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Digital Transformation in Marketing

Course
2 weeks
Online
Organizations have been working for over ten years on digital transformation, but how exactly can this be successfully achieved? Implementing artificial intelligence, machine learning, and marketing automation requires heavy investment in data infrastructure as well as creation of the culture and know-how that empowers marketers to successfully implement data-driven decision making. In this course, you will navigate this complex journey. As you progress through the course, you will perform a digital transformation assessment of your organization's current marketing activities. You will explore some of the successes marketers have accomplished in leading organizations and use these insights to design specific strategies to take your organization's digital transformation to the next level, in terms of both the data and the people involved. You will gain a working knowledge of artificial intelligence and machine learning from a marketing perspective and use your new skills to determine optimal ways to supercharge your marketing activities. In addition, you will identify some of the threats to digitization and determine how your organization can plan to mitigate these threats as well as strategize to keep up with rapidly changing data and technologies.
$1,199

Key Performance Indicators for Marketing

Course
2 weeks
Online
In this course, you will explore what marketing entails, the mindset needed for success, and the importance of customer relationships. You will examine the concept of customer lifetime value (CLV) and gain practice calculating CLV and related metrics. You will also be introduced to a marketing framework that provides an approach to product design and marketing to apply in the workplace. Finally, you will apply your knowledge to develop a Go-To-Market Plan, building the skills needed to implement essential marketing concepts.
$999

Behavioral Science for Branding

Course
2 weeks
Online
You've likely wondered whether your brand connects effectively with your customers. You may also be aware of the power that a brand has to shape what people think about a product or a company. In this course, you will explore strategies for how to use the three key drivers of human behavior — attention, coherence, and emotion — to shape your brand strategy. You'll then examine how several organizations used these key drivers to shape their brand messaging. You'll also discover how people evaluate brands the same way they evaluate people. Finally, you'll access a toolkit to help you develop a brand strategy. You are required to have completed the following courses or have equivalent experience before taking this course: Introduction to Behavioral Science Drivers of Consumer Behavior: Attention, Emotion, Coherence
$999

Using Behavioral Science to Influence Customer Behavior Online

Course
2 weeks
Online
An online store is a necessity for almost every business. You also want a physical store that attracts customers. Yet even if you offer the same thing online that you sell in a brick-and-mortar store, you need a different approach for your online store. In this course, you will explore two frameworks to help you make the most of your online store. The first framework offers recommendations for bringing more people to your website then turning those visitors into customers. The second framework explores how to use the three key drivers of human behavior — attention, emotion, and coherence — to improve your online store. By the end of this course, you will have an improved understanding of the behaviors driving the metrics that your teams track to better engage customers online. You are required to have completed the following courses or have equivalent experience before taking this course: Introduction to Behavioral Science Drivers of Consumer Behavior: Attention, Emotion, Coherence
$999

Leveraging Customers for Growth

Course
2 weeks
Online
The increasing availability and granularity of customer data in the modern age has forced a shift in focus toward customers as the most critical unit of analysis in business strategy. While this makes sense, as customers are the true source of revenue for any business, it requires that a number of additional factors are quantified, managed, and leveraged effectively for that strategic shift to be successful. In this course, you will explore customer lifetime value (CLV) as an objective metric with which customers can be managed more effectively, evaluating the ways in which it can be quantified and improved. You will go from learning what a customer is and performing the calculations necessary to quantify their value from an organization's perspective to determining how the various levers contributing to that value can be managed for a real-world business in the course project. Along the way, you will review some of the challenges and limitations of this approach, finding ways to facilitate the management and allocation of resources such that business success can be achieved.
$999

Creative Writing Techniques in Nonfiction

Course
2 weeks
Online
There are many ways to use creative writing in the nonfiction space. Each style helps writers meet different goals — whether it's informing, persuading, engaging, or inspiring — making the ability to choose and adapt styles crucial for effective communication. This course provides an overview of creative nonfiction and its elements, identifying the various forms and building techniques to understand their potential uses. You will explore the core of nonfiction content and its different categories then develop creative approaches to the structural elements of nonfiction. By practicing and refining essential skills, you will discover new ways to create engaging nonfiction pieces.
$999

