Attract and Engage Customers with Digital Marketing is the second of seven courses in the Google Digital Marketing & E-commerce Certificate. In this course you will practice using search engine optimization (SEO), search engine marketing (SEM), and display advertising to attract and engage customers online. You will explore the stages of the marketing funnel and learn how to use digital marketing tactics to move customers through the stages. You’ll learn how to increase the quality and quantity of website traffic by understanding SEO fundamentals like keyword research, search engine algorithms, and link building. You will also learn about paid search and advertising, and explore tactics used to gain visibility and reach potential customers on search engine results pages, or SERPs. By the end of this course you’ll be able to apply digital marketing strategies, best practices, and tools to increase awareness of a business, understand customer needs, and engage people's interests with products and services.
This course is part of the Google Digital Marketing & E-commerce Professional Certificate
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What you will learn
Recognize strategies to build brand awareness among potential customers
Explain the purpose of SEO (search engine optimization) and essential SEO terms
Optimize website content for SEO
Understand search engine marketing (SEM) and how it benefits businesses
Skills you will gain
- Website Structure
- Customer Awareness
- Search Engine Marketing
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Introduction to attract and engage customers with digital marketing
You will continue to learn about the marketing funnel and its stages: awareness, consideration, conversion, and loyalty. You’ll also learn strategies for turning potential customers into paying and repeat customers at each stage of the marketing funnel. Finally, you’ll explore how to use customer personas to understand consumers’ goals, pain points, and preferred online platforms.
Understand search engine optimization (SEO)
You will review the fundamentals of SEO. Then, you’ll gain a basic understanding of how the Google Search engine works and how websites are ranked. Then, you’ll learn how to do keyword research.
Apply search engine optimization (SEO)
You will examine how to optimize a website for search engine optimization, including strategies for content, images, and linking. You’ll also learn how to help search engines better understand your content. Next, you’ll explore how to craft effective website titles and add structured data markups to help users and search engines find what they need. Then, you’ll learn all about how to use SEO tools to analyze search performance and user behavior.
Search engine marketing (SEM) and display advertising
You will learn about advertising opportunities within search engines, also called SEM and Google Display advertising. You’ll learn best practices for creating an ad in search results or a display ad. You’ll finish the course understanding how to apply and improve display ads.
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This course offers the Best hands on experience of various Google Tools and platforms to be used in Digital Marketing and E-commerce intiatives.
Instructor was incredible. He broke down the info in an easy to understand way. I enjoyed the course and was almost sad that it was over.
Highly informative and just technical enough to boost skills and knowledge while not being too difficult. Very practical so that I may implement what I learnt immediately.
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About the Google Digital Marketing & E-commerce Professional Certificate
Prepare for a new career in the high-growth fields of digital marketing and e-commerce, in under six months, no experience or degree required. Businesses need digital marketing and e-commerce talent more than ever before; 86% of business leaders report that digital commerce will be the most important route to growth. There are 218,000 U.S. job openings in this growing field, with a median entry-level salary of $51,000.¹

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