eCommerce Digital Marketing Strategy

RED Academy Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Riipen Customer Success Coordinator
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Timeline
  • October 29, 2017
    Experience start
  • November 13, 2017
    Project Scope Meeting
  • November 17, 2017
    Experience end
Experience
5 projects wanted
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
B2b, Ecommerce, Entrepreneur, Nonprofit, Startup
Ecommerce
Categories
Marketing strategy
Skills
content email google analytics seo social media
Learner goals and capabilities

Students develop a digital marketing campaign for an eCommerce based website and devise a strategy to drive more online sales.

Learners
Any level
10 learners
Project
40 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Teams of 3
Expected outcomes and deliverables

The Digital Marketing Strategy report should outline the campaign and digital strategy for the eCommerce organization, including the following:

Company Background

  • Executive Summary
  • Purpose of website and context for brand
  • Website audit and social media audit
  • Website objectives and how to achieve them
  • Target audience and persona

Analytics

  • Digital Marketing Measurement Model (DMMM) for website and social media
  • Google Analytics implementation including goals, views and filters, and reports
  • Google Tag Manager implementation

Search Engine Optimization

  • Complete an SEO audit
  • Keyword research and justification
  • On-page, off-page and technical SEO

Campaign

  • Campaign idea and brief

Content Marketing

  • Create a brand filter
  • Develop a sample 1 month editorial calendar
  • Create a blogging strategy
  • Develop and email marketing strategy - recommend an A/B split test for email newsletter content and subject lines
  • Create an abandoned cart recovery email template
  • Create an influencer outreach strategy

Social Media

  • Audit current social media channels for growth and engagement
  • Provide recommendations to optimize and grow each channel
  • Assess the effectiveness of current social channels and provide recommendations on where to focus marketing efforts
  • Suggest Hootsuite search terms and streams to connect new readers and monitor conversations

Advertising

  • Determine current cost per acquisition for users for each platform
  • Develop social advertising campaign using relevant channels
  • Develop Google AdWords campaign
  • Create dynamic re-marketing campaigns using Google Display
  • Recommend an A/B split test to optimize landing pages for conversions
Project timeline
  • October 29, 2017
    Experience start
  • November 13, 2017
    Project Scope Meeting
  • November 17, 2017
    Experience end
Project Examples

Students develop a digital marketing strategy to drive online sales and/or launch a new product for an eCommerce based business. Within the project deliverables they complete audits on the business' current website analytics, SEO and social media presence. They create a campaign idea and build out various components of a digital marketing strategy including:

  • Google Analytics Optimization
  • SEO
  • Content
  • Email
  • Social Media
  • Social Advertising - Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Linkedin
  • Google AdWords - Search, Display and Remarketing
  • Influencer and Guest Blogging

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Social media analytics for students

Google Analytics access for students

Kickoff call or in person meeting within the first week of the project

5 hours of availability within the project timeframe for answering questions

Attendance of final presentation

Google Analytics data for a minimum of 3 months