Data and Digital Strategy Execution
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Data and Digital Strategy Execution
This course is part of Planning a Digital Marketing Strategy Specialization
Instructor: Cathal Melinn
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What you'll learn
Understand how to cultivate a data-driven mindset, manage data effectively, and use insights to improve marketing actions and ROI.
Gain expertise in developing a digital marketing strategy using key frameworks such as SWOT, PESTEL, and SOSTAC, and setting SMART objectives.
Learn how to execute and track digital marketing strategies, address customer journeys, and evaluating key performance metrics
Skills you'll gain
- Data Ethics
- Marketing Strategies
- MarTech
- Performance Measurement
- Strategic Decision-Making
- Pay Per Click Advertising
- Data-Driven Decision-Making
- Customer experience strategy (CX)
- Marketing Planning
- Marketing Analytics
- Marketing Strategy and Techniques
- Business Analytics
- Marketing Effectiveness
- Data Management
- Customer Analysis
- Customer Insights
- Digital Marketing
- Data Strategy
- Digital Analysis
- Data-Driven Marketing
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There are 3 modules in this course
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.
This course covers data-driven decision-making, digital marketing strategy development using key frameworks, and the practical execution of strategies, focusing on performance metrics, challenges, and techniques to drive growth. After completing this course, you will be able to: - • To identify how good quality data and web analytics are used by organizations to inform decision-making • Understand the fundamentals of data, the characteristics of the different types of data and how it is all managed • To demonstrate an understanding of how data and insights from data can be turned into valuable marketing actions that generate a higher ROI • To select the correct tactics and channels to use based on objectives and target audience • To demonstrate an understanding of how the new customer journey, marketing technology, omnichannel strategy, and the strategy control process can enable effective digital strategy execution and guide organizations towards achieving long-term goals and objectives • To demonstrate an understanding of how digital strategy and activities can support business strategy and drive the growth of an organization The first module covers the importance of cultivating a data-driven mindset, focusing on data collection, management, and the ethical use of data to improve decision-making and generate higher ROI. In the second module, learners will explore various techniques for developing a digital marketing strategy, including SWOT analysis, PESTEL, and key frameworks such as SOSTAC, RACE, and SMART objectives. These tools will enable learners to create a solid foundation for their digital strategies. The final module dives into the practical aspects of executing and tracking digital marketing strategies using action plans, addressing challenges such as complex customer journeys, marketing technologies, and data privacy regulations. Learners will gain expertise in evaluating performance metrics, including SEO visibility, PPC conversion rates, and Customer Acquisition Costs (CAC), and will explore techniques to drive growth and expansion. This course provides both the strategic frameworks and practical tools needed to succeed in today’s digital marketing landscape.
This module begins by looking at how, by effectively collecting and analyzing data, and becoming digital-first, organizations can cultivate a data-backed mindset and minimize the guesswork in their decision-making. It then moves onto the characteristics of different types of data and best practices for data management. The module then delves into how organizations also need to be mindful of their obligations when using data, how to ensure it is collected in a transparent and ethical manner, and how to take steps to protect it. The module concludes by discussing how data and insights from data can be turned into valuable marketing actions that generate a higher ROI.
What's included
17 videos15 readings6 assignments6 discussion prompts3 plugins
17 videos•Total 82 minutes
- Using Data to Drive Business Decisions•4 minutes
- What Is Web Analytics?•4 minutes
- Data Basics•6 minutes
- Good Data and Bad Data•7 minutes
- First Party and Other Types of Data•5 minutes
- Big Data•7 minutes
- Digital Challenges and Risks•4 minutes
- What Is Cybersecurity?•6 minutes
- Data Ethics and Protection•4 minutes
- Personally Identifiable Information (PII)•4 minutes
- Data Storage•6 minutes
- Comparative Data•3 minutes
- Forecasting Spend•5 minutes
- Avoiding the Average Trap•2 minutes
- Converting Data Into Financial Value•3 minutes
- Data Collection and Analysis for AI•6 minutes
- AI for Data-Driven Decision-Making for Marketing•5 minutes
15 readings•Total 75 minutes
- Welcome to the course!•2 minutes
- Glossary of Digital Marketing Terms•1 minute
- Module Introduction•2 minutes
- The Data-backed Decision-making Process•4 minutes
- Summary•2 minutes
- Data Management Systems and Tools•21 minutes
- Summary•2 minutes
- Hackers•2 minutes
- Summary•2 minutes
- GDPR and Marketing•12 minutes
- Summary•2 minutes
- Data-Driven CRO•17 minutes
- CRO Tactics•4 minutes
- Summary•2 minutes
- Additional Resources•0 minutes
6 assignments•Total 45 minutes
- Practice Quiz•3 minutes
- Practice Quiz•9 minutes
- Practice Quiz•2 minutes
- Practice Quiz•6 minutes
- Practice Quiz•10 minutes
- Graded Quiz•15 minutes
6 discussion prompts•Total 20 minutes
- Who are you? What are your expectations?•2 minutes
- The Data-Backed Mindset •2 minutes
- Understanding Data •10 minutes
- Online Safety and Cybersecurity •2 minutes
- Ethics, Data Protection, and Data Privacy •2 minutes
- Approaches to convert data into financial value•2 minutes
3 plugins•Total 42 minutes
- Zero-Party Data: Benefits, Uses and Strategy•10 minutes
- The Definitive GDPR Checklist for Marketers•17 minutes
- The Ethical Use of AI in Digital Marketing•15 minutes
This module begins by identifying tactics and techniques for developing a digital marketing strategy. It explores techniques including SWOT analysis and PESTEL to develop an external situational analysis, and the frameworks associated with implementing a digital strategy including SOSTAC, RACE, the 4 C’s, and AAAR. It also examines how to develop, document, and plan a digital strategy using SMART objectives.
