Marketing Analytics: What It Is, Why It's Important, and More
March 15, 2025
Article
Cultivate your career with expert-led programs, job-ready certificates, and 10,000 ways to grow. All for $25/month, billed annually. Save now
This course is part of Foundations of Digital Marketing Specialization
Instructor: Michael Trusov
Included with
SEO and SEM - KPIs and keyword strategies
Web Analytics - A/B Testing
Machine Learning/AI applications/Big Data
Text and Image Analysis
Add to your LinkedIn profile
December 2024
12 assignments
Add this credential to your LinkedIn profile, resume, or CV
Share it on social media and in your performance review
Businesses today have access to an increasingly large amount of detailed customer data, and this influx of “big data” is only going to continue. Combined with a detailed history of marketing actions, there is a newfound potential for deriving actionable insights, but you need the tools to do so. Using real-world applications from various industries, this course will help you understand the tools and strategies used to make data-driven decisions that you can put to use in your own company or business.
This valuable data may include in-store and online customer transactions, customer surveys, web analytics, as well as prices and advertising. You’ll also learn how to assess critical managerial problems, develop relevant hypotheses, analyze data and, most importantly, draw inferences to create convincing narratives which yield actionable results. Artificial intelligence and machine learning will be explored as tools to deepen analytical skills and acumen and hone decision making. This comprehensive exploration into digital marketing analytics tools and techniques is critical knowledge for any marketing influencers, digital marketing analysts and product and brand decision makers within small and medium businesses as well as larger organizations with international reach.
In the first module, we will introduce you to the course and the objectives. You'll have the opportunity to meet your instructor, connect with your peers, and get familiar with the Coursera platform and support resources. We'll also explore the strategies for optimizing search engine visibility, analyzing the performance of paid search campaigns, and leveraging web analytics to track and improve digital marketing effectiveness.
8 videos14 readings6 assignments2 discussion prompts
In this module, we will start with an exploration into Online Testing. Many managerial decisions are made based on professional knowledge and intuition, but often this knowledge is not sufficient enough to make the optimal decision. That's where testing comes in. Next, we will talk about Recommendation Systems. You may not realize it, but your internet experience is defined by recommendation systems. From music, games, videos, films, and what to buy, recommendation systems predict your preferences to suggest products or services that are likely to be of interest to you.
5 videos8 readings5 assignments2 discussion prompts1 plugin
Congratulations! You've made it to the end of the course. As a final assessment, it's time to apply your learning.
1 assignment
The University of Maryland, College Park is the state's flagship university and one of the nation's preeminent public research universities. A global leader in research, entrepreneurship and innovation, the university is home to more than 40,700 students, 14,000 faculty and staff, and nearly 400,000 alumni. The university’s faculty includes two Nobel laureates, 10 Pulitzer Prize winners, 69 members of the national academies and scores of Fulbright scholars. Located just outside Washington, D.C., the University of Maryland is committed to social entrepreneurship as the nation’s first “Do Good” campus, and discovers and shares new knowledge every day through research and programs in academics, the arts, and athletics.
O.P. Jindal Global University
Course
University of Maryland, College Park
Course
Course
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Build toward a degree
Course
Unlimited access to 10,000+ world-class courses, hands-on projects, and job-ready certificate programs - all included in your subscription
Earn a degree from world-class universities - 100% online
Upskill your employees to excel in the digital economy
Access to lectures and assignments depends on your type of enrollment. If you take a course in audit mode, you will be able to see most course materials for free. To access graded assignments and to earn a Certificate, you will need to purchase the Certificate experience, during or after your audit. If you don't see the audit option:
The course may not offer an audit option. You can try a Free Trial instead, or apply for Financial Aid.
The course may offer 'Full Course, No Certificate' instead. This option lets you see all course materials, submit required assessments, and get a final grade. This also means that you will not be able to purchase a Certificate experience.
When you enroll in the course, you get access to all of the courses in the Specialization, and you earn a certificate when you complete the work. Your electronic Certificate will be added to your Accomplishments page - from there, you can print your Certificate or add it to your LinkedIn profile. If you only want to read and view the course content, you can audit the course for free.
If you subscribed, you get a 7-day free trial during which you can cancel at no penalty. After that, we don’t give refunds, but you can cancel your subscription at any time. See our full refund policy.
Yes. In select learning programs, you can apply for financial aid or a scholarship if you can’t afford the enrollment fee. If fin aid or scholarship is available for your learning program selection, you’ll find a link to apply on the description page.
Financial aid available,
Learn on your own time from top universities and businesses.
Already on Coursera?
Having trouble logging in? Learner help center
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA Enterprise and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.