Faculty of Business and Information Technology
Reception, Floor 2
Corner of Manukau Station Road and Davies Avenue,
Manukau
Full Day 8.30am to 4.30pm
$563.50 including GST
Online marketing is now integral to most small business marketing strategies. Keeping pace with online trends and changes in purchasing behaviour can make or break a small business.
Explore the virtual landscape and learn how to use the digital tools available to you in Successful Online Marketing, a one-day intensive MIT Business Course. You’ll come away confident enough to create your own online marketing strategy and with the know-how to effectively monitor and report on results.
Don’t let your business be left behind.
Core Content
The Virtual Landscape
* Basic descriptions and definitions * Review of trend data * Overviews and case studies - from the online business to business to social networking. What has worked, what hasn’t and why
What’s Available Online?
* Website presence * Advanced Search Engine Optimisation * Email marketing * Blogging * Viral marketing and worldwide raves (e.g. YouTube) * Twitter for business * LinkedIn, Foursquare and other new developments * The Facebook phenomenon * What’s on the horizon?
Writing an Online Strategy
* Review of the strategic process * Competitor analysis * Assessing ‘What tools will for work for me?’
Monitoring and Reporting
* Online analytics * Internal reporting about online activity * Developing ratios and statistics that demonstrate value
Future Trends
* Social media in the work place * Building a virtual business community * Passion-inspired video and other creative content
Outcomes
At the end of this MIT Business Course for SMEs you will:
* Understand the fundamentals of online business and marketing * Competently compare and contrast available online tools for business marketing * Be able to develop an online strategy * Know how to collect and analyse information for your online strategy * Be aware of future trends
Training Style
* Presented by industry expert * Real-life case studies * Group discussion * Action planning for your business with in-class feedback * Post-course follow-up