Marketing Strategy Course
Marketing Strategy focuses on the advanced marketing and leadership skills required in today’s fast-paced technology driven global economy. Learners prepare for roles within the field of marketing, and gain a solid understanding of the role of marketing, both in traditional and digital platforms, in defining and maintaining a brand and in meeting business objectives.
You’ll examine how technology and transformational approaches are critical to developing future-forward marketing strategies. Topics include leadership, strategic partnerships, and negotiating skills that are key contributors to successful business growth and company culture.
Course level
Graduate
Course duration
max. 8 weeks
Estimated time per week
10-15 hours
Course prerequisites
None
Cost
$ -
Course credits
3
Relevant jobs
CEOs, Business Managers, Marketing Managers
Marketing Strategy Course Overview
Evaluate the importance of customer insights and consumer behavior on marketing strategy and successful brand development
Analyze the component parts that make a global marketing strategy feasible and in alignment with other business objectives (including pricing strategies, competition, localization, partnerships, and international ethics)
Assess the importance of customer-driven strategy and the difference between marketing an experience versus marketing a product or service
Examine the role of transformative technologies that impact global marketing strategy (including artificial intelligence, machine learning, voice computing, blockchain, and extended reality)
Examine the role that messaging has in connecting with customers and how targeted communication is critical in today’s marketplace
Compare and contrast a local-only marketing strategy with a global approach
Examine how leadership, team development, management, and negotiation skills are directly related to the way marketing supports and aligns with other business functions
Marketing Strategy Course Skills
How will I learn?
Learning Experience
Your course starts on the first of the month. The course consists of 6 modules, and is designed to take you eight weeks to complete. Nexford’s learning design team has purposefully created courses to equip you with competencies mapped to the skills employers are looking for. Each course has 5-7 learning outcomes based on the skills employers need. Everything you learn gives you measurable skills you will use to succeed in today’s world of work.
Nexford courses are not live or recorded lectures. Instead, they’re reading, videos, interactive elements, quizzes and relevant case studies. Programs include assessments, peer-to-peer discussions, and a final project to practice what you’ve learned in a real-world context. Program content is available 24/7 during the course, and you have opportunities for collaboration and networking with learners during and after your program. Our global community of learners work at top companies such as Microsoft, Deloitte, and Google.
You'll have 24/7 access to success advisors to support you. Faculty also provide you world-class support. Book appointments with them, get individual feedback, and attend regular optional webinars.Nexford courses are rigorous and they encourage critical thinking - because we care about what you know how to do not what you know you have regular hands-on assessments reflecting the business world.
Course Outline
| Modules |
|---|
| 1: Using consumer insight and behavior to create business differentiators |
| 2: Customer driven strategies |
| 3: Local versus global marketing |
| 4: Automation, agility, and efficiency in marketing processes |
| 5: Obstacles in marketing and business |
| 6: Creating a winning marketing team |
| 7: Final Project |
How will I be graded?
View the catalog to learn about how this course is graded.
What will I get after completing the course?
You'll get real skills you can use at work, straight away.
Once you've taken one course, you can take more. Using stacked credentials, you’re able to take enough courses to make a certificate, and take enough certificates to build a degree.
If you apply for a Nexford certificate or degree, you'll get credit for each course you take.
What support will I receive?
When you have a dedicated team on your side, you'll never be alone studying at Nexford. Hailing from many different countries and with online education expertise, our faculty provides you world-class support. Ask them questions during one-to-one office hours or live chat, email them any time, and get individual feedback on your assessments.
While you’re learning, you’ll also have full access to the Nexford online library, which includes access to millions of full-text articles, industry reports and key sources such as the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times and The Economist.
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Marketing Strategy Course Testimonials
My weekly reflective journal is my Nexford highlight. Thanks to faculty support, I continually apply principles to my enterprise – and I've been able to scale beyond considerable measure.
