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BU5585: DIGITAL MARKETPLACE AND STRATEGY (2016-2017)

Last modified: 28 Jun 2018 10:27


Course Overview

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Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Session Second Sub Session Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus Old Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Mr Russell Williams

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

 

0. (Background) The life of a Digital Marketing Consultant:

o Introduction to the course and setting the scene

o Research and reports the consultant can perform in advance of the meeting

o The client interview

1. Strategy Introduction:

o Introduction to Digital Marketing

o Role of the Digital Marketing Consultant and the Support Team

o Digital Marketing Analysis (DMA) and Consultancy Framework

2. Digital Marketing Research:

o Opportunity and Challenge

o Setting Digital Marketing Research Objectives

o Using Google as a Research Engine

o Finding Community, Discussion and Authority

o Keywords, Search Terms, Volumes and Trends

o Connecting into Space

o Social Media listening

o Exploring Forums and Social Communities

o Follow the Leaders

o How Digital Market Research can Inform Wider Strategy

3. Different considerations for Business to Business VS Business to Consumer:

o Typical B2B Objectives and B2C digital objectives

o B2B digital tactics

o B2C digital tactics

o Impact different strategies have on skill requirements, technologies, suppliers

 

4. Emerging Marketplaces:

o What and who are the big channels

o Why they dominate – search, conversion factors etc.

o How they influence strategy development for B2B & B2C businesses

o Future thinking – what impact are they having on the digital landscape

5. Benchmarking and Metrics:

o Identifying Digital Assets

o The Concept of Domain Authority

o Associating Reputation, Age and Size

6. SEO – Definition and why it’s changing:

o Understanding the evolution of search engines

o Understanding what SEO really is and how it changes and evolves

o Current considerations in seo

o The future of SEO explored

7. Social Media overview:

o The Role of Social Media

8. Analytics Introduction:

o Manage and Measure

o Introduction

o Audience

o Acquisition

o Behaviour

o Conversion


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2023 for 1st half-session courses and 22 December 2023 for 2nd half-session courses.

Summative Assessments

 

Students are required to submit all elements.

To pass the course students must obtain an overall CAS grade of D3.

Elements:

1. Key Concept Quiz (20%) - randomly generated multiple choice quiz.

2. Two 500 word Reflective Reviews (20%)

3. One x 5-minute recorded Video Presentation (20%)

4. One x 6-page (2500 word) Written Report (40%)

Resit: students may resit (resubmit) a failing element once.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

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Course Learning Outcomes

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