Digital Advertising Strategy Specialization

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.
WHAT YOU WILL 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.

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