Study-Unit Description

Study-Unit Description


CODE MRK4802

 
TITLE Digital Marketing Implementation and Practice

 
UM LEVEL 04 - Years 4, 5 in Modular UG or PG Cert Course

 
MQF LEVEL 6

 
ECTS CREDITS 6

 
DEPARTMENT Marketing

 
DESCRIPTION The study-unit provides guidance on how companies can get the most out of digital media to meet their marketing goals. Digital Marketing links marketing theory with practical business experience through case studies and interviews from cutting edge companies such as Google, Microsoft, Amazon, eBay, Facebook and Twitter to help students understand digital marketing in the real world.

Study-unit Aims:

In addition to exposing students to this developing and growing field in e-Marketing, the study-unit will seek to provide students with a better understanding of the changing realities that e-Marketing practitioners will continue to face.

The study-unit will help students to be in position to understand the important marketing parameters in this field; recognise areas which are developing and enable them to apply better e-marketing tools to the practical context.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Knowledge & Understanding:

The topics covered are:
- Delivering the online customer experience;
- Campaign planning for digital media;
- Marketing communications using digital media channels;
- Evaluation and improvement of digital channel performance;
- Business-to-consumer digital marketing practice;
- Business-to-business digital marketing practice.

2. Skills:

The student will learn best practice frameworks for developing a digital marketing strategy, success factors for key digital marketing techniques including search marketing conversion optimisation and e-communications using social media.

Main Text/s and any supplementary readings:

- Chaffey D. Ellis-Chadwick F. (2012), Digital Marketing: Strategy, Implementation and Practice, 5th Edition, Pearson.

 
STUDY-UNIT TYPE Lecture, Seminar and Workshop

 
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT
Assessment Component/s Sept. Asst Session Weighting
Assignment Yes 100%

 
LECTURER/S Franco Curmi
Tanya Sammut Bonnici

 

 
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