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Understand Digital Marketing

Learn how businesses understand audiences, choose channels, guide customer journeys and measure outcomes online.

17 lessonsAbout 305 minutes
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What you’ll understand

The useful ideas. In the right order.

Course roadmap

6 focused modules. One clear path.

Module 01

Marketing foundations

Start with people, value and exchange—not platforms.

3 lessons
  1. 01

    What is marketing?

    Understand needs, audiences, offers, communication and exchange.

    12 min →
  2. 02

    How is digital marketing different from traditional marketing?

    Compare distribution, targeting, interaction and measurement without declaring one always better.

    16 min →
  3. 03

    What are owned, earned and paid media?

    Understand control, reach, trust and cost across three useful categories.

    16 min →
Module 02

People and journeys

Understand who may buy and how decisions develop.

3 lessons
  1. 04

    What are audiences, segments and personas?

    Group people using useful evidence without turning them into stereotypes.

    17 min →
  2. 05

    What are a customer journey and marketing funnel?

    Use awareness, consideration, conversion and retention as a helpful model—not a law.

    18 min →
  3. 06

    What are leads, conversions and retention?

    Define valuable actions and why keeping customers matters.

    17 min →
Module 03

Channels working together

Give each channel a clear job.

3 lessons
  1. 07

    What are the main digital marketing channels?

    Compare websites, search, content, social, email, paid media and partnerships.

    20 min →
  2. 08

    What is the difference between organic and paid marketing?

    Compare time, control, cost, durability and how the two can support each other.

    17 min →
  3. 09

    How do you plan an integrated digital campaign?

    Connect a goal, audience, message, channels, destination, measurement and follow-up.

    21 min →
Module 04

Measurement and economics

Judge activity using business context.

3 lessons
  1. 10

    What are marketing KPIs and analytics?

    Choose measurements that connect activity to a real objective.

    19 min →
  2. 11

    What are CAC, ROAS and ROI?

    Calculate three different financial measures and understand their limits.

    20 min →
  3. 12

    What is marketing attribution?

    Understand attribution models, missing data and why credit is not the same as causation.

    19 min →
Module 05

Relationships, automation and privacy

Follow up without losing trust.

3 lessons
  1. 13

    How do CRM, email and remarketing work together?

    Manage consented relationships and useful follow-up across the customer lifecycle.

    18 min →
  2. 14

    How are automation and AI used in marketing?

    Use assistance for research, creative, segmentation and operations with human review.

    19 min →
  3. 15

    What do privacy and consent mean for digital marketing?

    Understand responsible collection, consent signals and why tools do not replace legal advice.

    20 min →
Module 06

Choosing a practical plan

Match ambition to evidence, budget and capacity.

2 lessons
  1. 16

    Which marketing channels should a business choose?

    Start from audience, offer, goal, budget, timing and ability to follow up.

    18 min →
  2. 17

    What are common digital marketing mistakes?

    Avoid unclear goals, disconnected channels, broken measurement and unrealistic timelines.

    18 min →

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The subject becomes easier when you can see how each step connects.

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