CourseBM503

Week6 of 16

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This week’s topics

Operational marketing functions: advertising, public relations and market research

Advertising
Public relations
Market research

What you will be able to do

2.1 Explain key operational functions of marketing.

Study materials

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Course plan

Week 1: What marketing is and how it has evolved: the marketing eras
Week 2: Determining the marketplace: segmentation and competitor an…
Week 3: Determining the marketplace: the 4 P’s of marketing and mar…
Week 4: Buyer behaviour in consumer markets
Week 5: Buyer behaviour in business markets
Week 6: Operational marketing functions: advertising, public relati…
Week 7: Operational marketing functions: campaign planning and cust…
Week 8: Midterm evaluation
Week 9: Strategic marketing functions: acquisition, retention, dist…
Week 10: The relationship between business strategy and marketing
Week 11: Internal factors which affect marketing
Week 12: External factors which affect marketing
Week 13: Measuring marketing effectiveness: conversion rates, websit…
Week 14: Improving the effectiveness of the marketing function: rete…
Week 15: Review and coursework completion
Week 16: Final evaluation and project assessment

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