Digital Media Strategy and Analytics
“If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.” This advanced course moves beyond “likes” to focus on Return on Investment (ROI). Students will learn to build data-driven digital strategies, mastering the marketing funnel, attribution models, and the tools (Google Analytics, Meta Pixel) required to prove the value of digital efforts to the C-Suite.
§ 01 By the end you can
- Construct a "Full Funnel" digital strategy (Awareness, Consideration, Conversion)
- Differentiate between "Vanity Metrics" (Likes) and "Business Metrics" (Leads/Sales)
- Master Google Analytics 4 (GA4) and Social Insights dashboards
- Understand Attribution Models: First-Click, Last-Click, and Multi-Touch
- Execute A/B Testing to optimize performance
§ 02 Sixteen sessions
The whole semester.
- 01Strategy Frameworks: SOSTAC & RACE
- 02The Digital Marketing Funnel
- 03Defining KPIs: OKRs vs. KPIs
- 04Google Analytics 4: Fundamentals
- 05Audience Segmentation & Personas
- 06SEO Strategy: Keyword Intent & Ranking
- 07Paid Media Metrics: CPM, CPC, CPA, ROAS
- 08 · MidtermMidterm Examination
- 09Social Listening Data: Sentiment Analysis
- 10Email Marketing Analytics: Open Rates & CTR
- 11Attribution Modeling: Who gets the credit?
- 12A/B Testing & Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO)
- 13Data Visualization: Google Looker Studio
- 14Reporting: Presenting Data to Stakeholders
- 15Privacy & Tracking: The Cookieless Future
- 16Final Project: The Data-Driven Strategy Audit
Midterm around session 8. Final project briefed at session 8 or 9 and developed in stages until the juries.
§ 03 Final project
Final Project: The Data-Driven Strategy Audit
Recommended reading
- Digital Marketing Analytics by Chuck Hemann and Ken Burbary
- Web Analytics 2.0 by Avinash Kaushik
- Measure What Matters by John Doerr
- Lean Analytics by Alistair Croll
- Marketing Data Science by Thomas W. Miller
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