Last modified: 24 Jul 2026 16:16
The course provides both a strategic orientation and tactical orientation:
- Aligning digital strategy with wider business strategy
- Using research and analytics in digital marketing decision-making
- Benchmark a website’s performance against online competitors
- Investigate the potential of a business idea
- Present digital marketing research and advice to a generalist audience
- Understand the potential commercial value of social media
- Interpret onsite analytics in support of business objectives
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course explores how businesses create value and build relationships and traction in the digital world, with a particular focus on the B2C sector. We begin by setting the scene with an overview of digital marketing and its role in modern strategy, before moving into practical frameworks for planning and execution.
Students will learn to map and analyse the digital customer journey, create personas, and evaluate customer experience (CX) and digital usability. We will then look at how businesses attract and engage audiences through traffic building and content marketing, before turning to social media marketing and competitor analysis. Ethical considerations and the use of analytics to measure and improve performance are woven throughout the course.
The course combines lectures with tutorials, group work, and assessments, designed to develop both critical understanding and practical skills. By the end, students will be able to design and justify a digital marketing strategy, evaluate customer interactions, and reflect on the opportunities and challenges posed by emerging technologies and ethical issues.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 20 | |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 60 | |
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There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Conceptual | Understand | Evaluate the potential of a business idea, individually and in groups, and present digital marketing research to a generalist audience. |
| Conceptual | Understand | Understand key theories and concepts around digital customer experiences and usability. |
| Conceptual | Understand | Apply social media competitor analysis, SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) analysis and evaluate different websites using different digital tools. |
| Conceptual | Understand | Understand how to create a digital marketing plan and different approaches to plan it. |
| Conceptual | Understand | Understand the business competencies of digital marketing, the nature of digital customers and different digital marketing channels and tools |
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