Developing the Story and Idea

Course
2 weeks
Online
Strong writing skills are essential for crafting impactful stories and communicating ideas effectively. This course will equip you with strategies to enhance your writing skills and improve the productivity of your writing endeavors. Through workshopping, you'll discover ways to refine your writing practices with the help of a supportive community. You'll delve into script and literary analysis and experiment with form and format to improve clarity and effectiveness. Finally, you'll explore the art of crafting compelling narratives, techniques for generating ideas, and approaches for developing story elements.
$999

Strategic Media Relations for Public Leaders

Course
2 weeks
Online
In today's media environment, where platforms multiply and journalism models constantly shift, success hinges on building authentic relationships with your “Most Valuable Press” people, or MVPs. These key media influencers can amplify your message, but you first need to know how to connect with them effectively. In this course, you will build meaningful connections with your MVPs by understanding what drives them, what they need, and how they work. Leveraging this information, you'll craft compelling media pitches that align with your MVPs' preferred topics, styles, and formats. Finally, assuming that the MVPs have picked up your pitch, you'll curate an interview briefing that delivers your message and meets your MVPs' needs. This course also features an exclusive interview only for eCornell learners with MaryAlice Parks, a former White House Correspondent at ABC News, who shares insider perspectives on what makes stories compelling for network television and how to build lasting relationships with producers.
$999

Social Media Strategy

Course
2 weeks
Online
In order to be successful with your social media marketing, you must first understand how and why to structure a social media strategy to guide campaign execution. In this course, you will explore social media marketing platforms, publishers, tools, agencies, and the foundational elements of running a successful social media campaign. You will also examine what social media marketing is and how it is part of a brand-driven integrated marketing communications strategy. As the course progresses, you will evaluate the main social platforms used for digital marketing and practice aligning these platforms with your marketing goals and campaign strategy. You will also examine how marketers incorporate effective social media content generated by the brand, influencers, or users. Lastly, you will assess the role of social media agencies to help you decide if and when to outsource your campaigns.
$999

Data Privacy in Marketing

Course
2 weeks
Online
In this course, you will explore your organization's current data privacy approach and assess how vulnerable your customers' personal identification data is to data breaches. First, you will explore various categories of data breaches, both intentional and unintentional. You will then determine the privacy risk for your customer data by classifying each data element's identifiability and sensitivity. Next, you will explore the Organization Data Privacy Journey model and assess where your firm is in that journey. By the end of this course, you will have drawn the connection between data privacy and risk through the exploration of customer relationship management and digital advertising use cases.
$1,199

Brand Strategy

Course
2 weeks
Online
In this course, you will focus on how to optimize a brand's strategy approach to the market. By identifying opportunities and threats to a brand using Porter's Five Forces model, you will analyze how you can strengthen a brand's position. You will then take this analysis a step further with “Z-SWOT”, where you will identify the brand's opportunities and threats in relation to its strengths and weaknesses. You will then create an action plan where you will prioritize strategies that can enable the brand performance to be maximized. By the end of this course, you will have clear strategies on how a brand can best capitalize on its position in the market.
$999

Brand Purpose

Course
2 weeks
Online
In this course, you will evaluate your brand and define actions you can take to enhance your brand's performance. You will start by exploring the elements that make some brands great, why some brands garner premium consideration, and, as appropriate, how to improve a brand. You will work to create a great brand purpose and learn how to monitor the market to support the longevity of your brand by analyzing the impact of trends on your brand. You will also assess and strengthen your brand's mission, vision, and values. By the end of this course, you will have a strong vision, mission, a list of values for your brand and strategies to propel your brand forward.
$999

Crisis Communication Planning

Course
2 weeks
Online
A crisis can have a tremendous impact on the people involved and on an organization's performance and reputation, so it's important to communicate effectively in order to minimize negative consequences. Preparing for a crisis through the creation and ongoing analysis of a crisis communication plan can help minimize negative reactions and fallout. In this course, you will define crisis, paracrisis, and the goals of crisis communication. You will share your own experiences and practice identifying potential crises, creating a crisis communication plan, choosing a crisis communication team, and evaluating the plan. A key component of preparing for a crisis is crafting messages for internal and external stakeholders. Messages must be quick, consistent, and open, and preparing initial statements ahead of time will help leaders and spokespersons communicate effectively during a crisis. You will examine the content of effective initial statements with the opportunity to review real-life examples, evaluating them for quality and success. You will practice addressing difficult questions and criticisms, exploring acceptable and graceful responses. Once the crisis is over, it's important to review what worked well, what didn't, and to update the crisis communication plan for next time. Reflecting on a real life example, you will evaluate the response to the crisis and the crisis communication plan itself.
$1,199

