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Content, Advertising & Social IMC (Coursera)

Offered by Northwestern University,
Content, Advertising & Social IMC (Coursera)

Want your content to go viral? Who doesn't! It takes a thoughtful, integrated approach to make content that stands out in our increasingly oversaturated world. In this fourth course of the Social Marketing Specialization - "Content, Advertising & Social IMC" - you will learn how marketers are successfully navigating today's media landscape. You will learn why developing engaging content for your audience is an essential component in effective social marketing.

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A panel of experts will unlock the paid/owned/earned media riddle and replace it with an integrated who/what/where approach that utilizes platform-specific messaging to grow your market share. This course also includes an overview of the integrated marketing communications strategy for social and how it is being deployed around the globe, as well as gamification tips to keep your audiences coming back for more. In addition, you will learn the secrets to advertising on Facebook and other social sites.
Additional MOOC 4 faculty include:

  • Judy Ungar Franks (President, The Marketing Democracy, Ltd. & Lecturer, Medill Integrated Marketing Communications, Northwestern)
  • Steffi Decker (Junior Partner, Chong and Koster)
  • Joey Strawn (Director of Integrated Marketing, Industrial Strength Marketing)

Course 4 of 6 in the Social Media Marketing Specialization.

Syllabus

WEEK 1
Content Strategy
In this module, you will learn why content is an important component in social marketing. A panel of experts will debunk the paid/owned/earned media riddle and replace it with an integrated who/what/where approach.

WEEK 2
Advertising
In this module, you will learn how to develop platform-specific advertising messages to grow your market share.

WEEK 3
Social Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC)
In this module, you will learn an overview of the social integrated marketing communications strategy and how it is deployed. You will also learn tips to get your content to go viral and how to keep an audience coming back with gamification.

WEEK 4
Measuring Your Social Programs
In this module, you will learn how to develop and measure KPIs - Key Performance Indicators - for your social marketing programs.

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