BMBF207

Digital Marketing & E- Commerce

L-T-P4-0-0 Credits2 Session2025-26 TypeTheory
Appears in 1 semester

MBA Banking & Financial Services · Sem 2 (Core)

Syllabus

5 units · 36 lecture hours
Unit1

Unit 1

8 hrs

Introduction to Digital Marketing & Website and Blog Development: Introduction to Digital Marketing and its Significance; Traditional Marketing Vs Digital Marketing; Digital Marketing Process; The contemporary digital revolution, digital transformation framework. Types of websites, Keywords, Understanding Domain and Webhosting, Building Website/Blog using CMS WordPress, Using WordPress Plug-ins; Blog Creation: Including Headlines, Links, Posts; Using various plug- ins like Elimentor

Unit2

Unit 2

8 hrs

SEO& Email-Marketing: Introduction to SEO; SEO Keyword Planner Tools; On Page SEO Techniques: Indexing and Key Word Placement, Content Planning & Optimization, Display Advertising, Various SEO Plug-in, Off –Page SEO Techniques; Email Marketing- Introduction and Significance, campaigns using Mail Chimp; Email Marketing Strategy and Monitoring.

Unit3

Unit 3

8 hrs

SEM & Social Media Marketing: Introduction to SEM, Mobile Marketing, Video Marketing on YouTube. Introduction to Social Media Marketing: Facebook, Instagram, Linked-in, Twitter, Google G Suit and online marketing campaigns on theses Social Media platforms. Content Marketing, Content creation process, Influencer marketing.

Unit4

Unit 4

6 hrs

Using Marketing Strategies & Analytics Tools: Understanding Digital marketing Strategies, Using Marketing analytics tools to segment, target, position; Online PR and reputation management, Digital Marketing Strategies and its ROI. Using Google Analytics and other social media analytics tools. Using Apps and Gamification.

Unit5

Unit 5

6 hrs

Applications of E-Commerce: Introduction, History of Electronic Commerce, Advantages and Disadvantage of E-commerce, Roadmap of e-commerce in India, E-business Models Based on the Relationship of Transaction Parties, e-commerce Sales Life Cycle (ESLC) Model, Electronic Payment Systems, Electronic Cash, Smart Cards and Electronic Payment Systems, Credit Card Based Electronic Payment Systems, Risks and Electronic Payment Systems, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

Course Objectives5 points
  • Understand and explain the concepts and significance of digital marketing and e-commerce in the contemporary business environment.
  • Design and maintain functional websites and blog posts to support digital marketing strategies.
  • Analyze the role and effectiveness of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and email marketing in reaching target audiences.
  • Evaluate the functioning and impact of social media marketing across various digital platforms.
  • Apply and understand online marketing analytics tools to measure performance and improve digital marketing outcomes.
Course Outcomes (COs)5 outcomes

After completion of the course student will be able to:

  1. CO1Be able to understand the concept of Digital Marketing & E-K2, K1 (Knowledge, Remembering)
  2. CO2To able to create and maintain a good website and blog posts.K4 (Applying)
  3. CO3Be able to understand and apply SEO and Email Marketing in today’s modern worldK3, K4 (Comprehending, Applying)
  4. CO4To apply the Social Media Marketing techniques via various platformsK4 (Applying)
  5. CO5To implement various Analytics tools of online marketingK6, K7 (Synthesizing, Evaluating)

Suggested Readings

  1. Vandana, Ahuja; Digital Marketing, Oxford University Press India (November, 2015).
  2. Seema Gupta; Digital Marketing, McGraw Hill Education; First edition (November 2017)
  3. Ryan, Damian; Understanding Digital Marketing: marketing strategies for engaging the digital generation; Kogan Page (3rd Edition, 2014).
  4. Ravi Kalakota : Frontiers of E Commerce (Pearson)

Official AKTU syllabus

This subject is on page 37, 38 of the original AKTU PDF.

Official AKTU syllabus PDF ↗