Digital Marketing

BSAD437
Closed
Maple League of Universities
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Associate Professor
1
Timeline
  • September 23, 2020
    Experience start
  • September 29, 2020
    Project Scope Meeting
  • November 27, 2020
    In-class presentations
  • December 1, 2020
    In-class presentations
  • December 1, 2020
    Experience end
Experience
7/6 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Canada
Any
Any industries
Categories
Communications Sales strategy Marketing strategy
Skills
digital marketing competitive analysis sales & marketing marketing strategy research
Learner goals and capabilities

Do you have a Digital Marketing challenge you would like to tackle?

The Internet is dramatically changing the way in which businesses interact and deliver value to customers and to the entire supply chain. Nowhere is this more evident than in the field of marketing.

In this course, student-consultants will develop an Internet marketing strategy to drive more traffic, customer leads, and/or online sales. The students come with knowledge of all major aspects of digital marketing, including selling products and services online, search engine optimization, social media marketing, and executing pay per click advertising. They synthesize this understanding to apply digital marketing principles, techniques and tools towards developing more effective and complete marketing programs.

Learners
Undergraduate
Any level
25 learners
Project
15 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Teams of 5
Expected outcomes and deliverables

The final project deliverables might include:

  1. 10-15 minute presentation of key findings, recommendations and best practices.
  2. A detailed report including their research, analysis, insights, recommendations and best practices.
Project timeline
  • September 23, 2020
    Experience start
  • September 29, 2020
    Project Scope Meeting
  • November 27, 2020
    In-class presentations
  • December 1, 2020
    In-class presentations
  • December 1, 2020
    Experience end
Project Examples

Working in groups of 5, students will develop a Digital Marketing Plan to drive online traffic, customer leads and/or online sales. Within the project deliverables they complete audits on the business' current website analytics, SEO and social media presence. They create a digital marketing plan including the following components:

  • Situation/Competitive Analysis
  • Develop an integrated marketing strategy using both online and offline marketing tools
  • Digital marketing tactics, including SEO plan, PPC campaign plan, e-mail marketing plan, social media marketing campaign plan, content calendar, etc. (depending on client's needs)
  • Web analytics, evaluation and control of the digital marketing plan

Project activities might include, but are not limited to:

  • Recommending digital marketing strategies to your organization's marketing problem and integrating digital marketing into overall marketing strategy
  • Describing and utilizing keyword popularity research
  • Creating website critique including 7Cs Analysis, website SWOT analysis and website report card
  • Determining and utilize website visibility measurements, including traffic rank, search engine rank, search engine saturation and link popularity
  • Selecting appropriate domain name and hosting for client’s business
  • Creating an SEO plan
  • Developing keyword advertising tactics
  • Developing and utilizing viral marketing strategies on the Internet
  • Analyzing website traffic and making recommendations for its improvement
  • Measuring website conversion rates and suggesting strategies for improving the conversion
  • Selecting and applying appropriate website evaluation and control metrics
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Be available for a quick phone call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.

Provide a dedicated contact who is available to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project to address students' questions.

Provide feedback for the students' virtual portfolio as well as a recommendation letter.