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Email Automation & AI Specialization

Automate Smarter Email Marketing with AI.

Master email automation, AI-powered content, CRM optimization, and lifecycle marketing strategy.

John Whitworth
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Instructors: John Whitworth

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Intermediate level

Recommended experience

4 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Use ChatGPT and AI prompting techniques to draft, personalize, and scale email sequences using structured templates and brand voice guidelines.

  • Build and diagnose marketing automation workflows in HubSpot and Klaviyo, configuring triggers, branching logic, and multi-step nurture sequences.

  • Optimize CRM data quality through deduplication, standardization, and automated maintenance workflows that improve targeting and campaign ROI.

  • Design lifecycle and retention programs using CLV analysis, RFM frameworks, and churn-risk signals to drive acquisition, expansion, and loyalty.

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Specialization - 9 course series

Leverage AI in Marketing

Leverage AI in Marketing

Course 1, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Analyze AI-generated market insights using a structured evaluation framework

  • Apply AI tools to conduct focused market research for campaigns

  • Synthesize AI outputs into clear, campaign-ready strategy insights

  • Evaluate AI tools for marketing workflows using capability and cost criteria 

Utilize ChatGPT for Emails

Utilize ChatGPT for Emails

Course 2, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Analyze AI-generated emails using a structured evaluation framework

  • Apply prompt techniques to draft targeted and engaging email sequences

  • Refine ChatGPT outputs using iterative, targeted prompts

  • Build scalable workflows for consistent AI-driven email production

Generate Personalized Content with AI Prompts

Generate Personalized Content with AI Prompts

Course 3, 2 hours

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: AI Personalization
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Personalized Service
Category: Personalized Campaigns
Category: Promotions and Campaigns
Category: Prompt Engineering Tools
Category: Customer Communications Management
Category: Content Development and Management
Category: Marketing Communications
Category: Customer Engagement
Optimize CRM for Marketing

Optimize CRM for Marketing

Course 4, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Analyze CRM data health and identify issues affecting campaign performance

  • Apply data cleaning techniques like deduplication, standardization, and enrichment

  • Build CRM workflows to maintain data accuracy and prevent data decay

  • Diagnose and prioritize CRM data issues before launching campaigns

Automate Workflow Actions

Automate Workflow Actions

Course 5, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Configure workflow triggers, actions, and branching logic in HubSpot and Klaviyo

  • Design multi-step onboarding and nurture sequences with effective timing

  • Analyze workflow performance using key metrics like open rate and trigger accuracy

  • Diagnose and fix automation issues such as audience mismatch and flow drop-off

Automate, Evaluate, and Optimize Email Marketing

Automate, Evaluate, and Optimize Email Marketing

Course 6, 1 hour

What you'll learn

  • Email automation success depends on strategic sequence design, personalization, and rigorous quality assurance testing before launch.

  • Performance optimization is an iterative process that requires systematic comparison against industry benchmarks rather than internal metrics alone.

  • Effective marketing automation combines technical execution with analytical thinking to deliver consistent engagement improvements.

  • Sustainable email marketing growth comes from building repeatable processes for both campaign creation and performance evaluation.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Performance Analysis
Category: Benchmarking
Category: Data-Driven Marketing
Category: Email Marketing
Category: Automation
Category: Performance Metric
Category: Marketing Automation
Category: HubSpot CRM
Category: Quality Assurance
Category: Marketing Effectiveness
Category: Campaign Management
Category: Email Automation
Category: Performance Improvement
Category: Performance Measurement
Category: Personalized Campaigns
Category: Marketing Analytics
Category: Digital Marketing Tools
Automate AI Lead Nurturing & CLV Analysis

Automate AI Lead Nurturing & CLV Analysis

Course 7, 2 hours

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Marketing Automation
Category: Email Automation
Category: Data-Driven Decision-Making
Category: Advanced Analytics
Category: Financial Forecasting
Category: Data Storytelling
Category: Case Studies
Category: Customer Insights
Category: Analytics
Category: Revenue Forecasting
Category: Data-Driven Marketing
Category: Email Marketing
Category: Customer Retention
Category: Conversion Funnel Analysis
Category: AI Personalization
Category: Marketing Analytics
Category: Marketing Strategies
Category: Lead Generation
Category: Data Literacy
Category: Customer Analysis
Drive Growth with Lifecycle

Drive Growth with Lifecycle

Course 8, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Analyze lifecycle funnels to identify growth opportunities and bottlenecks

  • Apply upsell, cross-sell, and referral strategies based on customer signals

  • Build and launch lifecycle growth programs using HubSpot workflows

  • Evaluate program performance using ROI, revenue metrics, and scalability frameworks

Enhance Customer Retention

Enhance Customer Retention

Course 9, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Analyze churn-risk patterns using engagement and purchase behavior data

  • Apply RFM and cohort analysis to prioritize high-value retention opportunities 

  • Design win-back campaigns with personalized messaging and incentives

  • Build retention intervention plans with triggers, tracks, and measurable outcomes

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