Use digital marketing. Develop content for blogs. Write digital public relations (PR). Master social media sites like Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter and YouTube. Build community with your customers. Practice search engine optimization and search engine marketing. Understand how Google and Yahoo! search rankings impact your business bottom line.

The New Media Drivers License course is provided by The Michigan State University Advertising, Public Relations & Retailing Department.

Class Overview

Learn in the classroom & online. Two full day classes and the rest of your work can be done from home!

Learn by doing. Optimize and promote your own blog and social media accounts.

Be prepared for the future. After the class is over you keep all your work, ready to use!

 

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New Media, When Does Integration Go Too Far?

3/28/2013 posted in Facebook, New Media

If you are like many savvy individuals, a few major companies make up a large portion of your "connected" life. You search on Google, check email on GMail and call people on your Android based phone. Your "virtual" socializing happens on Facebook, you purchase music through iTunes and download moves through AppleTV. All because the latest business trend isn't settling for domination of a particular market, but expansion through as many markets as possible.

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