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Buyer Behaviour and Analysis 

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Buyer Behaviour and Analysis
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Overview

Learn how to analyse and apply consumer and buyer behaviour fundamentals to develop an effective marketing campaign

Duration

12 weeks

Start from

25th Mar'25

Total fee

17,233

Mode of learning

Online

Schedule type

Self paced

Difficulty level

Intermediate

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Credential

Certificate

Buyer Behaviour and Analysis
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Highlights

  • Earn a certificate after completion of course from University of Pennsylvania
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Buyer Behaviour and Analysis
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Course details

What are the course deliverables?

Apply analytical tools to determine how culture, personality and lifestyle affect the behaviour of consumers and self

Analyse how consumer attitudes are formed, and consumer opinions change in order to better understand your own and other's personal consumption experiences

Evaluate how different sources of group influences can affect and radically change consumers' consumption

Create specific marketing strategies that focus around what motivates consumers, what captures their attention and what retains their loyalty

More about this course

In this course, you will learn about the role of consumer behaviour within marketing

We will discuss how this behaviour is shaped by the social and cultural environment, as well as a number of psychological factors

You will learn about decision-making processes in consumption behaviour in different buying situations

This will develop your ability to integrate marketing processes at a higher level

 

Buyer Behaviour and Analysis
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Curriculum

Topic 1: Introduction to buyer behavior

Basic consumer behaviour concepts such as consumer needs and wants and market segmentation, as well as a psychological approach to understanding consumer behavior

 

Topic 2: Culture

How cultural diversity and differences influence the way that consumers make decisions

 

Topic 3: Consumer decision making

Individual decision-making processes to understand if consumers make rational decisions, or if there are systematic biases in the ways people make decisions

 

Topic 4: E-commerce buying behavior

How buyers behave in an online environment and identifying online technologies within modern marketing

 

Topic 5: Perception and unconscious thought.

The consumer perception process, sensory marketing, semiotics and subliminal advertising techniques

 

Topic 6: Learning, memory and product positioning

How basic cognitive processes (e.g., attention, learning and memory, self-control, and emotions) shape consumer decision-making

 

Topic 7: Motivation and involvement

The motivational drivers towards behaviour and involvement with the product, the marketing message, and purchase situation

 

Topic 8: Attitude formation and change

The nature of attitudes, attitude development and persuasion techniques

 

Topic 9: Gender stereotypes and social identity

The consumer's self-concept, gender identity, ideals of beauty and body decoration or mutilation

 

Topic 10: Consumer ethics and misbehavior

How consumers' ethical concerns about business practices influence their purchase behaviour

Buyer Behaviour and Analysis
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Admission Process

    Important Dates

    Mar 25 - Jun 17, 2025
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