Branding in the Digital Era
Examine the differences between ‘classic’ marketing tools and their newer online equivalents, and explore the benefits.
Duration
2 weeksWeekly study
10 hours
Branding in the Digital Era
Digital branding: moving from offline to online marketing tools
This course will examine some basic concepts and types of online advertising, focusing on behavioural targeting, its benefits and how programmatic advertising works.
You’ll identify the characteristics of native advertising and will explore the differences between online and offline PR, learning the various forms that online PR may take.
The course also teaches best practice in designing, developing and executing an email marketing campaign, and focuses on the advantages of creating and managing a brand community.
What topics will you cover?
- Digital branding
- Online advertising
- Online PR
- Email marketing
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...
- Explore the key concepts of digital branding
- Explore what the various types of online advertising are and some key differences between offline and online ads
- Understand what behavioural targeting is and how programmatic advertising works
- Compare the differences between online and offline PR and identify the appropriate type of PR for achieving certain marketing goals
- Understand how to manage online reputation
- Critically evaluate the best practices in email marketing strategy and learn about potential risks associated with it
Who is the course for?
This course is for emerging business managers with a professional or personal interest in managing and implementing digital marketing that contributes to an organisation’s total success. It is suitable for those with a background in business - corporate or private - or with relevant work experience, and for those who wish to expand their existing knowledge of marketing and promotion into the digital dimensions.
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 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
1992Location
Coventry
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