Google Online Marketing Challenge (GOMC).

We thought that you might be interested in hearing about our global academic student competition, the Google Online Marketing Challenge (GOMC). The challenge is free, and open to student teams of three to six members, regardless of their major.

What it is about The online advertising industry is growing rapidly and supports millions of jobs globally. The Google Online Marketing Challenge is a free and exciting opportunity for student teams to gain experience and create real online marketing campaigns using Google AdWords and Google+. Over 50,000 students and professors from almost 100 countries have participated in the past 5 years.

How it works With a $250 budget provided by Google, student teams of three to six members develop and run an online advertising campaign for a business or non-profit organization over a three-week period. Students can also compete for the Google+ Social Media Marketing Award by maintaining a Google+ Page for their clients over a six-week period.

Faculty commitment The only requirement for faculty members is to register themselves and verify their student teams. If you’d like to get more involved, we’ve prepared a Digital Marketing Course (DMC) that could be used to develop content for a lecture, or simply as a resource to you and your students. Modules contain YouTube videos, webinars, case studies, e-learnings and supporting resources to diversify and simplify the learning process.

Register now!

Professor Registration is open until May 3, 2013. Visit the registration form to get started. For fastest processing, put my name, Sonia Aswani, into the last field on the form. Add the GOMC Google+ page to your circles to learn more, join hangouts with Googlers and past participants and stay up to date. Encourage your students to form teams of three to six members each. Ask students to sign up and verify their registration.

2013 key dates Professor Registration: January 14 - May 3, 2013 Student Registration: February 12 - May 10, 2013 AdWords and Google+ Campaign Window: February 12 - June 14, 2013 Deadline for Uploading Reports: June 14, 2013 All Awards Winners Announcement: August 2013

We hope you’ll consider participating in the 2013 Challenge! Take a look at our resources on the GOMC website, our G+ page and the Discover GOMC section. If you have any additional questions, please reach out.