Communication Planning for Change

Course
2 weeks
Online
The ability to effectively communicate about change in an organization is essential for success. Change is inevitable and people will be affected by it to varying degrees — even by positive change — so it's important to be able to communicate clearly. In this course, you will explore the different ways change can impact people, how communication can alleviate negative reactions, and how to work with resistance to change. You will be introduced to formal communication plans, identifying the kinds of change that require documented plans and establishing the appropriate internal and external audiences that must be considered. You will then define the communication objectives for each audience, identifying their needs and discovering that each audience is distinct and may need different information at different times. Lastly, you will examine message strategy and timing, determining the content of the message, the forms of media that should be used for delivery, when to communicate with each audience, who the messenger will be, and the types of reactions to expect so that negative reactions can be effectively addressed and positive reactions can be encouraged.
$1,199

Pricing Strategy

Course
2 weeks
Online
The right pricing strategy can make or break a business — yet pricing impacts can be difficult to fully measure and understand. In this course, you will analyze pricing data, evaluate key factors relevant to pricing effectiveness, and use your insights to optimize product prices. You will have the opportunity to apply a variety of popular pricing formulas and determine the business impact of the resulting price changes. Ultimately, the skills developed in this course will allow you to make pricing decisions that will maximize profits for each product or service in your organization. It is recommended that students be comfortable using Microsoft Excel before beginning this course.
$999

Digital Asset Management

Course
2 weeks
Online
In this course, you will select and use an image management system to organize, edit, and share your photographs. You will import existing photos, choose appropriate digital information, add keywords and tags, and organize them for an efficient workflow. Then you will edit your photos through manipulating brightness, sharpness, light, color, and other adjustments, to continually refine your image to meet your purpose and ensure your vision comes to life. Finally you will identify the most appropriate way to share photos for your intended audience and do so. By the end of this course, you will complete a professional workflow that allows you to effectively take your photos, edit them, and share them. Expect to spend 6-10 hours to complete this course. You are required to have completed the following courses or have equivalent experience before taking this course: Photography Fundamentals Camera Selection and Mechanics
$999

Photography Fundamentals

Course
2 weeks
Online
Professional photographers, amateur photographers, and hobbyists all share a goal: to create the best photographs possible. In this course you will learn what makes a photo “good.” You will discover how to determine your purpose in creating a photo. You will then go out into the field to capture your own set of photos. Throughout the course you will refine your photographic eye through practice and critique of your work and the work of others. Using the fundamentals of photography, you will go back in the field to retake and improve your best images. By the end of this course you will have developed the ability to visualize the world as a photographer and use the fundamentals to improve your confidence in taking pictures. Expect to spend 6-10 hours to complete this course.
$999

Understanding the Digital Marketing Landscape and the Customer Funnel

Course
2 weeks
Online
Given all the players, platforms and opportunities associated with digital marketing, it can seem overwhelming. Don't let that stop you! This course provides a clear overview of the digital marketing world. Discover how players such as ad networks, demand-side platforms and data management platforms interact with advertisers, agencies and publishers. Then learn how to use time-proven frameworks to assess your customers' needs and identify your primary marketing objectives. Once you've put that all together, you'll learn how to evaluate the performance of digital marketing campaigns.
$1,199

The AI-Ready Marketing Organization

Course
3 weeks
Online
As a marketing professional, you are increasingly expected to understand how data and AI influence decisions, performance, and customer experiences. AI now shapes everything from targeting and personalization to experimentation and execution, making it critical to understand how these tools fit into everyday marketing practice, even if you're not building them yourself. In this course, you will explore how organizations move from fragmented data to integrated, AI‑enabled marketing systems. You'll learn core concepts in data readiness, analytics, experimentation, automation, and responsible AI use, including emerging applications such as generative and agentic AI. These concepts can be directly applied to answer engine optimization (AEO) and generative engine optimization (GEO), two rapidly evolving approaches that are reshaping how brands appear, compete, and build visibility in AI-driven search experiences. By the end of the course, you will be able to assess analytics and AI opportunities, apply practical frameworks to real‑world marketing challenges, and communicate insights across teams. You'll be prepared to support data‑driven marketing and decision making without the need for additional materials, software, or specialized tools.
$1,350

