It's important to understand that all of us are living in an era where online media and the internet have taken over most forms of our international and local businesses, trade, and the economy. With talks about 5G wireless communication around the corner and new technologies emerging almost on a daily basis, we find ourselves surrounded by various brands and business that are readily offering their products and services to targeted audiences across the globe in a much more effective and efficient manner than ever before. To get you to understand the impact of the internet and how digital marketing is shaping the world around us, here are some quick facts: • Nearly 5 million Terabytes of data was circulated online way back in 2010, which is crazy considering that 1 terabyte is equal to 1,024 Gigabytes. • By September 2014 there were more than a billion websites on the internet. • Out of a population of 7.5 billion people on the planet, about 3.5 billion of them are already onlin