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.

IE Business School
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
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Digital Marketing Institute
Skills you'll gain: Social Media Marketing, Social Media Management, Facebook, Instagram, Target Audience, Advertising Campaigns, Social Media Campaigns, Social Media Strategy, Web Analytics, Digital Advertising, Brand Awareness, Performance Measurement, Content Creation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Target Audience, Facebook, Advertising, Online Advertising, Social Media Campaigns, Paid media, Marketing, Social Media, Customer Data Management, Digital Marketing
Advanced · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Marketing Design, Social Media Marketing, Social Media Content, Marketing Materials, Marketing, Social Media, Promotional Materials, Advertising, Creative Design, Brand Loyalty, Customer Engagement
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours
University of Colorado Boulder
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
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Facebook, Advertising Campaigns, Account Management, Advertising, Social Media Management, Digital Advertising, User Accounts, Social Media, Social Media Marketing
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Arizona State University
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
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Wesleyan University
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
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Persona Development, Prospecting and Qualification, Target Audience, Facebook, Social Media Marketing, Social Media, Business Marketing, Drive Engagement, Marketing, Marketing Planning, Content Creation
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours