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Advertising Courses

Advertising courses can help you learn campaign strategy, audience targeting, creative development, and media planning. You can build skills in copywriting, brand management, and analytics to measure campaign effectiveness. Many courses introduce tools like Google Ads, social media platforms, and analytics software, showing how these resources can enhance your advertising efforts and optimize outreach.


Popular Advertising Courses and Certifications


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    IE Business School

    Positioning: What you need for a successful Marketing Strategy

    Skills you'll gain: Product Marketing, Value Propositions, Target Market, Marketing, Product Strategy, Market Analysis, Marketing Strategy and Techniques, Market Trend, Competitive Analysis, Consumer Behaviour

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    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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    977 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Create a Targeted Ad With Facebook Audience Insights

    Skills you'll gain: Target Audience, Facebook, Advertising, Online Advertising, Social Media Campaigns, Paid media, Marketing, Social Media, Customer Data Management, Digital Marketing

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    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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    57 reviews

    Advanced · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    University of Virginia

    Marketing Analytics

    Skills you'll gain: Marketing Analytics, Marketing Effectiveness, Marketing, Marketing Strategies, Regression Analysis, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Strategic Marketing, Brand Management, Resource Allocation, Customer Insights, Predictive Analytics, Advertising Campaigns, Statistical Analysis, A/B Testing, Consumer Behaviour, Return On Investment

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    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    6.4K reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Google

    Satisfaction Guaranteed: Develop Customer Loyalty Online

    Skills you'll gain: Loyalty Programs, Customer Retention, E-Commerce, Customer Relationship Management, Web Analytics, Digital Marketing, Product Improvement, Email Marketing, Marketing Analytics, Customer Insights, Portfolio Management, Generative AI Agents, Performance Metric

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    5.9K reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    California Institute of the Arts

    Brand New Brand

    Skills you'll gain: Logo Design, Style Guides, Branding, Typography, Graphic and Visual Design, Brainstorming, Design Research, Adobe InDesign, Creativity, Adobe Photoshop, Color Theory, Design Elements And Principles

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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    1.3K reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Colorado Boulder

    Search and Display Advertising

    Skills you'll gain: Google Ads, Online Advertising, Pay Per Click Advertising, Digital Advertising, Contextual Advertising, Search Engine Marketing, Keyword Research, Search Engine Optimization, Advertising Campaigns, Advertising, Paid media, Web Analytics and SEO, Marketing Automation, Bidding, Automation, A/B Testing, Consumer Behaviour, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Analysis

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    98 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    Small Business Marketing Using YouTube

    Skills you'll gain: Marketing Analytics, Video Production, Social Media Marketing, Social Media Content, Business Marketing, Marketing Channel, Customer Engagement, Gmail, Target Audience, Content Creation

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Coursera

    Get Started with Facebook Ads Manager

    Skills you'll gain: Facebook, Advertising Campaigns, Account Management, Advertising, Social Media Management, Digital Advertising, User Accounts, Social Media, Social Media Marketing

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    87 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Aptly

    Google Search Advertising Foundations

    Skills you'll gain: Google Ads, Content Performance Analysis, Advertising Campaigns, Performance Metric, Search Engine Marketing, Campaign Management, Pay Per Click Advertising, Keyword Research, Performance Measurement, Digital Advertising, Advertising, Marketing, Copywriting, Quality Assessment

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    8 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Wesleyan University

    Data Management and Visualization

    Skills you'll gain: Descriptive Statistics, Data Manipulation, Data Presentation, Data Management, Data Literacy, Graphing, SAS (Software), Peer Review, Data Analysis, Statistics, Research Reports, Exploratory Data Analysis, Python Programming

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    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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    943 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Arizona State University

    Business English: Marketing and Sales

    Skills you'll gain: Sales Presentations, Brainstorming, Selling Techniques, Marketing Communications, Business Correspondence, Advertising, Business Marketing, Promotional Strategies, Presentations, Consultative Selling, Persuasive Communication, Employee Surveys, Product Promotion, Communication Strategies, Vocabulary

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    688 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Universidad Austral

    Publicidad Digital con Google AdWords

    Skills you'll gain: Google Ads, Campaign Management, Pay Per Click Advertising, Keyword Research, Performance Metric, Performance Analysis, Online Advertising, Digital Advertising, Budget Management, Search Engine Marketing, Advertising Campaigns, Paid media, Advertising, Bidding, Content Strategy, Target Audience

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    280 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular advertising courses

  • Positioning: What you need for a successful Marketing Strategy: IE Business School
  • Create a Targeted Ad With Facebook Audience Insights: Coursera
  • Marketing Analytics: University of Virginia
  • Satisfaction Guaranteed: Develop Customer Loyalty Online: Google
  • Brand New Brand: California Institute of the Arts
  • Search and Display Advertising: University of Colorado Boulder
  • Small Business Marketing Using YouTube: Coursera
  • Get Started with Facebook Ads Manager: Coursera
  • Google Search Advertising Foundations: Aptly
  • Data Management and Visualization: Wesleyan University

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