Course description
Digital Marketing Essentials for Leaders
Develop a strategic understanding of digital marketing concepts to optimise your organisation’s performance.
You will:
- Gain a strategic understanding of digital marketing and how it fits into your broader marketing strategies
- Discover the key platforms to implement within your organisation to optimise ways of working
- Learn how to leverage web analytics and online testing to strengthen your existing strategies
- Understand the language and insights of your marketing team and build your confidence when having senior-level marketing conversations
- Gain expert insights through real-world case studies and industry speakers
How your organisation benefits
- Increase your ability to spot opportunities which optimise your organisation’s performance through tried and tested digital strategies
- Share knowledge of the trends, tools, and techniques to implement within your organisation to increase its efficiency
- Support your team to scale digital initiatives to help exceed organisational objectives
- Lead your organisation towards opportunities within the digital landscape which maximise your competitive edge
- Embed digital first behaviours and mindsets within your workplace to enhance your customer outreach
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Suitability - Who should attend?
Who should attend
This course is for business professionals with a keen interest in learning more about the nuances of digital marketing.
Whether you are responsible for implementing digital marketing plans or an executive interested in cultivating a strategic understanding of digital marketing, this course will enable you to return to your organisation with an enhanced understanding of all things digital.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
Upon successful completion of the course, you will be awarded a Manchester Professional Certificate. Paper copies of certificates will be given to you on the last day. Within ten days, you will also receive a digital certificate and digital badge to share on your social media.
Courses will also be offered at a discounted price for those completing the Manchester Professional Diploma in Leadership.
Training Course Content
Course topics
Over the duration of this four-day course, you will develop a comprehensive understanding of digital marketing.
You will explore how digital technologies have impacted the marketing strategy formulation process, delve into the role of multi-sided platforms in digital marketing ecosystems, and grow savvy on tried and tested digital marketing techniques such as online testing, website analytics, search engine marketing, search engine optimisation, and display advertising.
Firstly, you will be introduced to various of frameworks for digital marketing that will assist in establishing a context for the digital marketing strategy formulation process.
As a group, we will:
- Explore a variety of strategic frameworks for digital marketing
- Understand the difference between inbound and outbound marketing
- Learn to allocate budgets effectively among alternative digital marketing activities
You will then be presented to the role of multi-sided platforms in digital marketing ecosystems, where you will:
- Analyse the creation of value in platform as well as issues around growth and governance
- Discover the fast-growing nature of social media platforms and influencer marketing
- Explore sentiment analysis in social media to create optimal marketing strategies
Analyse the creation of value in platform as well as issues around growth and governance
Discover the fast-growing nature of social media platforms and influencer marketing
Explore sentiment analysis in social media to create optimal marketing strategies
Next, our focus will shift towards online testing and website analytics, with the aim of grasping their workings from a leadership viewpoint.
Together, online testing and website analytics can provide valuable insights into the effectiveness of digital marketing efforts. Working closely within groups, you will:
- Realise the opportunities of digital experiments and identify the key steps when conducting online testing
- Recognise different sources of website traffic and audience segments
- Select key performance indicators for your organisation
We will then turn our attention to search engine marketing and display advertising, which can be effective for businesses looking to increase their online presence and attract new customers. Collaborating closely in teams, you will:
- Learn to promote websites by increasing their visibility in search engine result pages through paid advertising (PPC)
- Increase online visibility, credibility, and engagement and ultimately drive more and conversions and business success with search engine optimization (SEO)
- Reach targeted audiences with display advertising and evaluate its impact at different stages of the customer journey
Finally, we will draw together the key themes of the course and how to implement them within your organisation.
There will be a networking drinks reception on evening one where you will get to know your course colleagues. There will also be a course dinner on evening three, offering the opportunity for your class to come together with a wider cohort of short-course learners to expand your networking opportunities.
Course delivery details
How you learn
Delivered face-to-face at Alliance Manchester Business School’s Executive Education centre, this course involves a range of interactive learning styles that connect theory with practice which ensures delegates finish the course with applied, up to date knowledge of digital marketing.
Throughout the course, you will hear from leading industry experts, network with a variety of business leaders and work with other delegates to apply core aspects of the course to your organisation.
During your time on this course, you will gain several stand-out learning experiences, including:
Applied Learning - A learning environment created by the course facilitator that draws on the experience and input of your course peers.
Knowledge Transfer - A steady stream of feedback from participating peers with diverse business backgrounds to help build your leadership skills.
Reflection - A rare time-out to contemplate your own digital marketing capabilities and challenges while engaging with our world-class experts in the marketing field.
Network Expansion - An expanding professional network drawn from your peers.
Personal Growth - An expanding self-awareness of your own marketing competencies and how they can be honed.
Behavioural Change - An adoption of new rationales and mindsets that improve your managerial skills.
The Manchester Experience - An exciting and varied after-class evening programme shared with your peers in the industrial-revolution City of Manchester.
Course Lead
Professor Panos Constantinides is a Professor of Digital Innovation and Digital Learning Lead for Executive Education at Alliance Manchester Business School and a fellow of the Cambridge Digital Innovation Centre.
Through many years of research focussing on the transformative potential of digital technology, he has built an impressive career concentrating on digital infrastructures and platforms.
This course builds on the collective knowledge and expertise of Professor Constantinides’ academic and industry network which you will have opportunities to interact with by attending this course.
Why choose Alliance Manchester Business School
Ranked 3rd in the UK for research power.
With triple accreditation from AACSB International, AMBA and EQUIS.
Established in 1965 as one of the UK’s first two business schools.
Continuing Studies
Certificate
Upon successful completion of this short business course, participants will be awarded the Manchester Professional Certificate in Leading Digital Transformation.
You will also receive a digital Manchester Professional Certificate in Leading Digital Transformation from Accredible, in the form of an online certificate and badge which can be displayed on LinkedIn profiles and represents completion and participation in the course.
You can choose to curate your own curriculum by attending any four courses from our extensive portfolio. On completion of the four courses of your choice, you will be awarded the Manchester Professional Diploma in Leadership.
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