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Digital Marketing Courses for Beginners

Beginner digital marketing courses can help you learn SEO basics, social media strategies, content creation, and email marketing techniques. You can build skills in audience targeting, analytics interpretation, and campaign optimization. Many courses introduce tools like Google Analytics, Hootsuite, and Mailchimp, showing how to effectively measure performance and engage with customers.


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Popular Beginner Digital Marketing Courses and Certifications


  • Status: Bestseller
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    G

    Google

    Foundations of Digital Marketing and E-commerce

    Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Performance Measurement, Search Engine Marketing, Performance Analysis, Content Performance Analysis, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Search Engine Optimization, Branding, Web Analytics and SEO, Business Metrics, Marketing Strategy and Techniques, Digital Marketing, Customer Engagement, Keyword Research, Marketing Planning, Customer experience strategy (CX), Digital Advertising, Marketing, E-Commerce, Marketing Analytics

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    31K reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: AI Skills
    AI Skills
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    Google

    Google Digital Marketing & E-commerce

    Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Media Planning, Social Media Marketing, Google Ads, Email Marketing, Social Media Strategy, Order Fulfillment, Social Media Management, Online Advertising, Search Engine Optimization, Performance Measurement, Spreadsheet Software, A/B Testing, Client Services, Campaign Management, E-Commerce, Loyalty Programs, Marketing, Interviewing Skills, Applicant Tracking Systems

    Build toward a degree

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    48K reviews

    Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

  • G

    Google

    Attract and Engage Customers with Digital Marketing

    Skills you'll gain: Google Ads, Search Engine Optimization, Digital Marketing, Keyword Research, Target Audience, Search Engine Marketing, Pay Per Click Advertising, Persona Development, Marketing, Marketing Strategies, Advertising, Customer Engagement, Web Analytics

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    7.7K reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • A

    Adobe

    Digital Marketing

    Skills you'll gain: Promotional Strategies, Marketing Planning, Marketing Strategy and Techniques, Digital Marketing, Adobe Express, Target Audience, Marketing Materials, Marketing Effectiveness, Marketing Automation, Customer Relationship Management, Advertising, Customer Acquisition Management, Customer Engagement, Content Creation, Generative AI Agents

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    327 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Hot New Release
    Hot New Release
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    LearnKartS

    Full Digital Marketing

    Skills you'll gain: Google Analytics, Email Marketing, Google Ads, WordPress, LinkedIn, Content Creation, Content Marketing, Social Media, Facebook, Social Media Marketing, Search Engine Marketing, Social Media Content, Web Analytics and SEO, Advertising Campaigns, Email Automation, Social Media Campaigns, Analytics, Keyword Research, ChatGPT, Bidding

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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    19 reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • Status: Hot New Release
    Hot New Release
    I

    IBM

    Generative AI for Digital Marketing

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Responsible AI, Prompt Patterns, ChatGPT, Generative AI, Digital Advertising, Email Marketing, Data Ethics, Digital Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Marketing Automation, AI Personalization, Advertising Campaigns, Marketing, Marketing Strategies, Content Creation, Web Analytics and SEO, Search Engine Marketing, Real Time Data, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    11K reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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  • Status: AI Skills
    AI Skills
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    Meta

    Meta Social Media Marketing

    Skills you'll gain: Social Media Management, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Target Audience, Social Media Campaigns, Paid media, Social Media Strategy, Instagram, Content Creation, Marketing Effectiveness, Online Advertising, Persona Development, Marketing Analytics, Advertising Campaigns, Advertising, Content Performance Analysis, Marketing Materials, Presentations, Digital Marketing, Brand Management

    Build toward a degree

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    23K reviews

    Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

  • Status: AI Skills
    AI Skills
    I

    IBM

    IBM Digital Marketing and Growth Hacking with GenAI

    Skills you'll gain: Responsible AI, Social Media Management, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Google Ads, Digital Marketing, Email Marketing, Social Media Strategy, Digital Advertising, Web Analytics and SEO, Online Advertising, Social Media Campaigns, Digital Media Strategy, Paid media, Pay Per Click Advertising, Content Creation, Customer Retention, Search Engine Optimization, Presentations, Generative AI

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    173 reviews

    Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

  • U

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Digital Marketing

    Skills you'll gain: Customer Engagement, Marketing Strategy and Techniques, Online Advertising, Web Analytics and SEO, MarTech, Data Architecture, Social Media Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Marketing Automation, Marketing Channel, Content Strategy, Performance Analysis, Consumer Behaviour, Driving engagement, Marketing Planning, Digital Transformation, Customer Insights, Emerging Technologies, Experimentation, Data Visualization

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    23K reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • D

    Digital Marketing Institute

    Social Media and Digital Marketing Fundamentals

    Skills you'll gain: Digital Media Strategy, Social Media Marketing, Content Marketing, Digital Marketing, Marketing, Social Media, Marketing Strategies, Digital Content, Social Media Strategy, Integrated Marketing Communications, Consumer Behaviour, Digital Transformation, Content Strategy, Scheduling, Target Audience, Customer Engagement

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    407 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • G

    Google

    Think Outside the Inbox: Email Marketing

    Skills you'll gain: Email Marketing, Campaign Management, Copywriting, Marketing Strategy and Techniques, Email Automation, Personally Identifiable Information, Digital Marketing, Marketing Automation, Newsletters, HubSpot CRM, Marketing Analytics, Promotional Strategies, Data Ethics, A/B Testing, Smart Goals, Customer Retention, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Goal Setting

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    2.9K reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • C

    Coursera

    Google Ads for Beginners

    Skills you'll gain: Google Ads, Keyword Research, Target Audience, Pay Per Click Advertising, Search Engine Marketing, Advertising Campaigns, Campaign Management, Online Advertising, Digital Advertising, Marketing, Digital Marketing, Return On Investment

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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    6K reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular digital marketing courses

  • Foundations of Digital Marketing and E-commerce: Google
  • Google Digital Marketing & E-commerce: Google
  • Attract and Engage Customers with Digital Marketing: Google
  • Digital Marketing: Adobe
  • Full Digital Marketing: LearnKartS
  • Generative AI for Digital Marketing: IBM
  • Meta Social Media Marketing: Meta
  • IBM Digital Marketing and Growth Hacking with GenAI: IBM
  • Digital Marketing: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Social Media and Digital Marketing Fundamentals: Digital Marketing Institute

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