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Digital Marketing Channel Foundations Specialization

Excel in the Core Marketing Channels.

Plan, optimize, measure, and automate campaigns across social, email, and SEO.

LearningMate

Instructor: LearningMate

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Beginner level

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4 weeks to complete
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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
Beginner level

Recommended experience

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

What you'll learn

  • Build and manage campaign cycles using KPIs to guide in-flight decisions and closeout reporting

  • Create optimized social content and ad concepts using brand voice, audience targeting, and discoverability tactics

  • Turn channel and brand signals (listening, SEO audits, UTMs, email triggers) into clear, prioritized actions

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March 2026

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Specialization - 12 course series

Ensure Visual Consistency

Ensure Visual Consistency

Course 1, 1 hour

What you'll learn

  • Learners will apply brand guidelines, identify visual inconsistencies in digital assets, and understand how consistency builds consumer trust.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Report Writing
Category: Brand Management
Category: Graphic and Visual Design
Category: Consumer Behaviour
Category: Stakeholder Communications
Category: Branding
Category: Brand Loyalty
Category: Content Strategy
Category: Case Studies
Category: Auditing
Category: Style Guides
Category: Brand Strategy
Category: Brand Awareness
Category: Marketing Management
Master Digital Basics

Master Digital Basics

Course 2, 1 hour

What you'll learn

  • Identify core digital marketing channels, define their objectives, and create UTM-tagged URLs to track and measure campaign performance effectively.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Digital Marketing
Category: Performance Measurement
Category: Content Marketing
Category: Marketing Budgets
Category: Communication Systems
Category: Digital Advertising
Category: Marketing Channel
Category: Marketing Effectiveness
Category: Social Media Marketing
Category: Email Marketing
Category: Devops Tools
Category: Search Engine Marketing
Category: Brand Awareness
Category: Google Analytics
Category: Marketing
Category: Communication
Category: Marketing Analytics
Category: digital literacy
Sharpen Team Comms

Sharpen Team Comms

Course 3, 1 hour

What you'll learn

  • Define effective team communication principles and compose a clear, actionable project status update for a professional channel.

Automate Emails Fast

Automate Emails Fast

Course 4, 1 hour

What you'll learn

  • Design a strategic, multi-step email workflow, draft compelling content for the user journey, and prepare it for effective internal review.

Align Brand Goals

Align Brand Goals

Course 5, 1 hour

What you'll learn

  • Align brand strategy with business objectives by analyzing marketing initiatives and communicating their strategic value to drive measurable growth.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Brand Strategy
Category: Strategic Marketing
Category: Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Category: Stakeholder Communications
Category: Marketing Planning
Category: Brand Management
Category: Strategic Planning
Category: Business Priorities
Category: Marketing Analytics
Category: Brand Awareness
Category: Marketing Effectiveness
Category: Market Analysis
Category: Campaign Management
Category: Marketing Strategies
Measure Brand Buzz

Measure Brand Buzz

Course 6, 1 hour

What you'll learn

  • Measure brand awareness with quantitative and qualitative methods, using social listening to analyze and report brand conversations.

Map Buyer Journey

Map Buyer Journey

Course 7, 1 hour

What you'll learn

  • Improve content strategy by defining buyer personas and mapping content to the Awareness, Consideration, and Decision stages of the buyer journey.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Content Strategy
Category: Persona Development
Category: Customer experience strategy (CX)
Category: Content Marketing
Category: Target Audience
Category: Driving engagement
Category: Media Buying
Category: Marketing
Category: Content Creation
Category: Customer Analysis
Category: Blogs
Category: Marketing Strategies
Category: Content Development and Management
Category: Consumer Behaviour
Category: Web Analytics and SEO
Category: Content Performance Analysis
Category: Content Management
Use Social Tools

Use Social Tools

Course 8, 1 hour

What you'll learn

  • Use social media tools to schedule content, engage customers with templates, and explain their strategic value for a consistent brand presence.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Social Network Analysis
Category: Social Media Strategy
Category: Social Media Management
Category: Social Media
Category: Content Strategy
Category: Workflow Management
Category: Brand Strategy
Category: Case Studies
Category: Social Media Content
Category: Customer Engagement
Category: Customer Communications Management
Category: Social Skills
Category: Social Media Campaigns
Category: Social Media Marketing
Category: Scheduling
Category: Social Impact
Boost SEO Tools

Boost SEO Tools

Course 9, 1 hour

What you'll learn

  • Identify key SEO tools for keyword research and interpret a site audit report to prioritize actionable improvements for data-driven SEO strategy.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Search Engine Optimization
Category: Keyword Research
Category: Web Analytics and SEO
Category: Paid media
Category: Auditing
Category: Software Development Tools
Category: Performance Analysis
Category: Digital Marketing
Category: Web Analytics
Category: Test Tools
Category: Process Optimization
Category: Performance Appraisal
Category: Search Engine Marketing
Category: Performance Improvement
Category: Prioritization
Optimize Posts and Ads

Optimize Posts and Ads

Course 10, 1 hour

What you'll learn

  • Differentiate between organic and paid social tactics and apply this knowledge to craft an optimized, audience-relevant social media post.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Social Media Content
Category: Social Media Strategy
Category: Copywriting
Category: Content Strategy
Category: Social Media
Category: Social Media Campaigns
Category: Social Media Marketing
Category: Paid media
Category: Brand Strategy
Run Campaign Cycles

Run Campaign Cycles

Course 11, 1 hour

What you'll learn

  • Apply the 4-stage campaign lifecycle and analyze key metrics to report on progress and recommend data-driven marketing optimizations.

Craft Canva Tiles

Craft Canva Tiles

Course 12, 1 hour

What you'll learn

  • Write engaging copy and design professional, on-brand visuals for social media using templates in Canva to produce ready-to-publish content.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Content Creation
Category: Canva (Software)
Category: Social Media Content
Category: Graphic and Visual Design
Category: Time Management
Category: Build Tools
Category: Instagram
Category: Copywriting
Category: Social Impact
Category: Social Media
Category: Brand Strategy
Category: Branding
Category: Marketing Materials
Category: Software Development Tools
Category: Storytelling
Category: Social Work

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