This specialization takes a critical look at digital advertising tactics for small business. Students will learn how to generate and launch ad campaigns on small budgets with limited-to-no design skills. These courses include: 1) search (Google Ads), 2) social media (Facebook, Instagram and Twitter) and 3) native advertising (Taboola). Students who complete our search course will also gain a résumé credential through the official Google Ads Search Certification and a certification through programmatic advertising leader, The Trade Desk.
Concepts, Strategies, and Analytics in Performance Marketing and Digital Advertising Specialization
Concepts, Strategies, and Analytics in Performance Marketing and Digital Advertising Specialization
Instructors: Chris J. Vargo
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What you'll learn
Understand the major advertising platforms, including: display, video, audio, sponsored, native, social media, search and programmatic.
Execute tailored digital advertising campaigns on: Google Ads (Search), Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Taboola.
Interpret ad performance metrics for most popular advertising types and develop measurement plans for a business given an objective.
Earn the Google Ads Search Certification.
Skills you'll gain
- Digital Marketing
- Advertising Campaigns
- Keyword Research
- Online Advertising
- Google Ads
- Social Media Marketing
- Web Analytics and SEO
- Web Analytics
- Marketing
- Paid media
- Pay Per Click Advertising
- Search Engine Marketing
- Search Engine Optimization
- Social Media Strategy
- Media Planning
- Contextual Advertising
- Data Ethics
- Digital Advertising
- Advertising
- Social Media
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Specialization - 4 course series
Introduction to Digital Advertising
Course 17 hours
What you'll learn
Identify key digital advertising types in digital advertising
Understand key terms and metrics in digital advertising
Comprehend the advertising lumascape, including: advertising agencies, DSPs, DMPs, and SSPs.
Be critical of pros and cons of various digital platforms, and how to be critical of claims made by demand side platforms
Skills you'll gain
Category: Digital Advertising
Category: Advertising Campaigns
Category: Augmented Reality
Category: Advertising
Category: Consumer Behaviour
Category: Digital Marketing
Category: Pay Per Click Advertising
Category: Online Advertising
Category: Business Metrics
Category: Marketing
Category: Data Ethics
Category: Paid media
Category: Google Ads
Search and Display Advertising
Course 27 hours
What you'll learn
Understand why search can be a powerful part of any marketing campaign
Plan a search campaign, including: setting economic goals, defining targeting parameters, and aligning a campaign with business goals
Build a search campaign from start to ongoing optimization
Leverage Google’s tools including optimization score, campaign planner, and automated bidding
Skills you'll gain
Category: Search Engine Optimization
Category: Digital Advertising
Category: Google Ads
Category: Advertising
Category: Bidding
Category: Consumer Behaviour
Category: Online Advertising
Category: Web Analytics and SEO
Category: Automation
Category: Search Engine Marketing
Category: Analysis
Category: Advertising Campaigns
Category: Pay Per Click Advertising
Category: Contextual Advertising
Category: Keyword Research
Category: A/B Testing
Category: Paid media
Category: Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Category: Marketing Automation
Social Media Advertising
Course 36 hours
What you'll learn
Identify social media advertising types that are likely to succeed
Understand the different types of social media ads
Implement effective social media targeting parameters to match desired audiences
Execute social media advertising campaigns
Skills you'll gain
Category: Social Media
Category: Social Media Marketing
Category: Paid media
Category: Brand Awareness
Category: Driving engagement
Category: Facebook
Category: Marketing Communications
Category: Consumer Behaviour
Category: Target Audience
Category: Instagram
Category: Online Advertising
Category: Content Performance Analysis
Category: Digital Advertising
Category: Web Analytics
Category: Social Media Strategy
Category: Advertising Campaigns
Category: Advertising
Programmatic Advertising
Course 411 hours
What you'll learn
Execute native advertising campaigns in Taboola
How to target native ad campaigns to desired audiences
Use free tools to actively gather news coverage for native advertising
Develop content seeding strategies through incentive programs
Skills you'll gain
Category: Social Media Campaigns
Category: Business Ethics
Category: Paid media
Category: Media Planning
Category: Google Ads
Category: Contextual Advertising
Category: Advertising
Category: Content Strategy
Category: Target Audience
Category: Advertising Campaigns
Category: Digital Advertising
Category: Online Advertising
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