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Professional Certificate in Digital Marketing Fundamentals

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Course Features

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Duration

4 months

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Delivery Method

Online

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Available on

Limited Access

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Accessibility

Desktop, Laptop

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Language

English

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Subtitles

English

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Level

Beginner

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Effort

5 hours per week

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Teaching Type

Self Paced

Course Description

According to Forrester US Digital Marketing Forecast 2018-2023, digital marketing spending will exceed $146 billion by 2023. Learn how to position your business in the digital landscape and create a digital marketing strategy that will help you achieve your business goals.

This Professional Certificate will introduce you to marketing in a competitive market and help you understand how to apply it to online marketing. The topics covered include content marketing, web design, SEO/pay-per click (PPC), and many other topics.

This course will help you gain an understanding of digitalisation's impact on businesses as well as how to use new technologies to make your business more successful. Your new knowledge will be applied to your future marketing activities. You will create your own digital marketing strategy and plan that can achieve a set business goals.

This program is focused on skill development. You will learn from the best Edinburgh-based businesses like Innis & Gunn and The List. This will give you new digital and marketing skills and confidence to apply them in any setting.

Multiple choice quizzes will be used to assess learners on the verified track. You must score at least 50% in multiple choice questions to pass the course successfully and show that you understand digital marketing principles.

This program is for business owners, entrepreneurs, and those who are interested in a career as digital marketers. This program is suitable for anyone who wants to learn more about digital marketing and how it applies in a digital setting. You will receive a digital marketing strategy that you can use in your company or as part of your professional portfolio at the end of this certificate. You could be an entrepreneur or business owner looking to reskill or upskill in digital marketing techniques. Or you might just be new to the world of business and need to learn the relevant skills. If you are looking to make your enterprise stand out, this program is for you!

Course Overview

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Post Course Interactions

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Instructor-Moderated Discussions

Skills You Will Gain

What You Will Learn

How marketing creates value and can influence perceptions, purchasing and loyalty

How successful brands are developed and sustained using segmentation, targeting and positioning for effective and profitable marketing

Conduct a competitor audit and analysis

Understand why digital marketing matters today and changes in the digital landscape

Develop your own digital marketing strategy

Course Instructors

Malcolm Kirkup

Dean and Pro Vice-Chancellor

Malcolm Kirkup is Dean and Pro Vice-Chancellor at Westminster Business School. He received his BA (Hons), MSc and PhD from Exeter, Cranfield and Lancaster Universities in the UK.

Sebastian Oliver

Teaching Assistant

Sebastian's academic background includes a BA in Communications Design as well as an MSc in International Marketing Management. He is currently undertaking a PhD at the University of Edinburgh, focus...

Ewelina Lacka

Lecturer in Digital Marketing and Analytics

Dr Ewelina Lacka is a Lecturer in Digital Marketing & Analytics at the University of Edinburgh Business School. Her research provides insights into major streams in digital marketing, in particul...

Asanka de Silva

Business School Associate

Business School alumnus and associate, Asanka is a marking practitioner with experience of leading change in global brands such as Coca-Cola, John West and the Famous Grouse.
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