New for 2020 focusing on omnichannel marketing from the perspective of customers, creative, campaigns and collaboration.
In today’s world, consumers are inundated with information overload. Experienced marketers know that in order to stand out from the crowd, they must present their brand or product using an omnichannel approach that provides the customer with an integrated experience.
This two-day, small format training provides a method to efficiently and effectively deliver a consistent user experience across channels, devices and locations.
Pricing
| Early Bird (Before 02/04/20) | Standard Price | |
| AMA Member | $1,395 | $1,495 |
| Non-Member | $1,745 | $1,869 |
Objectives
- Relate integrated marketing communications and omnichannel marketing to today’s brands, products, service-based businesses and nonprofits.
- Define owned, earned and paid media and study-specific digital tactics such as search and social.
- Understand the fundamentals of growth hacking and how to impact marketing using growth-focused tactics.
- Learn how to attach metrics and analytics to campaigns to determine outcomes and optimization techniques.
- Develop an integrated and innovative marketing plan.
Who Should Attend?
Early and mid-level marketers who are looking to expand their knowledge base and hear real-world examples of how omnichannel marketing can impact brands and products utilizing proven methodology for both strategy and tactics. Marketers looking to increase their knowledge of strategic digital marketing and fundamentals of owned, earned and paid media. This course is suitable for B2C, B2C and nonprofits. Entrepreneurs will also gain value by learning fundamental ways to market themselves and their businesses in an omnichannel, integrated format.
AMA Event Policies
Thursday, March 5
Registration and Hot Breakfast
IMC and Omnichannel Overview
- The new 4’cs: customer, creative, campaigns, calibration.
- Modern Consumer Overview
- Customer Segmentation – define the customer target
- CDJ (customer decision journey)
- Objectives & Strategies
- SMART Goals
Break
Class Discussion about Pre-Read Article
What is Omnichannel and How Do We Apply It?
- Foundations of Paid/Earned/Owned media: digital trifecta
- Traditional media overview
- Convergence: Omnichannel
- AI in media
- Examples of omnichannel
Lunch
Group Brainstorm
Break into small groups and consider a brand or product to use as an example.
Creative: How Do We Develop and Deliver the Big Idea Across Multiple Channels
- Content is king
- Team and tools
- Overview of modern media marketplaces
- Examples
Break
Group Exercise: Brainstorm Omnichannel Strategy, Focusing on the First 2 C’s:
Assignment: Describe omnichannel in relation to your client and complete 2 worksheets.
- Who is the customer? (customer segmentation worksheet)
- What is their decision journey? (customer decision journey worksheet)
- What is the creative message you will use to reach them?
- 3-minute share session
Friday, March 6
Hot Breakfast
Omnichannel Tactics (Part 1)
- Amazon
- Display
- Social
Break
Group Discussion About Pre-Read Article
Omnichannel Tactics (Part 2)
- Programmatic and retargeting
- Growth hacking
Lunch
Group Exercise: Perform a Competitive Analysis
- How are competitors targeting new customers?
- What is their creative strategy? Examples?
- Where are the holes or opportunities?
- 3-minute share session
Calibration
- Metrics
- Web Analytics
- Reporting
- Optimization
- Creating and presenting a plan
Break
Class Discussion
Group Exercise: Brainstorm Omnichannel Strategy, Focusing on the Last 2 C’s:
Assignment: Describe the campaigns and calibration for your omnichannel strategy.
- Which modern media marketplaces will you target (1 or 2 please)?
- How will you target customers using that or those channels?
- What are the success metrics and tools for tracking and measuring success?
- 5-10 minute share session
Kelly Cutler
Program Director for the Northwestern University Medill Part-Time and Online IMC ProgramsKelly Cutler began her career at companies including Classified Ventures, Cars.com and AOL. In 2003 she decided to utilize her entrepreneurial skillset to launch her first digital agency, Kona Company, which she sold in January 2014.
Cutler enjoys working with future digital marketing leaders through her teaching programs in the Integrated Marketing Communication program at Northwestern University and the Kellstadt Marketing Center at DePaul University.
Cutler has taken the role of Program Director for the Medill IMC part-time and online programs. She is also active in the philanthropic community, most recently serving on the Board of The Kindness Connection.
When Cutler is not optimizing websites, she enjoys traveling to interesting destinations around the globe with her husband and two daughters.
Training Series Location
AMA Support Center
130 E. Randolph St., 22nd Floor
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: 312.542.9000
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