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MKTG8033 – Social Media Marketing

2020 – Session 1, Weekday attendance, North Ryde

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General Information

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Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit Convenor-Lecturer
Dr Helen Siuki
helen.siuki@mq.edu.au
Contact via email
3 Management Drive, room 148
Tuesday 2-3pm
Oliver Manlutac
oliver.manlutac@mq.edu.au
Credit points Credit points
10
Prerequisites Prerequisites
Admission to MMktg or MInfoSysMgmt or MIntBus
Corequisites Corequisites
Co-badged status Co-badged status
Unit description Unit description
Social media networks provide a dynamic, interactive, and cost-effective platform that helps marketing managers to tackle contemporary marketing challenges. The applications of social media enable marketers to co-create marketing content, co-develop and share stories that stimulates and encourages consumer engagement with the firm. The widespread use of social media has driven businesses, regardless of their size and scope, to adopt social media marketing in their marketing activities.
This unit will develop students’ knowledge about social media marketing as a contemporary approach to market a business through ongoing interactions with the consumers. The unit will focus on developing students’ skills to critically evaluate organisations’ social media marketing, and the effectiveness of the social media activities and campaigns. The unit will develop students’ ability to create a social media campaign to market new products/services, or to reinforce existing products/services.

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Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  • ULO1: Discuss and apply social media marketing theories and activities to interact with the consumers
  • ULO2: Critically evaluate the effectiveness of organisations’ social media marketing, activities, and campaigns
  • ULO3: Create a social media campaign to market new or existing products/services and justify the effectiveness of the campaign.

Assessment Tasks

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General Assessment Information

Late assessment submissions must also be submitted through the appropriate submission link in iLearn. No extensions will be granted unless an application for Special Consideration is made and approved. There will be a deduction of 10% of the total available marks made from the total awarded mark for each 24 hour period or part thereof that the submission is late. Late submissions will not be accepted after solutions have been discussed and/or made available.

Note: applications for Special Consideration Policy must be made within 5 (five) business days of the due date and time.

Delivery and Resources

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Delivery of unit material

  • There are 3 hours of classes each week. These are run as a workshop and will consist of lectures and class activities and discussions..
  • The timetable for classes can be found on the University web site at: http://www.timetables.mq.edu.au/ 
  • Attendance will be taken in class.
  • Students are expected to arrive on time and not leave until the class ends.

Technology Used and Required

  • Please ensure that you have access to a personal computer so you are able to access internet/ social media platforms, use word processing software and power point program that are required for preparation of assignments and presentations.
  • Course material is available on the learning management system (iLearn) at: http://ilearn.mq.edu.au.
  • Students will find teaching resources to assist their study on iLearn, such as lecture notes, social media marketing cases, and other resources.
  • Students are required to check iLearn regularly for announcements/updates.

Unit resources:

Prescribed textbook: 

Barker, M. S., Barker, D. I., Bormann, N. F., Roberts, M. L., Zahay, D., (2017), Social Media Marketing: A Strategic Approach, 2nd Edition, Cengage.

Recommended textbooks: 

Heggde, G., and Shainesh, G. (2018), Social Media Marketing - Emerging Concepts and Applications, Palgrave Mcmillan. 

Funk, T. (2013), Advanced Social Media Marketing: How to Lead, Launch, and Manage a Successful Social Media Program, Apress. 

MacDonald, J. (2019), Social Media Marketing Workbook: How to Use Social Media For Business, JM Internet Group. 

 

Useful resources/ links: 

Harvard Business Review

AFR social media

http://www.mckinsey.com/insights

https://www.accenture.com/us-en/blogs/blogs-digital-business-default

Stratechery

http://www.brandingstrategyinsider.com/

Social media blogs and updates:

Sensis social media report on the state of social media

https://www.quicksprout.com/university/category/social-media-videos/

http://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/topic/Social-Media

http://www.socialmediatoday.com/

https://www.socialmediaexaminer.com

Digital marketing resources, tools and education:

Bluewiremedia

Moz

MarketingProfs

Clickz

eConsultancy

eMarketer

Forrester

http://www.wpp.com/wpp/marketing

http://www.forethought.com.au/Think-Tank/Papers

Marketing media:

Brian Solis

http://www.campaignbrief.com/

http://www.adnews.com.au/

Mumbrella

http://adage.com/

 

 

Unit Schedule

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Please refer to iLearn.

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