Isenberg School of Management 697SM - ST-Social Media Strategy

This course will lay out the strategic process to use social media in an integrated manner to give firms and individuals a competitive advantage. The social media strategy will include a discussion of: Definition of goals and measurable objectives with respect to use of social media for branding, customer service, market research, sales, building community, recruitment, and so forth; The target market you want to engage and where to find them; Based on purpose and target market, finding the right mix of channels including Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Blog, YouTube, SlideShare, Wikis, Yelp, and others; Engagement of target audiences in the selected social media channels; Establishing clear guidelines about who will participate within the organization and having clear policies about how social media will be used; Measurement of social media impact and performance; A combination of marketing theory, cases, articles, guest speakers, online discussion, and hands on use of social media channels will be used. Course participants will gain a clear understanding of popularly used social media channels and use them to promote their personal/business brands during the semester to gain a real understanding of how social media can compliment their overall marketing goals and strategy.

This course is open to MBA students only.