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Free online courseDigital marketing

Duration of the online course: 28 hours and 45 minutes

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Build job-ready digital marketing skills fast with a free online course—learn ads, content strategy, and audience targeting to grow real results.

In this free course, learn about

  • Core concepts of digital marketing and how it works end-to-end
  • Key differences between traditional marketing and digital marketing
  • Major digital marketing channels: SEO, SEM, social media, email, content
  • Digital marketing funnel: awareness, consideration, conversion, retention
  • Basics of SEO and how search engines rank and show results
  • Intro to SEM and paid search advertising fundamentals
  • What Google Ads is and how the platform supports online advertising
  • Google Ads campaign basics: keywords, ad groups, bidding, quality score
  • Content marketing fundamentals and creating content for business goals
  • Why knowing your audience matters for content strategy and performance
  • Audience research basics: personas, segments, intent, and pain points
  • Measuring performance with key metrics (traffic, CTR, conversions, ROI)

Course Description

Digital marketing is no longer optional for businesses, creators, and professionals who want to stay competitive. This free online course is designed to help you understand how modern marketing works across digital channels, and how to choose the right approach to reach people effectively. Whether you are starting from scratch or looking to strengthen your foundations, you will gain practical clarity on how brands attract attention, generate leads, and drive sales online.

You will explore the core ideas behind digital marketing and learn how it differs from traditional methods, especially in measurement, targeting, speed of testing, and the ability to optimize campaigns in real time. The course connects key concepts to everyday business goals, so you can translate marketing activities into outcomes such as traffic, sign-ups, purchases, and long-term customer loyalty.

A major focus is understanding paid acquisition through Google Ads, including what it is, why it matters, and how it fits into a broader strategy. You will learn to think in terms of intent, keywords, and campaign objectives, so you can align ads with what people are actively searching for and improve performance through smarter decisions rather than guesswork.

Another essential theme is content marketing and the importance of knowing your audience. You will learn how audience insights shape messaging, formats, and channel choices, and why relevance is the difference between content that gets ignored and content that converts. By the end, you should feel more confident discussing strategy, evaluating digital campaigns, and applying a structured approach to marketing in business, freelancing, or your next role. A certificate can support your learning journey if it is available on the platform.

Course content

  • Video class: Digital Marketing Course Part - 1 | Digital Marketing Tutorial For Beginners | Simplilearn 10h50m
  • Exercise: _What is the main difference between traditional and digital marketing?
  • Video class: Digital Marketing Course Part - 2 | Digital Marketing Tutorial For Beginners | Simplilearn 10h56m
  • Exercise: _What is Google Ads?
  • Video class: Digital Marketing Course Part - 3 | Digital Marketing Tutorial For Beginners | Simplilearn 6h58m
  • Exercise: _What is the importance of knowing your audience in content marketing strategy?

This free course includes:

28 hours and 45 minutes of online video course

Digital certificate of course completion (Free)

Exercises to train your knowledge

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