Opinto-opas

A minority of companies still rate their digital communications or customer communications at an advanced level. Instead they are still in the phase of transformation and development of their digital marketing capabilities. This course is not only about digital marketing – it is about marketing in a digital world. It will give the students skills in planning and executing digital marketing. The key question is: how can companies, both BtoC and BtoB, benefit from digitalizing their marketing operations.

The course consists of theory lectures and weekly exercises where some of the digital marketing tools are used in practice.

After completing the course the students will be able to
• describe and explain the various forms of digital marketing and
social media
• design a digital marketing roadmap for a company
• use the tools of social media in business to establish a social
media marketing campaing
• create basic web pages, a blog or an online shop

Introduction to Marketing or equivalent

What is digital marketing?
What are the opportunities and threats of digital marketing?
What are the digital marketing media and tools?
How can a company enter the digital world in a structured and planned way?

The student has introductory knowledge of digital marketing practices but lacks an active role in creating and publishing content for the purpose. In a team his/her role is merely passive and he/she requires help from others to cope with his/her own tasks.

The student has basic knowledge of digital marketing and is able to independently take responsibility of his/her own learning as well as support other team members. He/she is an active contributor to the team, is able to understand and use social media channels for digital marketing and can provide good digital content to engage customers.

The student has advanced knowledge of digital marketing tools, is independent, takes full responsibility of his/her own learning and helps other team members to succeed. He/she understands well the dynamics of social media channels in marketing and is able to create attractive digital content to engage existing customers and attract new ones.

Sean Morga

- Presentation material
- Articles
- Case studies
- Videos
- Assigned E-books

The course will consist of live lessons on campus, individual assignments, team work, team presentations and an internal Instagram project. Teams will work on practical cases provided by external businesses in the areas of social media marketing plans and strategies, website assistance, etc. Internal Instagram project will serve as a tool to practce lessons learned (content creation, understanding the platform from a marketing perspective etc.).

The course passing criteria consists of successful individual tasks and passed team work.

English

07.03.2022 - 12.04.2022

24.11.2021 - 09.03.2022

4 cr

20IB

22KVHN1

Sean Morga

N/A

International Business

Bachelor's Degree Programme in International Business

TAMK Main Campus

0-5

N/A

Cooperation with external businesses

N/A

Some of the teams may have cases from abroad.

The course will be intensive and carried out in one and half months calendar time. Students should be prepared for even load throughout the course.

Contact days and internal project will discuss topical digital marketing areas. External customer project will run parallel.

The student fails to pass most of the individual assignments and participates in team more as a follower than as an active contributor.

The student has introductory knowledge of digital marketing practices, but lacks still active own role in creating and publishing content for the purpose. In a team his/her role is still merely passive and he/she requires help from others to cope with own tasks

The student has basic knowledge of digital marketing and is able to independently take responsibility of his/her own learning and even support other team members. He/she is an active contributor in team, is able to understand and use social media channels for digital marketing and can provide good digital content to engage customers.

The student has advanced knowledge of digital marketing tools, is independent, takes full responsibility of his/her own learning and helps other team members to succeed, too. He/she understands well the dynamics of social media channels in marketing and is able to create attractive digital content to engage customers and to get new customers.