BA4014 Digital Marketing Syllabus:

BA4014 Digital Marketing Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

 The primary objective of this module is to examine and explore the role and importance of digital marketing in today’s rapidly changing business environment.
 It also focusses on how digital marketing can be utilised by organisations and how its effectiveness can measured.

UNIT I

Online Market space- Digital Marketing Strategy- Components -Opportunities for building Brand Website – Planning and Creation- Content Marketing.

UNIT II

Search Engine optimisation – Keyword Strategy- SEO Strategy – SEO success factors -On-Page Techniques – Off-Page Techniques. Search Engine Marketing- How Search Engine works- SEM components- PPC advertising -Display Advertisement

UNIT III

E- Mail Marketing – Types of E- Mail Marketing – Email Automation – Lead Generation – Integrating Email with Social Media and Mobile- Measuring and maximising email campaign effectiveness. Mobile Marketing- Mobile Inventory/channels- Location based; Context based; Coupons and offers, Mobile Apps, Mobile Commerce, SMS Campaigns-Profiling and targeting.

UNIT IV

Social Media Marketing – Social Media Channels- Leveraging Social media for brand conversations and buzz.Successful /benchmark Social media campaigns. Engagement Marketing- Building Customer relationships – Creating Loyalty drivers – Influencer Marketing.

UNIT V

Digital Transformation & Channel Attribution- Analytics- Ad-words, Email, Mobile, Social Media, Web Analytics – Changing your strategy based on analysis- Recent trends in Digital marketing.

TOTAL : 45 PERIODS

COURSE OUTCOMES:

1. To examine and explore the role and importance of digital marketing in today’s rapidly changing business environment.
2. To focusses on how digital marketing can be utilised by organisations and how its effectiveness can measured.
3. To know the key elements of a digital marketing strategy
4. To study how the effectiveness of a digital marketing campaign can be measured
5. To demonstrate advanced practical skills in common digital marketing tools such as SEO, SEM, Social media and Blogs.

REFERENCES:

1. Fundamentals of Digital Marketing by Puneet Singh Bhatia; Publisher: Pearson Education; First edition ( July 2017);ISBN-10: 933258737X;ISBN-13: 978-9332587373.
2. Digital Marketing by Vandana Ahuja ;Publisher: Oxford University Press ( April 2015)
3. ISBN-10: 0199455449;ISBN-13: 978-0199455447
4. Marketing 4.0: Moving from Traditional to Digital by Philip Kotler; Publisher: Wiley; 1st edition ( April 2017); ISBN10: 9788126566938;ISBN13: 9788126566938;ASIN: 8126566930
5. Ryan, D. (2014 ). Understanding Digital Marketing: Marketing Strategies for Engaging the Digital Generation, Kogan Page Limited.
6. Pulizzi,J Beginner’s Guide to Digital Marketing , Mcgraw Hill Education.
7. Barker, Barker, Bormann and Neher(2017), Social Media Marketing: A Strategic Approach, 2E South-Western ,Cengage Learning.