MKT
9764 Internet Marketing and Global Business
This is a 3 hour; 3 credit graduate course taught at the Zicklin School of Business
by Chris Gadomski, principal with SMIdirect,
emphasizing strategies and tactics to build traffic, monetize traffic and create
stickiness for websites in a global business environment.
This
course focuses on understanding (1) how information technology has created a fertile
ground for the emergence of commerce on the Internet, (2) what institutional parameters
are required to form an efficient market for commerce on the Internet to flourish,
(3) how firms are using the Internet to reconstruct their value chain and create/sustain
competitive advantage, and (4) how the new electronic medium will affect key international
dimensions of trade, foreign direct investment, and alliance formation.
Group
Semester Project--Strategies and tactics
This
is a hands-on project typical of what students will face in their careers as marketing
managers. Students apply the strategies and tactics of Internet marketing discussed
in class to develop an online/integrated marketing strategy to boost a website's
visibility and success in the global marketplace.
Students complete marketing research assessments for the selected company/website
and recommend an appropriate digital integrated marketing strategy for entering/expanding
the regional/national/global brand as appropriate.
Students
then execute the strategies and tactics they have proposed to build website traffic.
By monitoring the effectiveness of their content, search engine, pay per click
and design strategies through site usage statistics, students are able to adjust,
change and fine-tune their strategies to maximize traffic and create stickiness.
Students report a favorable reception of the experience from corporate interviewers
during job interviews.