India has witnessed an exponential growth in the internet and mobile phones users during the recent decade. It has opened a wide range of communication tools for the individuals and organizations. Today, the communication through online platforms has become a key element of Integrated Marketing Communication strategy and changed the way how organizations communicate with their stakeholders. Organizations have started using internet and digital devices in their main marketing strategy in the form of digital marketing. Digital marketing is rapidly growing force in the present marketing domain and is set be the future of marketing. It has resulted in numerous opportunities and avenues for advertising and marketing both in domestic and international business environment.
Therefore, there is a need to understand the fundamentals of Digital Marketing and to inculcate the skills of digital marketing among students. In this background, a course on Digital Marketing has been designed which aims to build conceptual foundation of digital marketing and to develop the students’ skills to plan, implement and monitor digital marketing campaigns in globalized environment. The target audience of this course is primarily students pursing MBA and other management related courses. However, anyone who wants to leverage the power of digital marketing in his business or profession may join this course.
Prerequisites of the course are ; Basic Knowledge of internet and internet browsing Experimental and Analytical mindset , No Hardcore technical knowledge required to pursue this course.
Syllabus
COURSE LAYOUT
Week 1
1:Introduction to Digital Marketing and its Significance 2: Traditional Marketing Vs Digital Marketing 3:Digital Marketing Process
Week 2
4:Website Planning and Development : Types of websites 5:Website Planning and Development : Keywords
Week 3
6:Understanding Domain and Webhosting 7:Building Website/Blog using CMS WordPress 8:Using WordPress Plug-ins
Week 4
9:Introduction to Search Engine Optimization 10:Keyword P lanner Tools 11:On Page SEO Techniques-Indexing and Key Word Placement
Week 5
12:On Page SEO Techniques- Content Optimization 13:On Page SEO : Yoast SEO Plug-in 14:Off –Page SEO Techniques
Week 6
15:Email Marketing- Introduction and Significance 16:Designing e-mail marketing campaigns using Mail Chimp
Week 7
17:Building E-mail List and Signup Forms 18:Email Marketing Strategy and Monitoring 19:Email –Automization
Week 8
20:Pay Per Click Advertising: Introduction21:Pay Per Click Advertising: Google Adword 22:Type s of Bidding strategies
Week 9
23:Designing and Monitoring search campaigns 24:Designin g and Monitoring Display campaigns
Week 10
25:Designing and Monitoring Video campaigns 26:Designin g and Monitoring Universal App Campaigns
Week 11
27:Google Analytics : Introduction and Significance 28:Google Analytics Interface and Setup 29:Understanding Goals and Conversions
Week 12
30:Monitoring Traffic Behavior and preparing Reports 31:Social Media Marketing : Introduction and Significance 32:Facebook Marketing : Introduction Types of Various Ad Formats
Week 13
33:Setting up Facebook Advertising Account 34:Under standing Facebook Audience and its Types 35:Designing Facebook Advertising Campaigns
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