Digital Channel Planning and E-Commerce Strategy (Coursera)

Digital Channel Planning and E-Commerce Strategy (Coursera)

Digital Marketing Institute is the global standard in Digital Marketing Certification. Our mission is to give our students the confidence and knowledge they need to advance in their careers through this specialization. Research shows that retail customers switch channels during their purchase-decision journey. Many of us research products online at home, or on-the-go using a mobile device, while checking online reviews and comparing prices. The final decision to purchase may happen online, or in a traditional brick-and-mortar store.

Class Deals by MOOC List - Click here and see Coursera's Active Discounts, Deals, and Promo Codes.

Omnichannel marketing is a response to modern buying habits, providing consumers with a consistent brand experience across all touchpoints, whether traditional or digital. If you want to understand how marketers plan campaigns to reach consumers at every possible point of contact and how effective digital strategies can help businesses grow and thrive today, this course will help you do so.
You will learn about cross-media planning and the digital channel mix before diving deeper into topics including digital channel planning, and inbound and outbound channel strategy. After completing this course, you will be able to: -
• Use best practices to create an omnichannel marketing strategy with a unified message, voice, and brand and a seamless customer experience
• Demonstrate an understanding of the key tactics and strategies associated with inbound channels including social media marketing, content marketing, search engine marketing, and email marketing
• Demonstrate an understanding of the key tactics and strategies associated with outbound channels including digital display, video, and YouTube advertising
This course also covers the critical topic of e-commerce and how to develop an effective e-commerce and social customer service strategy that delivers real value for customers. This is the second course in the Digital Marketing Institute’s Digital Strategy specialization.
In addition to the course, we would like to give you the opportunity to gain access to additional articles, toolkits, and webinars that can aid you in your studies.
On completion of all courses in your Specialization, you will also be awarded a Digital Marketing Institute Certified Digital Marketing Associate certification, along with three months of free Power Membership, allowing you to boost your career and unlock your next opportunity. 92% of DMI members have said their courses have had a positive impact on their careers, while 88% are now working at senior or manager level.

What You Will Learn

  • How to incorporate inbound channels, tactics, and tools into an effective omnichannel digital marketing strategy
  • How to incorporate outbound channels, video advertising on YouTube, and web analytics into an effective omnichannel marketing strategy
  • How to incorporate an e-commerce and social customer service into an effective omnichannel marketing strategy

Course 2 of 3 in the Digital Marketing Strategy and Planning Specialization.

Syllabus

WEEK 1
Digital Channel Planning and Inbound Strategy
This module opens with a comprehensive overview of channel planning including the challenges this presents to marketers. It covers inbound and outbound strategies, cross-media planning, the digital channel mix, and mobile marketing. Next, the module dives deeper into key topics related to each of the channels, covering social media marketing and content marketing strategy, search engine marketing, SEO, conversion rate optimization, paid search, and developing an email marketing strategy.

WEEK 2
Digital Channel Planning and Outbound Strategy
This module begins with the fundamentals of display and video advertising, and demonstrates how to set up and manage a YouTube channel. It also covers the benefits of display advertising, the best practices for display and video advertising, and key digital display tactics.

WEEK 3
E-Commerce and Social Customer Service Strategy
This module introduces the characteristics of the e-commerce business model and helps you understand the corresponding business requirements and decisions that flow from their value proposition. You will learn to recognize the strengths and limitations of different e-commerce solutions and common payment methods. Finally, the module covers how to plan and begin to implement a social customer service strategy.

Go to Class
MOOC List is learner-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Related Courses

Grow with AI: Your AI-driven Growth Marketing strategy (Coursera) Coursera
Starweaver

Grow with AI: Your AI-driven Growth Marketing strategy (Coursera)

This innovative course explores the transformative role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Growth Marketing, equipping participants with the knowledge and skills to leverage AI for crafting innovative marketing strategies and optimizing campaigns. Participants will delve into how AI reshapes marketing approaches and contributes significantly to achieving key business objectives, preparing them to thrive in the dynamic digital marketing landscape.

Aug 17th 2026
4 Weeks
Marketing Internacional en Asia (Coursera) Coursera
Yonsei University

Marketing Internacional en Asia (Coursera)

Este curso ha sido desarrollado especialmente para gerentes y estudiantes que desean tener éxito como especialistas de marketing en la región asiática. Asia ha experimentado la mayor cantidad de crecimiento en la economía global en los últimos años. Aunque muchas compañías de otras regiones se han beneficiado de entrar al mercado asiático, en un sentido comparativo, esto ha sido menos cierto para las empresas latinoamericanas.

