Digital Marketing Fundamentals Course
Digital Marketing Fundamentals provides an understanding of the digital marketing landscape, key trends impacting the industry, the changed customer journey, and the role each channel can play in that journey. The course also examines the advantages and subsequent challenges of this expanding marketing venue.
You鈥檒l explore the tools that currently exist and the potential for future applications of the digital platform for marketing purposes. The course will further explore the digital platform as a tool for businesses in general in order to increase its levels of efficiency, effectiveness, and competitive position in the market space. You鈥檒l also learn how to define and develop a digital strategy to help a business achieve its goals.
Course level
Undergraduate
Course duration
max. 8 weeks
Estimated time per week
10-15 hours
Course prerequisites
None
Cost
$ -
Course credits
3
Relevant jobs
CEOs, Digital marketing managers, Marketing managers
Digital Marketing Fundamentals Course Overview
Define the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) of each digital marketing channel and their application to a business problem
Develop a customer journey map with associated personas in the context of a new service or product
Identify how digital and technology trends are impacting the future of work and business
Explain how to drive a customer through the stages of the path-to-purchase using different digital marketing channels
Digital Marketing Fundamentals Course Skills
How will I learn?
Learning Experience
Your course starts on the first of the month. The course consists of 6 modules, and is designed to take you eight weeks to complete. 狼友社区鈥檚 learning design team has purposefully created courses to equip you with competencies mapped to the skills employers are looking for. Each course has 5-7 learning outcomes based on the skills employers need. Everything you learn gives you measurable skills you will use to succeed in today鈥檚 world of work.
狼友社区 courses are not live or recorded lectures. Instead, they鈥檙e reading, videos, interactive elements, quizzes and relevant case studies. Programs include assessments, peer-to-peer discussions, and a final project to practice what you鈥檝e learned in a real-world context. Program content is available 24/7 during the course, and you have opportunities for collaboration and networking with learners during and after your program. Our global community of learners work at top companies such as Microsoft, Deloitte, and Google.
You'll have 24/7 access to success advisors to support you. Faculty also provide you world-class support. Book appointments with them, get individual feedback, and attend regular optional webinars.狼友社区 courses are rigorous and they encourage critical thinking - because we care about what you know how to do not what you know you have regular hands-on assessments reflecting the business world.
Course Outline
| Modules |
|---|
| 1: Definition of digital marketing, its鈥 importance and Its鈥 role within an organization |
| 2: Digital and emerging technology and its鈥 effect on current and future business |
| 3: Digital channel landscape |
| 4: Digital and consumer behaviour - understanding digital and integrated paths to purchase |
| 5: Persona profile creation and customer journey mapping |
| 6: Elements of a digital strategy |
| 7: Final Project |
How will I be graded?
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What will I get after completing the course?
You'll get real skills you can use at work, straight away. At the end of this course, you'll also get a digital badge that you can put on your LinkedIn profile to showcase your skills.
Once you've taken one course, you can take more. Using stacked credentials, you鈥檙e able to take enough courses to make a certificate, and take enough certificates to build a degree.
If you apply for a 狼友社区 certificate or degree, you'll get credit for each course you take.
What support will I receive?
When you have a dedicated team on your side, you'll never be alone studying at 狼友社区. Hailing from many different countries and with online education expertise, our faculty provides you world-class support. Ask them questions during one-to-one office hours or live chat, email them any time, and get individual feedback on your assessments.
While you鈥檙e learning, you鈥檒l also have full access to the 狼友社区 online library, which includes access to millions of full-text articles, industry reports and key sources such as the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times and The Economist.
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Digital Marketing Fundamentals Course Testimonials
My weekly reflective journal is my 狼友社区 highlight. Thanks to faculty support, I continually apply principles to my enterprise 鈥 and I've been able to scale beyond considerable measure.
