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University of Colorado Boulder

Introduction to Digital Advertising

The digital advertising landscape is complex. There are many different types of ads, including: display, video, audio, sponsored, native, social media and search. Consumer data and the ad tech that action on that data are both ubiquitous and complicated. As a result the sheer number of options available to digital marketers is hard to comprehend and manage. This course covers the major forms of digital advertising, from basic display ads to search to cutting-edge programmatic advertising concepts. The Trade Desk, the leading programmatic advertising provider, joins us as our programmatic experts and offers an actionable roadmap on how small businesses can leverage state of the art advertising technologies to accomplish business objectives. In all, this course leaves students with an understanding of digital advertising in its various forms, and how to strategically identify digital advertising opportunities.

Status: Digital Marketing
Status: Performance marketing
BeginnerCourse8 hours

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HC

4.0Reviewed May 15, 2020

Great refresher, though I felt that the peer review could include an option to add feedback on the topics.

TC

4.0Reviewed Jun 5, 2021

The course content is good but it should have included more video content. It was almost all reading assignments

MT

5.0Reviewed Nov 30, 2020

The coursework and load was manageable and I feel like I gained a solid understanding of the concepts of digital advertising.

VL

5.0Reviewed Feb 3, 2020

Me pareció un muy buen curso, con una gran cantidad de información útil para tomar en consideración al trabajar en marketing digital. Muy recomendable.

MS

4.0Reviewed Nov 5, 2025

it should me all language is more comfortable forus poor people from rural villages, or it shuld be in simple english to understand easily for veryone

SB

4.0Reviewed Jul 18, 2024

It is an extremely informative course, especially for people transitioning from traditional to digital advertising.

LZ

4.0Reviewed Sep 26, 2024

Very information to a new person in the AdTech industry. Helped with terminology and parts of the overall AdTech ecosystem. Thank you

NA

5.0Reviewed Jul 23, 2023

This course provides a very helpful overview of digital marketing and helped me determine which areas I want to focus on.

GA

5.0Reviewed Jun 20, 2024

I have never felt so connected throughout the course! So wonderfully structured and explained by the Prof. Thank you Coursera!

FE

4.0Reviewed Oct 8, 2024

I liked the fact that the course goes from class lessons to readings and tests. On the other hand a couple of modules are about very basic info that can be easily retrieved on the web.

TH

4.0Reviewed Jun 26, 2020

An excellent overview of all the aspects of digital advertising for people outside the industry and even people IN the industry (ahem), covering display/video, social, mobile and search advertising.

RS

5.0Reviewed May 29, 2020

This course really gave me an informative and in-depth (with different sources) introduction to the digital advertising landscape

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