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Entrepreneurship for the media course

Entrepreneurship for the media course

Course Description

Being an entrepreneur is an exciting world to be in. You get to create a business and are able to see it grow as well as flourish before your very eyes. Every entrepreneur in the marketing arena needs to be creative, financially savvy as well as be someone who can lead a team.

The Digital School of Marketing’s Entrepreneurship course is suitable for individuals who would like to become knowledgeable about how to effectively run any business in the marketing and advertising arena. This course takes business philosophies and incorporates them with various tried-and-trusted marketing principles to create a holistic approach to starting your own business.


Who is the course suited for?

  • Freelance creatives who want to learn the best way to run a successful practice
  • Media professionals who wish to start their own agencies
  • Editors and journalists who would like to become the head of a publishing house

So, if you are a business-minded person and have dreams to start your own business in the marketing or advertising field, then this entrepreneurship course is ideally suited for you.

Anyone who wants to take an Entrepreneurship course to upskill themselves.


You will learn:

  • How to create a business plan
  • Basic principles and techniques for conducting market research
  • How to create a marketing plan
  • How to create a statement of financial positioning
  • How to create business and operational goals

Course Duration:

3-6 months

Modules

  • Understand the elements of a business plan
  • Match opportunities for new ventures to market needs
  • Determine the financial requirements of a new venture

  • How are general management functions applied to a marketing department
  • What are the basic activities involved in the management process
  • What are the main management tasks required of marketing managers

  • Pitching to journalists
  • Interpersonal skills in traditional and digital PR
  • Etiquette of media relation
  • Planning media campaigns
  • Managing editors

  • Identification of stakeholders to liase with
  • Customer communication
  • Supplier relations
  • Socio cultural PR
  • Environmental PR
  • Government Relations

(SAQA ID 10147 NQF 5, 14 credits)

  • Project management and supervision practices
  • Project team during the project initiating phase
  • Project planning
  • Project execution
  • Project monitoring and controlling phase

(SAQA ID 10064 NQF Level 5, 8 Credits)

  • Marketing communications concepts
  • Marketing communications channels
  • Lateral thinking in marketing
  • High and low thinking marketing strategies

  • Effective management and management principles
  • How to manage a team
  • How to grow your brand
  • How to build relationships with the media.

  • Learn to apply project management skills and supervisory practices within an advertising or marketing work environment.

  • Structure of an advertising agency/design company
  • Workflow within an advertising agency/design company
  • Relationship between advertising agency/design company and suppliers

Pricing

50% upfront discount for students funding the course privately

PAYMENT PLAN
R10450total payment
  • Deposit R3200
  • R2417 (3 months)

DEBIT ORDER
R10450total payment
  • Deposit R2900
  • R1258 (6 months)

50% upfront discount for students funding the course privately

Accreditation

MICT SETA

The CPD Certification Service

Member of the IAB SA

How to Study

The Entrepreneurship Course is delivered on a cutting-edge online learning platform. It is designed to give you theoretical and practical knowledge and experience in digital marketing.

Digital school of marketing has adopted a personalised approach to your learning experience – this allows you to start when you are ready, study at your own pace whilst enjoying the benefit of our full-time student support.

This is how you will study Entrepreneurship course:

  • Slides with digital marketing information pertaining to each module and subject
  • Infographics designed specifically learning outcomes
  • Videos designed specifically for the learning programme
  • Downloadable eBooks of every lesson
  • Earn while you learn certificates – after successful completion of each module you will be awarded a certificate
  • Formative assessments, multiple choice questions and summative assessments

As a student you receive:

  • Login details for the course
  • Student Support throughout
  • Certificates for each successfully completed module (Digital copies)
  • a final certificate for the course (Hard copy and Digital copy)

What makes us different?

We have long been established in the Digital Marketing and design industry

We are SETA registered

We are BEE compliant

Courses are internationally transferable

Massive video library making your understanding of these applications a breeze

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    Frequently Asked Questions

    Yes – the Online Entrepreneurship Course is accredited through MICT SETA, Internationally endorsed by the CPD UK services body. There are two modules which are accredited unit standards in this specific course totalling 23 unit standard credits.

    The other modules are specific to the field of digital marketing and what knowledge you will need to succeed within this vocation.

    On average students take 3-6 months to complete this Entrepreneurship for media Course. However, if you need longer to complete your marketing studies – you will be able to.

    This  course, which gives a thorough grounding in digital strategy, can be started at any time of the year. You may start studying the digital marketing course whenever you are ready.

    The Entrepreneurship for media Course is offered throughout the year. So you can start your digital marketing studies whenever the time is right for you!

    The Digital School of Marketing’s Entrepreneurship for the Media Course is suited for individuals who would like to gain knowledge on how to run any business in the marketing and advertising arena effectively. This course takes business principles and incorporates them with various marketing modules to create a holistic approach to start your own business.

    The shift of how consumers find products has changed significantly in the age of digital marketing.

    The ability for organisations to thrive in new marketplaces depends on how well versed their staff are in their digital marketing skills.

    It is therefore imperative that all organisations big and small upskill their staff in digital marketing to capitalize on this growing trend. – If you would like a quote for your company for the Entrepreneurship for media Course please get in touch and we will gladly prepare one for you.

    No study pack will be received. All course information is available online.

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