Social Media Marketing Undergraduate Certificate online

A workshop course in which students read about writing practice and theory and learn strategies for developing and revising pieces of non-fiction writing. Students share their writing with the instructor and their peers, get feedback on drafts, and consider this feedback as they progress through the writing process. At least one writing project should be developed over four different drafts. This course develops students’ writing competency on the college level.

This course focuses on designing and creating content for digital spaces. Students will learn to analyze and to write, both individually and collaboratively, in digital genres for various audiences. Students will explore methods of writing and editing for online publication, from site architecture analysis and design strategies to content development and line editing. Students will understand how the arrangement of content and the choice of digital genre impact writing effectiveness, and they will learn to use editing strategies and tools employed by professional writers in a wide range of digital situations. This course is UCC Writing Intensive and UCC Technology Intensive.

Major emphasis on techniques for solving business problems, the development of marketing policies, and the sale of consumer and industrial products. Various marketing decisions are examined with respect to product planning, channels of distribution, promotion activity, selling and sales management, pricing, and international marketing.

Digital social media, such as Facebook, Twitter, Spotify, and YouTube, have become increasingly important elements of consumers’ daily routines and, as such, are attracting a growing level of attention by marketers. Social media change the nature of social interactions, which enables new ways for consumers to express positive as well as negative feelings and thoughts about a brand. Brands can use social media, either in the form of social network sites or company-owned pages, to not only establish powerful brand communities, but can also elevate their after-sale service via social media through individualized consumer communications. Social networks lead to a substantially accelerated diffusion of information and thus require a different handling with more-active-than-ever customers. The course is designed to help students understand and assess brands’ successful or unsuccessful practices of social media marketing by focusing on uses and applications of social media marketing. Thus, it takes an applied approach to social networks and social media platforms. Students in this course will develop the relevant knowledge about social media platforms through practices, demonstrations, and analyses of social media business applications.