MARK 430Advanced online marketing |
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This course starts from the premise that the technologies that comprise the Internet are impacting traditional marketing and business relationships in fundamental ways. We will critically examine the ways in which marketers can leverage new technology to achieve functional efficiencies and to devise powerful marketing strategies. Topics covered will include: Internet marketing strategy; ethical and legal issues including customer information privacy issues and SPAM; search engine optimization; managing marketing knowledge and data mining; the creation of the online "customer experience"; managing customer relationships; the impact of the attributes of the Internet on the 4Ps of the marketing mix; using the web and email as platforms for communicating with customers; and devising an Internet marketing plan. You can use this page to download lecture and lab notes, and other material related to the course. If you need to get in touch with me, please email me at weaverd@mala.bc.ca, call me at 740-6390 (leave message with Celia), or see me during my office hours.
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Lecture topic (Wednesday) |
Required readings / Assignments |
1 Sep 5 - Sep 9 |
No Lab - MUC Sep 5 (labour day) | Introduction to the course Internet properties and marketing implications
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Urban Chapter 1 and Mothernature.com case study (Urban Chapter 2) **URBAN Cases available on reserve in the library** |
2 Sep 12 - Sep 16 |
How to post to the course Blog. Use of blogs in marketing |
Understanding customer needs and online behaviour
PBS Frontline: The Persuaders. Segment 6. "The Narrowcasting Future" |
Urban Chapter 3 and Dell case study (Urban Chapter 4) **URBAN Cases available on reserve in the library** NOTE: CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD PDF OF DELL CASE Assignment 1 instructions. (updated to correct error in Question 2C) Screenshot of spreadsheet for Assignment 1. Due Monday 26 September. 5:00 pm
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3 Sep 19 - Sep 23 |
Analyzing online behaviour: Dell case study discussion questions / lab activity Online survey tool: Zoomerang |
Customer information: Server log file, and click stream analysis; data mining | The Marketers Commonsense Guide to E-Metrics. Bryan Eisenberg. WebTrends.
If you cannot access the above page, read this article:
"Take 10 on Conversion" |
4 Sep 26 - Sep 30 |
Using WebTrends server log file analysis software (lab instructions) List of Log Analysis Tool vendors in Yahoo Don't obsess over absolute numbers, focus on trends. Bill Heron. |
Formulating marketing strategy to fulfill needs VALS survey (please complete this prior to the lecture) |
Urban Chapters 5 and 7
**URBAN Cases available on reserve in the library** |
5 Oct 3 - Oct 7 |
Segmentation / positioning exercise | Creating the customer experience: web interfaces and usability
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Steve Krug. Don't Make Me Think! A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability. Chapter 2. New Riders. 2000. Customer experience Case Study (from Creative Good) A & E Television Networks
Assignment 2 instructions. Due Monday
24 October, 5:00 pm Assignment 2 materials: Broadvision: Solutions for Retail: Turning Browsers into Buyers |
6 Oct 10 - Oct 15 |
NO LAB Thanksgiving Day (MUC closed) |
MIDTERM TEST Midterm Answers available after TEST |
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7 Oct 17 - Oct 21 |
Web sites for analysis in the lab Introduction to the Team Project
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Marketing Communications: Advertising and selling on the web | Team Project instructions. Due Monday 5 December. 5:00 pm Urban Chapter 11 and OSRAM Sylvania case study (Urban Chapter 12. Please read prior to lab activity.**URBAN Cases available on reserve in the library** Commercial Success. Fast Company. January 2005. |
8 Oct 24 - Oct 28 |
Using CRM to sell on the web: OSRAM Sylvania case study discussion questions/lab activity (Urban Chapter 12) | Frontline: The Persuaders. No. 3. The Times They are A-Changin.(PBS). (Video) Top 10 Ways to Make Search Marketing Work for You (eMarketer Publication) The Guide to Search Engine Marketing (2004. OneUpWeb) Assignment 3 instructions. Due Monday 7 November. 5:00 pm |
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9 Oct 31 - Nov 4 |
Advertising on the web using rich media: Storyboarding Top 7 Trends in Online Ad design (Heather Conary) BrandSuicide: How not to do good web advertising (warning, strong language) |
How Non-geeks Can Increase eMail Delivery (K. Popov and L. MacDonald) I am Viral: how Molson successfully spreads its online marketing message... (Chris Daniels. Digital Marketing. July 2002.) Available full text from ABI Inform database, via MUC library website.
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10 Nov 7 - Nov 11 |
Setting up a Google Adwords campaign | Pricing and distribution |
Urban Chapters 13 and Logistics.com case study (Urban Chapter 14. Please read prior to lab activity) **URBAN Cases available on reserve in the library** |
11 Nov 14 - Nov 18 |
Distribution: Logistics.com case study discussion questions/lab activity (Urban Chapter 14) **URBAN Cases available on reserve in the library** |
How the Internet affects product offerings and branding / Building long-term relationships with customers | Urban Chapters 9 and Marketsoft case study (Urban Chapter 10) **URBAN Cases available on reserve in the library** |
12 Nov 21 - Nov 25 |
Nike ID exercise: mass customization |
FINAL TEST |
Travelocity.com case study (Urban Chapter 16. Please read prior to
next week's lab activity)
**URBAN Cases available on reserve in the library** |
13 Nov 28 - Dec 2 |
Building long-term customer relationships based on trust: Travelocity case study | Team Project Presentations
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Team Project due: Monday 5 December. 5:00 PM |
14 Dec 5 -Dec 9 |
Team Project Presentations (LAST CLASS)
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NO CLASS (MUC closed for Final Exams) |
Resources |
ClickZ Network: Solutions for Marketers Jupiter Research: Business Intelligence Forrester Research: Technology Research comScore Networks / MediaMetrix Take10 Webcasts (using web analytics to enhance marketing) (from Webtrends) Pew Internet and American Life Project Nielsen//Netratings: Online research, internet measurement |