SEARCH ENGINE MARKETING & ONLINE ADVERTISING

Code Cours
2324-IÉSEG-M1S2-MKT-MA-PI71UE
Language of instruction
English
Teaching content
MARKETING
Training officer(s)
J.NTSONDÉ
Stakeholder(s)
J.NTSONDÉ, GIUSTO Marine
Level
Master
Program year
Period

Présentation

Prerequisite
Basic knowledge of marketing management theory (Marketing Management (IESEG II) or equivalent).
Prior courses on digital marketing are a plus but not a condition.
Goal
At the end of the course, the student should be able to:
- Understand the different formats of online advertising, their relevance, advantages and disadvantages
- Understand alternative online advertising targeting strategies
- Understand the importance of good search engine rankings for today's companies
- Understand and explain the difference between search engine optimization and pay-per-click advertising, and their relative advantages and disadvantages
- Perform an SEO analysis of a given web site using an appropriate framework and software tools
- Plan, configure, run and follow-up Google AdWords campaigns containing textual and display ads
Presentation
This course presents an introduction to web or Internet advertising and discusses its most important formats and concepts. The student will gain insight into the different forms of advertising and targeting strategies. Techniques that are discussed include
- Search Engine Marketing (SEM, or Pay-Per-Click Advertising)
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
- Online display advertising (e.g. banners, in-video ads)

Modalités

Organization
Type Amount of time Comment
Présentiel
Cours interactif 16,00
Travail personnel
Group Project 26,00
Autoformation
Recherche 4,00
E-Learning 4,00
Overall student workload 50,00
Evaluation
The most important aspect of the course are real-life mini-consulting projects that students work on in groups (of about 4 to 5 students each). The project will be evaluated using continuous assessment (in-class presentations or discussions) and a final group presentation during the last session
Control type Duration Amount Weighting
Contrôle continu
Participation 16,00 1 20,00
Autres
Projet Collectif 0,00 1 80,00
TOTAL 100,00

Ressources

Bibliography
Stokes, R., 2011; eMarketing - The Essential Guide to Digital Marketing, Quirk. -
Geddes, B., 2010, Advanced Google AdWords, Wiley -