Demand Generation
Marketing activity designed to create awareness, interest, and future buying intent before the prospect is actively searching to buy right now.
How Demand Generation works in practice
Demand generation creates the awareness and interest that later turns into measurable intent. Content, video, social distribution, thought leadership, community, and broader paid social often contribute here. These activities usually look weaker under narrow attribution models because they work earlier in the journey. But without demand generation, demand capture channels eventually plateau because there is not enough new intent to harvest.
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Let's talk →This term sits in the General category, which means it is most useful when evaluating growth strategy, funnel performance, and customer acquisition economics. The goal is not to memorize the label. The goal is to know when it should change a decision, a page, a campaign, or a measurement setup.
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Marketing activity focused on converting people who already have existing intent, such as branded search, high-intent non-brand search, or comparison traffic.
A strategy that covers all stages of the buyer journey — awareness (TOFU), consideration (MOFU), and conversion (BOFU) — with tailored messaging and channels for each stage. It prevents over-investment at one stage while neglecting others.
A results-driven form of digital advertising where advertisers only pay when a specific action occurs — click, lead, or purchase. It emphasises measurability, optimisation, and ROI over vanity metrics.
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