What's included
10 videos7 readings5 assignments4 discussion prompts
10 videos•Total 54 minutes
- Strategy Scope and Planning•4 minutes
- Assessing Internal Capabilities•6 minutes
- Situational Analysis, Swot and Pestel Analysis•6 minutes
- Benchmarking Against Competitors•3 minutes
- Target Audience Definition•8 minutes
- Audience Research Dimensions•7 minutes
- Crafting Strategy Objectives•8 minutes
- Defining Value for a Digital Strategy•2 minutes
- Digital Strategic Frameworks•6 minutes
- Tactics and Target Channels•3 minutes
7 readings•Total 18 minutes
- Module Introduction•2 minutes
- Audience Analysis•8 minutes
- Summary •2 minutes
- Summary •2 minutes
- Summary •2 minutes
- Summary •2 minutes
- Additional Resources•0 minutes
5 assignments•Total 26 minutes
- Practice Quiz•5 minutes
- Practice Quiz•2 minutes
- Practice Quiz•2 minutes
- Practice Quiz•2 minutes
- Graded Quiz•15 minutes
4 discussion prompts•Total 8 minutes
- Situation and Audience Analysis •2 minutes
- Defining Your Target Audience •2 minutes
- Defining Strategy Objectives •2 minutes
- Selecting Digital Channels •2 minutes
This module begins by how to use a digital marketing action plan template to develop, communicate, and track the implementation of the digital marketing strategy. The module then explores and digs deep into a range of contemporary challenges facing effective strategy execution, including complex customer journeys, the marketing technology stack, and data privacy regulations. You will evaluate the digital marketing performance metrics that inform long-term strategic decisions, including SEO visibility, PPC conversion rates, social media engagement rates, and Customer Acquisition Costs (CAC) across all channels. The module concludes by exploring digital techniques and marketing tactics to drive growth and expansion in an organization.
What's included
9 videos5 readings4 assignments3 discussion prompts2 plugins
9 videos•Total 54 minutes
- Evaluating Tactics•5 minutes
- Implementing Tactics and Action Plan•6 minutes
- The New Customer Journey•4 minutes
- The Five Core Digital Customer Behaviors•8 minutes
- Managing Strategy Execution•5 minutes
- Linking Results to Business Objectives•5 minutes
- Digital Strategies and Growth•5 minutes
- Digital Strategy and Growth Hacking•4 minutes
- Marketing Strategy and International Expansion•12 minutes
5 readings•Total 8 minutes
- Module Introduction•2 minutes
- Summary •2 minutes
- Summary •2 minutes
- Summary•2 minutes
- Additional Resources•0 minutes
4 assignments•Total 26 minutes
- Practice Quiz•3 minutes
- Practice Quiz•4 minutes
- Practice Quiz•4 minutes
- Graded Quiz•15 minutes
3 discussion prompts•Total 6 minutes
- Defining an Action Plan •2 minutes
- Implementing Effective Omnichannel Marketing•2 minutes
- Driving Business Performance and Growth•2 minutes
2 plugins•Total 31 minutes
- Implementing Digital Strategy: How To Ensure It Doesn’t Fail•10 minutes
- HSBC: Driving Digitization in Banking•21 minutes
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