Strategic PR Planning

Course
2 weeks
Online
All enterprises are governed by numbers; most managers and clients use data every day. Public relations propels those numbers, making PR a business necessity rather than a nice-to-have enhancement. Communications professionals must therefore frame discussions around PR using business metrics developed through evidence-based plans, measurable evaluations, and calculated ROI. Students in this course will examine how "strategic PR" is all about crafting a precise plan to use public relations to achieve organizational goals. In this course, you will learn that to be successful, you need to map out where your organization is headed in terms of business goals, how PR is going to help you get there, and who your audience is for your PR efforts. You will follow a recommended eight-step plan for building a communications strategy consisting of clearly articulated steps for creating an evidence-based approach to public relations that can help impact your organization's bottom line. By the end of this course, you will be able to devise, measure, and evaluate your PR strategy.
$1,199

Hiring and Managing PR Agencies

Course
2 weeks
Online
You always need public relations for one critical reason: PR drives sales. But do you have to hire an external PR agency? Can you afford it? How do you choose one? How do you compare requests for proposals from different agencies? And once you've hired an agency, how can you get the greatest value for your spend? This course is designed to give people who are current or potential clients of external PR firms the skills they need to optimize their PR efforts. In this course, you will identify best practices for determining whether to use external resources, for vetting potential agencies, and for hiring and managing those agencies. As the client, you will always have a finite marketing budget, but you can use best practices to yield the greatest value from the portion of it that you're spending with an agency. You will discover a simple calculation to determine whether you can afford a PR firm now; and if you can't afford one now, you will identify concrete steps you can take towards that goal. Through this course, you will determine how to best leverage a PR agency.
$1,199

Essentials of Marketing Strategy

Course
2 weeks
Online
In this course, you will learn about the role marketing plays within an organization, some ethical questions that surround marketing practices, the impact that a strategic approach can have on marketing within your organization, and the components of a well-defined marketing strategy and overall business strategy. In defining how the organization will successfully engage customers, prospects and competitors in the market arena, you will discover how to think strategically about the market you're in, why you're in that market, and what you're trying to accomplish in that market. You'll also gain a strategic view of your organization's brand.
$999

Communicating with the Media

Course
2 weeks
Online
You don't need to be the world's most polished public speaker in order to be successful at conducting media interviews on behalf of an organization. All you need to do is approach the task by planning, preparing, and practicing. In this course, you will examine strategies for engaging the media with confidence, comfort, and control while promoting your story. You will investigate key strategies for crafting effective messages that preserve your purpose and prevent manipulation of intent. You will examine ways to optimize any media interview and use it as an opportunity to tell your story. By the end of this course, you will not only be able to hold your own in an interview, but also remain calm and collected when challenging situations arise.
$1,199

Market Research and Analysis

Course
2 weeks
Online
Marketing professionals rely on clearly defined goals to determine the course of action when placing a product in the market. Leveraging research to learn more about your target audience is the focus of this course. In it, you will learn how to be an intelligent consumer of information when it comes to market research and analysis so you can become a more effective decision-maker. You will first look at market research, including the purpose and goals of research; how to balance the ideal with reality in doing research; and how to apply the six stages of research to a marketing situation. You will then examine different ways to analyze the data acquired through market research. Using formulas to determine how cannibalization affects the profitability of new products and the value of a long-term customer, you will perform a basic sensitivity analysis to assess the robustness of your results. You are required to have completed the following course or have equivalent experience before taking this course: Essentials of Marketing Strategy
$999

Storytelling Across Media

Course
2 weeks
Online
How can you convey one message but to different stakeholders? The challenge is that what appeals to a lawyer, for example, might not be relevant to a nurse. The key to this often-perplexing roadblock is strategic storytelling through transmedia. This practice uses strategic storytelling to convey your message to stakeholders across various forms of media, both print and digital. In this course, you will gain a clear definition and examples of both strategic storytelling and transmedia knowledge. You will walk through various professional campaigns to explore the process and identify each piece of strategic storytelling. Throughout the course, you will put into practice the techniques and principles of both of these modalities in order to help you better reach your stakeholders, whomever they may be. By the end of this course, you will have a solid foundation to move forward with transmediating your knowledge to reach new stakeholders and make an impact.
$999

