This course explores integrated brand promotion (IBP) in today's complex marketing landscape. Beginning with foundational concepts of advertising and IBP within the marketing ecosystem, learners will gain insight into the intricate relationships that drive this trillion-dollar industry. Through exposure to branding fundamentals, learners will explore brand elements, architecture, positioning, and differentiation strategies that contribute to brand recognition and consumer decision-making. Key topics include strategic considerations for product and service positioning, advertising approaches, and the impactful role of data in shaping effective brand promotion strategies. The course culminates with practical applications across diverse scenarios, equipping learners with knowledge of how successful brands implement integrated promotion strategies to connect with audiences and achieve marketing objectives in an evolving digital environment.
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What you'll learn
Advertising and integrated brand promotion fundamentals.
Branding strategies that drive consumer decisions and adapt to changing market conditions.
Skills you'll gain
- Design Thinking
- Advertising Campaigns
- Integrated Marketing Communications
- Consumer Behaviour
- Strategic Decision-Making
- Marketing Communications
- Promotional Strategies
- Brand Strategy
- Brand Awareness
- Media Strategy
- Media Planning
- Marketing
- Brand Loyalty
- Digital Advertising
- Branding
- Brand Management
- Brand Marketing
- Advertising
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There are 4 modules in this course
This module presents the key concepts of advertising and integrated brand promotion that underpin this course.
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1 video15 readings5 assignments1 discussion prompt2 plugins
This module explores the concept of brand and its critical role in consumer decision-making, examining visible elements such as logos and more subtle aspects that collectively create distinctive brand identities. We'll investigate how brands strategically position themselves against competitors in the marketplace and why they sometimes must undergo repositioning to adapt to changing market conditions or shed problematic associations.
What's included
1 video10 readings5 assignments4 plugins
This module presents some of the important strategic considerations that brands must consider when looking at their brand and product positioning and how that, in turn, will relate to their approach to advertising. Those considerations have many layers of complexity, but the elements discussed in this module represent fundamental underpinnings that cut across many product and service categories.
What's included
10 readings5 assignments
This module presents a cumulatively applied look at content covered in previous modules. The goal is to show how some of the tactics and concepts previously covered translate into some shrewd strategic decisions by prominent brands in their various markets.
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11 readings5 assignments1 discussion prompt2 plugins
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