Aug 17th 2026
4 Weeks
Retail Marketing Strategy (Coursera) Coursera
University of Pennsylvania

Retail Marketing Strategy (Coursera)

Covid-19 has accelerated radical changes that will revolutionize retailing in every way. Shoppers' expectations are being ratcheted up, making winning (and keeping) those consumers all the more challenging. In this course, Professor Barbara Kahn will explain what it means to switch from a product-focused approach to a customer-focused approach and create marketing strategy to deliver real customer value. Learning from companies that have been most successful during this wave of change, this course will offer insights as to what we can learn from their ascendance.

Aug 3rd 2026
4 Weeks
Make the Sale: Build, Launch, and Manage E-commerce Stores (Coursera) Coursera
Google

Make the Sale: Build, Launch, and Manage E-commerce Stores (Coursera)

Make the Sale: Build, Launch, and Manage E-commerce Stores is the sixth of seven courses in the Google Digital Marketing & E-commerce Certificate. This course explores how businesses and individuals sell products online, including using popular platforms like Shopify. You’ll go through the process of creating a mock e-commerce store. To do this, you’ll build a Shopify store, add the necessary information, and create product listings. You’ll explore how to reach customers online through e-commerce customer outreach methods like advertisements and campaigns.

Aug 3rd 2026
4 Weeks
Planned Giving (Coursera) Coursera
University of California, Davis

Planned Giving (Coursera)

In this comprehensive overview of planned giving, you’ll gain an introduction to the basic terminology and concepts in the field as well as an overview of each planned giving vehicle. Learn to identify and assess prospective donors, recognize planned giving benefits to your donors, match a donor’s interests and needs with the appropriate planned giving options, and structure a successful solicitation.

Aug 3rd 2026
4 Weeks
Fundamentals of Sales and Marketing, with Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women (Coursera) Coursera
Goldman Sachs

Fundamentals of Sales and Marketing, with Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women (Coursera)

This course is one of 10 courses available in the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women collection, designed for entrepreneurs ready to take their business to the next level. This course will support you to develop your marketing plans and strengthen your brand as your business grows. You will explore a range of useful tools and metrics to measure success in the context of your own business growth.

Aug 3rd 2026
1 Week
The Strategy of Content Marketing (Coursera) Coursera
University of California, Davis

The Strategy of Content Marketing (Coursera)

This course is a partnership between the leading content marketing authority, Copyblogger, and UC Davis Extension. In this course, you will learn the core strategies content marketers use to acquire and retain customers profitably. Specifically, you will learn how to develop, organize and implement a content marketing strategy, analyze and measure the effectiveness of content marketing, write compelling copy, use a strategic framework when writing, and build your professional brand and authority through content marketing. You will also learn how to put the ideas presented to you into action and build your own personal brand through content marketing.

Aug 17th 2026
5-12 Weeks
Viral Marketing and How to Craft Contagious Content (Coursera) Coursera
University of Pennsylvania

Viral Marketing and How to Craft Contagious Content (Coursera)

Ever wondered why some things become popular, and other don't? Why some products becomes hits while others flop? Why some ideas take off while others languish? What are the key ideas behind viral marketing? This course explains how things catch on and helps you apply these ideas to be more effective at marketing your ideas, brands, or products. You'll learn how to make ideas stick, how to increase your influence, how to generate more word of mouth, and how to use the power of social networks to spread information and influence.

Aug 17th 2026
4 Weeks
Survey analysis to Gain Marketing Insights (Coursera) Coursera
Emory University

Survey analysis to Gain Marketing Insights (Coursera)

How do consumers see your brand relative to your competitors? How should a new product be positioned when it’s launched? Which customer segments are most interested in our current offerings? For these questions and many others, surveys remain the tried and true method for gaining marketing insights. From one-off customer satisfaction surveys to brand tracking surveys that are administered on a continuous basis, they provide the information that marketers need to understand how their products, services and brands are seen by consumers.

Aug 3rd 2026
4 Weeks
El plan de marketing (Coursera) Coursera
IE Business School

El plan de marketing (Coursera)

¿De qué sirve una estrategia de marketing perfecta sin saber cómo actuar e implementarla en el mercado? Definiremos la estrategia y el marketing mix que tu producto / servicio o marca deben seguir. El plan de marketing incluye la estrategia de marketing y el plan para implementarla. En el desarrollo del plan de marketing, tendrás que responder a preguntas tales como: ¿Qué mix de marketing se ofrecerá y para quién? ¿Qué recursos de la empresa se necesitarán? ¿Qué resultados se esperan?

Aug 3rd 2026
4 Weeks
L'analyse marketing (Coursera) Coursera
University of Virginia

L'analyse marketing (Coursera)

Les organisations, quelle que soit leur taille, sont inondées de données sur les choix des consommateurs. Mais cette abondance d'informations ne se traduit pas toujours en de meilleures décisions. Savoir interpréter les données est le défi à relever, et il est de plus en plus attendu que les professionnels du marketing utilisent l'analyse pour éclairer et justifier leurs décisions.

Aug 17th 2026
5-12 Weeks