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             About the Specialization                            Marketing Strategies
             This Specialization explores several aspects of the new   Digital technology gives businesses a diverse new set of
             digital marketing environment, including topics such as   tools to reach, engage, monitor, and respond to consumers to
             digital marketing analytics, search engine optimization,   an unprecedented degree. The aggregated and voluminous
             social media marketing, and 3D Printing. Upon       digital data can also be leveraged to better target specific
             completion, the Digital Marketing Specialization you will   consumer segments. This course aims to give you a deeper
             have a richer understanding of the foundations of the   understanding of the core processes of planning a digital
             new digital marketing landscape and acquire a new set   marketing campaign and the role of various digital channels
             of stories, concepts, and tools to help you digitally   in integrated marketing communication.
             create, distribute, promote and price products and
             services.                                           Marketing in an Analog World

                                                                 Our new Digital World is dramatically changing how
             Introduction                                        products are created, promoted, distributed, and consumed.
             This specialization starts with how digital tools, such as   Although these changes have been revolutionary, we still
             the Internet, smartphones, and 3D printing, are     live in an Analog (or physical) World. For example, even
             revolutionizing the world of marketing by changing the   today, a large percentage of all sales are still conducted in
             roles and practices of both firms and consumers. Initially   Analog stores. Thus, both marketers and consumers must
             launched in 2015, this course is part of the iMBA offered   simultaneously navigate both the Analog and Digital Worlds
             by the University of Illinois, a flexible, fully-accredited   daily. Although the Digital Revolution has received
             online MBA at an incredibly competitive price.      considerable attention in recent years, the impact of this
                                                                 revolution upon the Analog World has been largely ignored.
             Analytics in Theory                                 This course examines this issue by asking, "How has the
             Successfully marketing brands today requires a      Digital Revolution impacted Marketing in an Analog World?
                                                                 This course will begin with an exploration of the key
             well-balanced blend of art and science. This course   differences between the Analog and the Digital and then
             introduces students to the science of web analytics while   examine four ways in which the Analog World has been
             casting a keen eye toward the artful use of numbers   affected by the Digital Revolution: Domination, Resistance,
             found in the digital space. The goal is to provide the   Synergy, and Transformation. This course will contain
             foundation needed to apply data analytics to real-world   several examples of each of these concepts and explore their
             challenges marketers confront daily. Students will learn   implications for both marketers and consumers. This course
             to identify the web analytic tool right for their specific   will also employ a variety of learning techniques, including
             needs; understand valid and reliable ways to collect,   video lectures, case studies, hands-on exercises, and
             analyze, and visualize data from the web; and utilize   interviews with leading marketing scholars.
             data in decision making for agencies, organizations or
             clients.
                                                                 Digital Marketing Capstone
             Analytics in Practice                               This four-week Capstone of the Digital Marketing
             The third instalment of the specialization aims to   Specialization is designed to help you apply the principles
                                                                 you have learned in the previous courses. It facilitates
             provide the foundation needed to apply data analytics to   hands-on experience in executing a digital marketing
             real-world challenges marketers confront daily. Students   campaign for a fictitious firm selling electronics. In the
 of Illinois is one of the most comprehensive   will learn to identify the web analytic tool right for their   previous courses on analytics and channels, you would come
 programmes for digital marketing in the world   specific needs; understand valid and reliable ways to   up with strategies to identify a firm’s objectives, specify a
 that has enabled thousands of people across the   collect, analyze, and visualize data from the web; and   few key ones, research alternatives to reaching the customer
 world to start a new career and negotiate better   utilize data in decision making for agencies,   in their decision journey and finally propose a multi-channel
 opportunities.   organizations or clients.                      digital marketing plan. In this capstone, you will execute a
                                                                 campaign, rather than creating another 'plan'.
             Marketing Principles                                It will be done through an online simulation. You will be a
 What are Specializations?  The digital revolution has led to a titanic shift in the   marketing manager for a firm selling digital cameras online
 A Coursera Specialization is a series of related   landscape of marketing communication, while also   through their website. Students will be reviewing the
 In recent times, online courses have allowed   courses designed to help professionals master a   creating new opportunities for businesses to reach and   products, pricing, margins, and historical sales.
                                                                 Concurrently, create a targeted ad campaign after
             engage consumers through smart, social, and mobile
 professionals to learn valuable traits of their respective   specific topic. One can begin a Specialization by   media technologies. In this course, you will learn about   researching appropriate keywords for the products you are
 industries. The quality of online courses have improved   enrolling in the entire specialization or a single   the impacts of digital technologies on marketing   selling. Students will then create and execute an email
 to an extent, their certifications are increasingly valued   course in the series. Some shorter Specializations   communication strategies and practices. By   campaign. Once these campaigns are executed, you get
 by the biggest companies around the world. To help you   include as few as three courses and only take a   understanding the underlying processes of marketing   feedback on the KPI's such as revenue, profits, traffic,
 climb the next step of your professional ladder, we have   few months to finish. Longer Specializations can   communication and the core features of new media   conversions. There is also an opportunity to redo this
 identified the best online courses available on Coursera.   include ten or more courses and take up to a   technologies, you can strategically select the appropriate   campaign, with new strategies, to improve your KPI's in the
 Digital Marketing Specialization offered by the University   year.   channels to deliver the right marketing message to the   second round.
             right audience at the right moment.



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