About this course: With marketers are poised to be the largest users of data within the organization, there is a need to make sense of the variety of consumer data that the organization collects. Surveys, transaction histories and billing records can all provide insight into consumers’ future behavior, provided that they are interpreted correctly. In Introduction to Marketing Analytics, we introduce the tools that learners will need to convert raw data into marketing insights. The included exercises are conducted using Microsoft Excel, ensuring that learners will have the tools they need to extract information from the data available to them. The course provides learners with exposure to essential tools including exploratory data analysis, as well as regression methods that can be used to investigate the impact of marketing activity on aggregate data (e.g., sales) and on individual-level choice data (e.g., brand choices). To successfully complete the assignments in this course, you will require Microsoft Excel. If you do not have Excel, you can download a free 30-day trial here: https://products.office.com/en-us/try
Who is this class for: This course is aimed at those familiar with business and marketing concepts or those currently working in a business analyst or marketing research role.
Taught by: David Schweidel, Associate Professor of Marketing
Goizueta Business School
| Basic Info | Course 1 of 6 in the Foundations of Marketing Analytics Specialization |
| Level | Intermediate |
| Commitment | 5 weeks of study, 2-3 hours/week |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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- Video: Meet Dr. Schweidel
- Reading: Getting Started
- Reading: A Note About Exercises & Quizzes
- Discussion Prompt: Introduce Yourself
- Video: Course Objectives & Example 1: Political Advertising Expenditures
- Video: Course Goals & Example 2: Performing Arts Centers
- Video: Organizing Data
- Video: The Motion Picture Industry
- Reading: How Companies Learn Your Secrets
- Reading: Big Data in the Big Apple
- Discussion Prompt: Categorical Variables in the Motion Picture Industry
- Reading: Motion Picture Industry Example Data Set
- Video: Excel Analysis of Motion Picture Industry Data
- Video: Displaying Conditional Distributions
- Video: Analyzing Qualitative Variables
- Video: Steps in Constructing Histograms
- Video: Common Descriptive Statistics for Quantitative Data
- Reading: Giving Viewers What They Want
- Reading: Why Personalization is Key for Content Marketing
- Reading: Assignment: Survey Analysis Assignment
- Discussion Prompt: Visualizing Data: Technique Review
- Video: Regression-Based Modeling
- Video: Introduction to Customer Analytics
- Video: Customer Choices Drive Business Decisions
- Video: Illustrating Customer Analytics in Excel
- Reading: How to Find Your Most Valuable Customers
- Reading: Assignment: Customer Acquisition Example
- Discussion Prompt: Logit v. Probit Models
- Video: Customer Valuation Excel Demonstration
- Video: Inventory Management Excel Demonstration
- Reading: Encouraging TV Binge Watching May Backfire On Advertisers
- Reading: Use Big Data to Create Value for Customers, Not Just Target Them
- Reading: Assignment: Using Regression for Inventory Management
- Discussion Prompt: Course Reflection
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This course provided practical hands-on approach to understanding basics of marketing forecasting.
I would have liked more discussion of theory behind what the formulas were and, actually, using slicers for data so that clients couldn't "break" the file unintentionally. Otherwise, it was a good basic course, a little too dependent on showing Excel rather than saying why something worked (IF clauses are a good example here, cutting and pasting formulas is not as helpful to my personal learning style as just explaining the rationale behind them.)
Great content. The hands-on approach and the use of actual tools with basic software are just great.
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This course went in depth into some excel functions used for analyzing sales and marketing data, really thought it was useful.