Effective Digital Marketing - Putting Theory into Practice

Overview

Course duration: 2 days.

This course is designed for all those who need to implement the digital marketing strategy for their organisation. This may mean a very hands on ‘doing it all’ approach or briefing the relevant agencies and experts to undertake this for you.

In either scenario you will need to know the language and the technical implications of the plan you are implementing. This course demystifies all those jargon words and the jungle of technology to enable you to do your digital marketing more effectively.

Is it right for me?

Suitable for all those involved in implementing the digital marketing strategy either personally or through managing agencies and digital ‘experts’.

What will I learn?

By the end of this course you will be able to:

• Create a digital marketing strategy
• Create/review a web site
• Construct an email campaign
• Understand search engine optimisation
• Plan and implement a Pay Per Click (PPC) campaign
• Improve your search engine ranking
• Implement a blog campaign
• Start using social media
• Implement and measure a social media campaign
• Understand the use of apps
• Understand and apply QR codes

What will it cover?

Creating a Digital Marketing Strategy

• What it is capable of achieving
• Integrating with the marketing and communication strategy

Setting Up the Digital Infrastructure

• Web site development
• Email campaign management
• The rules of ecommerce
• E-bulletins and newsletters
• The role of extranets
• Search Engine Optimisation

The rules of SEO

• Getting top billing
• Improving and maintaining your ranking

Pay Per Click Campaigns

• Setting up and managing the process

Email Marketing

• Building the database / selecting the audience
• Setting up the campaign
• Frequency and content
• Writing compelling emails

Blogs and Social Networking

• Setting up a blog
• Social networking tools 
• Tweets, fans, followers, connections and pokes

Apps and QR codes

• Setting QR codes
• Designing and using apps

Viral Marketing

• The pros and cons
• Using viral to build rapport

The Metrics of Digital Marketing

• Putting in place the measurements
• Learning from what works and what doesn’t 

Further courses to consider

Strategic Marketing Planning