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CurtinX: Online Marketing Strategies

Learn about online marketing opportunities and how to use the Internet, social media, and digital analytics to successfully market your business.

12 weeks
8–10 hours per week
Instructor-paced
Instructor-led on a course schedule
Free
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About this course

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The Internet has emerged as a platform to facilitate global commerce and communication. Its exponential growth has transformed the value chain of virtually every industry, and millions of commercial businesses are now doing business online. This course will introduce you to the range of marketing uses of the Internet.

You will learn how to:

  • use basic e-marketing tools relevant to the internet marketing context;
  • apply marketing strategies such as segmentation, targeting, positioning, and differentiation to an online context;
  • analyse the online consumer exchange process and its outcomes;
  • evaluate product, pricing, distribution and communication marketing functions in a firm's internet marketing strategy;
  • evaluate the role of social media in the marketing context;
  • use digital analytics to evaluate and optimise the effectiveness of digital marketing strategies.

You will explore how marketing online differs from a traditional marketing environment, and identify and discuss web-based marketing opportunities such as using Facebook, Twitter and Google in today's business world.

The digital landscape is fast-paced and continually changing, yet is an equally challenging and exciting environment in which to work. This course is relevant to anyone working in marketing, communications, public relations, social media and advertising.

This course is part of the CurtinX MicroMasters Credential in Marketing in a Digital World that is specifically designed to teach the critical skills needed to be successful in this exciting field. In order to qualify for the MicroMasters Credential you will need to earn a Verified Certificate in each of the five courses.

At a glance

  • Language: English
  • Video Transcript: English
  • Associated skills:Marketing Strategies, Analytics, E-Marketing, Internet Marketing, Market Environment, Online Marketing, Online Advertising, Digital Marketing, Social Media, Marketing Communications, Communications, Public Relations, Marketing

What you'll learn

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  • Use basic e-marketing tools
  • Apply traditional marketing strategies in an online environment
  • Evaluate a firm's internet marketing strategy

Topic 1: Introduction to digital marketing/global issues/digital marketing plan

Topic 2: Segmentation, targeting, differentiation and positioning strategies

Topic 3: Digital marketing management: distribution and promotion strategies

Topic 4: Digital marketing management: product and pricing strategies

Topic 5: Digital marketing tools: website, Google AdWords, Google Analytics, AdSense, etc.

Topic 6: Strategic digital marketing and performance metrics

Topic 7: Online consumer behaviour and psychology

Topic 8: Planning and developing website and content

Topic 9: Social Media Marketing

Topic 10: Digital Analytics

Who can take this course?

Unfortunately, learners residing in one or more of the following countries or regions will not be able to register for this course: Iran, Cuba and the Crimea region of Ukraine. While edX has sought licenses from the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to offer our courses to learners in these countries and regions, the licenses we have received are not broad enough to allow us to offer this course in all locations. edX truly regrets that U.S. sanctions prevent us from offering all of our courses to everyone, no matter where they live.

This course is part of Marketing in a Digital World MicroMasters Program

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1 year
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