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Get Started With Digital Marketing

What is digital marketing and why is it so valuable to businesses in today’s world? Find out with Coventry University Online.

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  • Duration

    2 weeks
  • Weekly study

    3 hours
This course is part of the program Digital Marketing Strategy, which is one of the building blocks that leads to a degree in Master of Business Administration (Marketing). Find out more.

Explore the value of digital marketing and the challenges of digital disruption

On this course, you’ll have the opportunity to explore what digital marketing is and learn the key platforms and types of digital marketing that you can implement in your organisation today.

You’ll explore how to build a digital presence on these platforms and investigate how digital technology is impacting and reshaping marketing and business operations.

You’ll be asked to consider arguably one of the largest changes – the transition from in-person to e-customers – in detail.

Led by top digital marketing practitioners, you’ll explore the differences between e-consumer behaviour and traditional marketing consumer behaviour, as well as how to build online customer relationships.

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What topics will you cover?

  • Defining digital marketing, its key digital channels and various presences
  • Understanding digital marketing environment from macro and micro perspectives
  • The online consumers: the impact of digital technology on consumer behaviour
  • The value and challenges of digital marketing for business development

When would you like to start?

  • Date to be announced

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Learning on this course

On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

  • Differentiate between digital marketing and traditional marketing
  • Define different digital marketing channels and presence
  • Critique and analyse the opportunities and challenges which emerge from this digital disruption from macro and micro perspectives
  • Evaluate the impacts of digital technology on consumer behaviour
  • Reflect on the features of e-consumers in conducting online customer relationship building strategies
  • Assess the value and challenges of conducting digital marketing strategies for business development

Who is the course for?

This course is designed for anyone interested in learning more about the value of digital marketing.

It may be of particular interest to business managers with a professional or personal interest in managing and implementing digital marketing that contributes to the success of their organisation.

The course is suitable for those with a background in business (corporate or private) or those with relevant work experience.

Please note that the individuals detailed in the ‘Who will you learn with?’ section below, are current staff members and may be subject to change.

Who will you learn with?

Dr. Yiwen(Evie) Hong is a Lecturer in Marketing at Coventry University who specialises in online marketing and entrepreneurial marketing.

Who developed the course?

Coventry University

Coventry secured 5 QS Stars for Teaching and Online Learning in the QS World University Ranking 2020 and has received No. 1 in the world for Massive Open Online Courses in MoocLab’s World University Ranking 2021.

  • Established

    1992
  • Location

    Coventry

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This course is part of the program Digital Marketing Strategy, which is one of the building blocks that leads to a degree in Master of Business Administration (Marketing).

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