Digital Marketing Strategy - Fall 2025

DMK 102
Open Closing on August 29, 2025 / 1 spot left
Main contact
McMaster University Continuing Education
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
MCE Instructor
(2)
5
Timeline
  • September 16, 2025
    Experience start
  • November 30, 2025
    Experience end
Experience
4/5 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Canada
Any company type
Any industries

Experience scope

Categories
Digital marketing Social media marketing Communications Market research Marketing strategy
Skills
strategy marketing social media digital strategy development content marketing
Learner goals and capabilities

This semester students working in small groups will apply their knowledge in digital marketing strategy to help your organization seize a marketing opportunity, develop a strategic digital marketing plan, or solve a current digital marketing challenge.


The students will consider business objectives, market and competitive research, strategy, digital promotional tools and marketing best practices to create a report with a plan and/or recommendation, which the business could use to direct or provide guidance to their employees.

Learners

Learners
Continuing Education
Beginner, Intermediate levels
25 learners
Project
30-50 hours per learner
Educators assign learners to projects
Teams of 5
Expected outcomes and deliverables

Students will submit:

  • A report including their research, analysis, insights, and recommendations which you can share with your employees
  • Once a project scope is agreed to, businesses should check with the course instructor before requesting any changes to the deliverables or topics from the students.
  • Student output will be analysis, strategy, recommendations and/or guidance (as exemplified in the examples). Students are not expected to produce creative assets, negotiate with partners or buy media on the business's behalf. 
Project timeline
  • September 16, 2025
    Experience start
  • November 30, 2025
    Experience end

Project examples

Examples include:

  • Digital marketing strategy review/audit: Providing recommendations on what methods you can use to leverage and improve your current digital marketing strategy, based on your organization's budget, goal(s), audience and current marketing activities.
  • Digital marketing strategy: Providing insight and recommending sustainable strategies related to the Marketing Mix (Product, Place, Price and Promotion) and general digital marketing focuses on Education, Engagement, Entertainment and Experience.
  • Social Media: An analysis of how to leverage social media channels to reach both current and new customer groups
  • Conduct external analysis (including customer, competitor, market and environment) and marketing mix performance.
  • Developing a persona that can be used as a concrete marketing tool to assist with decision-making.
  • A content calendar to guide the production of material to be used, batched and re-purposed on multiple digital platforms.
  • Content ideas and best practice guidance to apply to visual and narrative strategy.