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Marketing and Sales Strategies for Entrepreneurial Business

MGMT X 497.612

For entrepreneurs or small business owners, gain the skills needed to successfully market your business, and improve your bottom line.

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Fall
Winter
Spring
Online
In Person
Starting at $855.00
As few as 11 weeks
4.0

What you can learn.

  • Gain practical ideas and applications of marketing, advertising, and sales promotion techniques
  • Practice planning, budgeting, and company positioning for marketing and sales campaigns
  • Learn to motivate sales representatives and dealer/distribution organizations
  • Conduct market research, and determine the right advertising medium for your audience

About this course:

This course provides practical ideas and applications of marketing, advertising, and sales promotion techniques for managers, owners, and marketing personnel of small- to medium-size businesses. Topics include marketing, planning, and budgeting; company positioning; networking; personal selling; improving the company image; public relations and product/service publicity; designing and creating advertising and brochures; selecting, organizing, and motivating sales representatives and dealer/distribution organizations; marketing on the Internet; market research; and selecting and using the right advertising medium.

Winter 2025 Schedule

Date & Time
Details
Format
 
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This section has no set meeting times.
Available
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Instructor: Brandon Shamim
400321
Fee:
$855.00
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Notes

Enrollment limited; early enrollment advised. Internet access required.

Refund Deadline
No refunds after January 10, 2025
Course Requirements
Book: Marketing by Dhruv Grewal and Michael Levy
Internet access required to retrieve course materials.

Spring 2025 Schedule

Date & Time
Details
Format
 
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Tuesday 6:30PM - 9:30PM PT
Future Offering (Opens February 03, 2025 12:00:00 AM)
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Instructor: Maria Guevara
401884
Fee:
$855.00
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Location: Remote Classroom , UCLA
Notes

Enrollment limited; early enrollment advised. Internet access required. 

Refund Deadline
No refunds after April 13, 2025
Course Requirements
(Optional)
Schedule
Type
Date
Time
Location
Lecture
Tue Apr 1, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA
Haines Hall 122
Lecture
Tue Apr 8, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA
Haines Hall 122
Lecture
Tue Apr 15, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Tue Apr 22, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA
Haines Hall 122
Lecture
Tue Apr 29, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA
Haines Hall 122
Lecture
Tue May 6, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Tue May 13, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA
Haines Hall 122
Lecture
Tue May 20, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Tue May 27, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Tue Jun 3, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA
Haines Hall 122
Lecture
Tue Jun 10, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA
Haines Hall 122

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