Summer Springboard

Digital Marketing & Social Media

ACADEMIC COURSE

LEARN THE FOUNDATIONS OF MARKETING BY BUILDING PRACTICAL SKILLS AND GAINING STRATEGIC INSIGHT FOR REAL-WORLD IMPACT

Course Highlights

  • Develop an understanding of how marketing is multifaceted, involving many disciplines beyond just advertising, such as branding, social media, copywriting, and analytics.
  • Create a brand, develop content, and launch a real marketing campaign/website throughout the course.
  • Learn marketing basics and the fundamentals needed to gain long-term success in the field.

  • Visit a local business and interact with its marketing team for practical insight and learn more about career opportunities in the marketing field.

Summer Springboard

Digital Marketing & Social Media

Course Overview

People often think marketing is strictly about advertising, however, marketing is complex. It encompasses tons of different disciplines, strategies, and tactics. As a result, developing a basic understanding of how it works can be difficult. Learning the trade can take years of dedication and honing your craft, oftentimes in a handful of specific areas (such as branding, social media, copy-writing, or analytics). Like a lot of things, though, future success starts with solid fundamentals. And if you’re looking to learn the basics of marketing, you’ve come to the right place. This course will cover everything you need to get started on your marketing journey. Think of it like the ultimate 101, packed full of actionable advice and laid out to be easy to understand, turning complicated concepts into easily digestible chunks of information.

Not only will you learn what drives a business, but you will also learn what drives you and how to promote yourself and your skills. Using real world-case studies, students will also develop branding and promotion for a specific product or service for a business and launch their own marketing campaign/website.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Outcome #1

Learn the fundamental topics of Marketing by exploring subjects such as branding, consumer behavior, developing campaigns, and the basics of advertising.

Outcome #2

Segmentation, Targeting, and Positioning: How to assess market potential, understand and analyze customer behavior, and focus resources.

Outcome #3

Go to Market Strategy: How to understand the role of distributors, retailers, and other intermediaries in delivering products, services, and information to customers.

Outcome #4

Learn how to develop, measure, and capitalize on brand equity. Also learn how to set prices that capitalize on value to customer and capture value for the organization.

Summer Springboard

Digital Marketing & Social Media

Courses by Campus

DIGITAL MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA

Yale

New Haven, Connecticut