UO Digital Marketing

Course aim

This course aims to develop students' understanding of marketing in the electronic environment. Extending key concepts covered in Marketing Principles: Trading and Exchange (MARK 1018), the course equips students with theoretical and practical knowledge by examining how marketing activities are executed over the Internet and contrasting these activities with traditional marketing approaches.

Course content

The following topics will be covered in the course: digital marketing strategies and the analysis of consumer behaviour in digital contexts; web-based digital technologies (including Search Engine Optimization and Search Engine Marketing); online advertising and virtual reality; social media marketing (including influencers marketing); mobile marketing (including mobile apps and mobile payments); the marketing ‘tech-stack’ (including marketing analytics, marketing automation, artificial intelligence and cloud technology); measures of the effectiveness of digital marketing (including attribution marketing and bid data); legal frameworks (including cybersecurity).

Textbooks

Hanlon, A 2019, Digital Marketing: Strategic Planning & Integration, 1st edn, SAGE Publications Limited, UK

Prerequisites

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
MARK 1018	UO Marketing Principles: Trading and Exchange

Students must have successfully completed the above course plus 49.5 units.

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching Method

Component	Duration
EXTERNAL, ONLINE ACTIVITY
Online	10 Weeks x N/A

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Case study, Critical analysis, Report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4C)
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