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Online Marketing and Advertising Degrees: Our recommended online Advertising & Marketing Degrees and programs allow you to earn your choice of associate, bachelor’s, or master’s degrees in Marketing from accredited colleges and universities. Courses include advertising, applied marketing, business marketing and planning, marketing management, corporate advertising, Internet marketing, graphic design, jingle writing, and radio and television commercials.
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Degrees and Programs

The following featured schools have accredited online marketing degrees.

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About Online Marketing Degrees
The objective of any business firm is to market and sell its products or service profitably. In small firms, the owner or chief executive officer might assume all advertising, promotions, marketing, sales and public relations responsibilities. In large firms, which may offer numerous products and services nationally or even worldwide, an executive vice president directs overall marketing, sales, and public relations policies. Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers coordinate the market research, marketing strategy, sales, advertising, promotion, pricing, product development, and public relations activities.

Managers oversee advertising and promotion staffs, which are usually small, except in the largest firms. In a small firm, managers may serve as a liaison between the firm and the advertising or promotion agencies to which many advertising or promotional functions are contracted. In larger firms, advertising managers oversee in-house account, creative, and media services departments. The account executive manages the account services department, assesses the need for advertising, and maintains client accounts through advertising agencies. The creative services department develops the subject matter and presentation of advertising. The creative director oversees the copy chief, art director and their respective staffs. The media director oversees planning groups that select the communication media; for example, radio, television, newspapers, magazines, Internet or outdoor signs to disseminate the advertising.

Promotion managers supervise staffs of promotion specialists. They direct promotion programs, combining advertising with purchase incentives to increase sales. All of this done in an effort to establish closer contact with purchasers, dealers, distributors, or consumers, promotion programs may involve direct mail, telemarketing, television or radio advertising, catalogs, exhibits, inserts in newspapers, Internet advertisements, store displays, product endorsements and special events. Purchase incentives may include discounts, samples, gifts, rebates, coupons, sweepstakes, and contests.

Promotion managers supervise staffs of promotion specialists. They direct promotion programs combining advertising with purchase incentives to increase sales. In an effort to establish closer contact with purchasers, dealers, distributors, or consumers, promotion programs may also involve direct mail, telemarketing, television or radio advertising, catalogs, exhibits, inserts in newspapers, Internet advertisements, in store displays, product endorsements and special events. Purchase incentives may include discounts, samples, gifts, rebates, coupons, sweepstakes, and contests.

Marketing managers develop the firm's detailed marketing strategy. With the help of subordinates, including product development managers and market research managers, they determine the demand for products and services offered by the firm and its competitors. In addition, they identify potential markets -- for example, business firms, wholesalers, retailers, the government, or the general public. Marketing managers develop pricing strategy with an eye towards maximizing the firm's share of the market and its profits while ensuring that the firm's customers are satisfied. In collaboration with sales, product development, and other managers, they monitor trends that indicate the need for new products and services and oversee product development. Marketing managers work with advertising and promotion managers to promote the firm's products and services and to attract potential users.

Public relations managers supervise public relations specialists. These managers direct publicity programs targeting a segment of the public. They often specialize in a particular area, such as crisis management, or in a specific industry such as healthcare. They use every available communication medium in their effort to maintain the support of the specific group upon which their organization's success depends, such as consumers, stockholders, or the general public. For example, public relations managers may clarify or justify the firm's point of view on health care or environmental issues to community or special interest groups.

Public relations managers also evaluate advertising and promotion programs for compatibility with public relations efforts and serve as the eyes and ears of top management. They observe social, economic, and political trends that might ultimately affect the firm; and they make recommendations, based on those trends, to enhance the firm's image.

Public relations managers may confer with labor relations managers to produce internal company communications, such as newsletters about employee-management relations, and with financial managers to produce company reports. They assist company executives in drafting speeches, arranging interviews, and maintaining other forms of public contact; oversee company archives, and respond to information requests. In addition, they may handle special events such as sponsorship of races, parties introducing new products, or other activities the firm supports in order to gain public attention through the press without direct advertising.

Sales managers direct the firm's sales program. They assign sales territories, set goals and establish training programs for the sales representatives. Managers advise sales representatives on ways to improve their sales performance. In large, multi-product firms oversee regional and local sales managers and their staffs. Sales managers maintain contact with dealers and distributors. They analyze sales statistics gathered by their staffs to determine sales potential and inventory requirements and to monitor the preferences of customers. Such information is vital to the process of developing products and maximizing profits.

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MBA - Marketing
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Graduate Marketing Certificate (Bachelor's degree Required)
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Bachelor - Fashion Marketing and Design
Argosy University
Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.) in Marketing
Ashford University
BA/Organizational Management - Marketing
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Marketing MBA
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AAS in Fashion Marketing and Management
Boston University Online
Master of Science in International Marketing Management (MSIMM)
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Business Administration: Marketing
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Associate of Applied Science In Marketing
Capella University Online
MBA - Marketing
Central Pennsylvania College
Business Administration-Marketing
Colorado Technical University
AAS in Business Administration Concentration in Marketing and Sales
Colorado Technical University Online
BSBA - Marketing
Florida Career College
Diploma - Professional Sales & Customer Service
Florida Tech University Online - Undergraduate
BA in Business Admin With a Spcl in Marketing
Full Sail University
Bachelor of Science in Internet Marketing
Globe University
Sales and Marketing
Harrison College
Business Marketing
ICS Canada
Market Researcher
International Academy of Design & Technology Online
BFA - Advertising and Design
Jones International University
BABC in Sales and Marketing
Kaplan University Online
MBA/Marketing
Keiser University eCampus
Business Administration Marketing
Miami Jacobs Career College
AAS - Management and Marketing
Minnesota School of Business
Sales and Marketing
National American University
Business Administration Emphasis in Marketing, B.S.
New England College
MS in Marketing Management
Northeastern University
Marketing
Penn Foster Career School International
Marketing
Penn Foster College
Marketing
Pinnacle Career Institute
Business Administration - Interactive Marketing
Pioneer Pacific College
Business - Marketing Emphasis
Rasmussen College
Business Mgmt Associates - Marketing and Sales
Regis University
BS in Marketing
Southwest Florida College
Management & Marketing
Stratford Career Institute
Administrative/Secretarial
Strayer University
Associate in Arts in Marketing
Strayer University Online
AA-Marketing
Sullivan University
Marketing & Sales Management-AS
Tri-State Business Institute
Business Administration/Marketing and Management
Tulane University
Business Essentials I
University of San Francisco
Master Certificate in Internet Marketing
Walden University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Business Administration - Marketing
Western Governors University
B.S. in Marketing Management
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