11 05, 2018

Is University the best place to learn key industry skills in 2018?

By |2018-05-14T11:49:32+10:00May 11th, 2018|Content Marketing, Digital Marketing Career, Digital Marketing Courses, Digital Marketing Strategy, Display Advertising, eCommerce, Email marketing, Inbound Marketing, Marketing Education, Search Engine Marketing|

Sally Browner, General Manager of The Left Bank and Coder Academy shares her thoughts on the recent findings that Universities may not be equipping you with the skills you need for the media and marketing industries.

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An interesting article in Adnews recently outlined how Universities are struggling to equip students with the skills they need to be immediately effective in the marketing and media industries. This is a trend that is being […]

8 09, 2017

Facebook retires uncommon boost post options, Game of Thrones star hosts new Twitter video series and LinkedIn announces new native ad network

By |2017-09-13T11:46:13+10:00September 8th, 2017|Digital Marketing News, Digital Marketing Strategy, Facebook, LinkedIn, Marketing Education, Social Media Marketing|

  1. Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams hosts Converse video series for Twitter.
    Converse will launch a new original video programming series called “Public Access’. Each Ep lasts around 15-20 minutes and the first ep of the series will be hosted by Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams (Arya Stark). Miley Cyrus will also host an upcoming episode with more Eps still in the pipeline. The video series to targeted to the younger […]

24 07, 2017

The Weekly 5 – Core Snapchat change, Google home now in Aus, Shopify streamlines check out and Nordstrom goes digital for latest campaign.

By |2017-07-24T15:16:44+10:00July 24th, 2017|Digital Marketing News, Digital Marketing Strategy, Marketing Education|

  1. Snapchat just released a feature that changes one of its core aspects.

With the rise of short storytelling becoming more and more prevalent across social media, Snapchat released has released a new feature called ‘Multi-snap’ which enables more freedom around the Snapchat 10 second rule.

This new feature is considered a fundamental change of one of the core aspects of the platform and is considered an interesting development considering the battle between Snapchat and […]

26 05, 2017

4 Reasons Why Online Courses Are Here To Stay

By |2018-05-16T13:07:25+10:00May 26th, 2017|Marketing Education, Online Learning|

Online courses are a fast growing phenomena of the 21st century. According to the Babson Survey of Online Learning 2015, one in every four university students is enrolled in an online course. In Australia, IBIS World Trends reveals that online learning is a booming industry, showing an annual growth rate of 8.7%.

So what exactly are online courses and what makes them so popular? An online learning environment provides a virtual classroom for […]

16 05, 2017

Student Spotlight: Leneila Lynne

By |2018-05-15T15:03:31+10:00May 16th, 2017|Digital Marketing Career, Marketing Career Australia, Marketing Education, Online Learning, Social Media Marketing|

Name:

Leneila Lynne

Q: What city do you live in?

Melbourne

Q: What subject are you up to?

Subject 5 – Paid Advertising, of the Diploma in Business

Q: What was your motivation for doing this course?

Before I became a mother, I was a freelance Personal Trainer. I always loved working on my social media and trying to market the business with new ideas, creating a logo and content for the platforms. After giving birth to my 2 lil […]

24 02, 2017

Student Spotlight: Jen Neville

By |2018-02-21T13:47:26+10:00February 24th, 2017|Digital Marketing Career, Marketing Career Australia, Marketing Education, Online Learning, Social Media Marketing|

Name:

Jen Neville

Q: What city do you live in?

Sydney

Q: What subject are you up to?

Subject 3 – Social Media Management

Q: What was your motivation for doing this course?

Having been in a Marketing role during the late 90’s then leaving the work force to have my family and be a stay at home mum for 12 years I found my Marketing skills completely out of date. Returning to a role in Marketing was going to […]

10 12, 2015

Not-So-Obvious Benefits of Studying Online

By |2018-05-16T13:22:44+10:00December 10th, 2015|Marketing Career Australia, Marketing Education, Online Learning|

Just a decade ago many people chose to study remotely because distance precluded them from attending physically. A decade before that, studying outside of a classroom was only possible if schooling at home was available. That is, if you were a 10 year old. In other words, traditional education took place within the walls of a school, college or university placing students in one room with other fellow students.

A lot has changed since…

The […]

19 11, 2015

5 Easy Steps to Online Learning Success

By |2018-05-16T13:25:36+10:00November 19th, 2015|Digital Marketing Courses, Marketing Education, Online Learning|

Online learning is becoming more and more popular and school, colleges and universities are offering new online courses, however a lot of people still have trouble getting the most out of this modern way of studying.

We have taken time to survey our successful online students to find what makes the difference, how are the students approaching their online study in a way that gives them more success over […]

29 09, 2015

Teaching Digital Marketing In The Context of Business – The Left Bank Digital Business School Introduces [Interview]

By |2018-05-16T13:28:00+10:00September 29th, 2015|Digital Marketing Career, Digital Marketing Courses, Marketing Career Australia, Marketing Education|

Interview with Mark Ashbridge – General Manager, The Left Bank

We caught up with The Left Banks’ General Manager, Mark Ashbridge and talked to him about why the Left Bank digital marketing business school was established, what idea was behind launching the nationally recognised Diploma of Business course and why people should consider studying at The Left Bank.

Q: So Mark tell me, what is The Left Bank?

The Left Bank is a digital business […]

9 09, 2015

Lynda.com educational videos arrived to The Left Bank online courses

By |2018-05-16T13:30:45+10:00September 9th, 2015|Digital Marketing Courses, Marketing Education|

As part of our growing commitment to providing the best student experience in digital business education The Left Bank is pleased to announce the arrival of lynda.com for all of our students. Lynda is an online education company offering thousands of video courses in software, creative and business skills and we have curated a number of videos into the course that will help our students to understand […]