Writing Concise Copy

Course
2 weeks
Online
Writing concise copy is a crucial skill for any professional looking to communicate complex ideas to an internal or external audience. This course provides you with important insights about how to write concisely for various professional applications, including effective issue and topic summaries, policy briefs, and memos. You will investigate how to incorporate and summarize complex content as well as how to establish an effective writing format, style, and tone for a given writing product. Finally, you will convert complex or technical content into a concise copy that is understandable for a non-expert audience. By the end of this course, you will be able to craft accessible, information-based copy describing or defining an issue, event, or activity.
$999

Principles of Digital Storytelling

Course
2 weeks
Online
A compelling story is the heart of any brand messaging that an organization strives to deliver. Whether you want to inspire, motivate, or gain the trust of your stakeholders, the story you share as part of your brand narrative is the most effective way to do it. In this course, you will explore the principles of digital storytelling and how you can apply them. This course guides you through the elements of a successful brand narrative, examining the advantages of different digital platforms, such as podcasts and videos, and how they can impact the success of your brand narrative. You will also discover ways to overcome writer's block, a common hurdle for many people. The skills you develop in this course will help you shape, refine, and communicate the story within your or your organization's brand narrative.
$999

Introduction to Behavioral Science

Course
2 weeks
Online
In the last few decades, scientists have unearthed new insights about how the human mind works. Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman popularized the dual-process model of human decision-making, which suggests that our everyday decisions are guided by two systems: a fast and frugal System 1 and a slow and accurate System 2. Yet marketing managers and market researchers have not fully incorporated these powerful insights into their practice. Many of them still rely on traditional research methods, such as focus groups and surveys. In this course, you will explore how marketing managers and market researchers can benefit from adopting the dual-process model of human decision-making. You will examine when traditional research is appropriate and when other strategies, such as reviewing behavioral data and conducting experiments, are better suited to your needs. You will delve into the psychology of how and why consumers make decisions, particularly when it comes to purchasing behaviors.
$999

Grow Your Marketing Expertise

Cornell University’s selection of Marketing programs, including 20+ certificates, combines strategic marketing expertise with practical digital and brand application through expert-led instruction and collaborative cohorts. Participants gain hands-on experience through applied projects, peer learning, and personalized feedback from marketing industry experts.

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Program TypeEducational GoalCourse FormatOfferedCourse StructureDurationTotal HoursWeekly Commitment
Certificates
Comprehensive expertise in a subject area for professional transformation and workplace impactOnline cohort-based (<35 students) with expert facilitator hosting live sessionsRecurring start datesMost certificates include 4 to 8 individual courses with multiple start and end dates to select from; 360 Certificates offer over 20+ individual courses including core courses and electives2 to 6 months depending on individual course requirements40 to 100 hours3 to 8 hours per week for the duration of the certificate
Courses
In-depth exploration of a topic within a short amount of time, delivering powerful insights and practical skillsOnline cohort-based (<35 students) with expert facilitator hosting live sessionsRecurring start datesOne standalone course with multiple start and end dates to select from2 to 4 weeks depending on individual course requirements10 to 25 hours3 to 8 hours per week for the duration of the certificate
Workshops
Rapid development of specific, actionable skills and strategies to be immediately applied at workLive, online, and Cornell faculty-led with an interactive cohortSpecific dates and timesOne 3-hour short-form live program with specific dates and times; multiple Workshops offered monthly3 hours3 hoursActive participation during the Workshop only
Degrees
Academic credentials requiring formal admissions, prerequisites, and multi-year commitmentOnline cohort-based and on campus in Ithaca, NYSpecific start dates once a year, often in January or AugustA series of 2- to 15-week asynchronous online courses designed by Cornell faculty with weekly live virtual sessions, with between one and three week-long residency sessions on campus in Ithaca, NY15- to 24-month part-time program for working professionalsVary by degree15 to 20 hours per week during each online course; full-time on campus during each week-long residency

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