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5 Short Courses to Boost Your Horizons in Digital Marketing Employment

May 26, 2019 By David Trounce 38 Comments

Digital Marketing Career Training

Digital Marketing continues to be a growing career field. Businesses have never been more dependent on their marketing efforts than they are right now. With so much competition in every marketplace, business, as well as its employees are all striving to outperform their competition by becoming more proficient across digital marketing disciplines.

For a business to be successful in the 21st century, they need to engage marketers who have a broad skill base in digital marketing as well as niche marketing experts. Without these at least some fundamental skills, you will have very little chance of ever getting hired in digital marketing.

Fortunately, you do not need to obtain a 4-year marketing degree from a prestigious university in order to land a good marketing job. Undertaking the growing range of short courses that teach niche skills is an excellent way to increase your job prospects.

Taking short courses that teach niche skills is an excellent way to increase your marketing career prospects.

There are short courses available that can teach you a wide range of niche marketing skills quickly. And, if you already have a job in marketing, short course training will help you advance in marketing and increase future career prospects.

Below are five niche marketing areas that are available as short courses. These are the areas of digital marketing that appear to be growing most rapidly right now and for which there are plenty of career opportunities for those willing to upgrade their skills.

Table of Contents

  • Social Media Training
  • Web Design Training
  • Copywriting Courses
  • Email Marketing Training
  • Search Engine Optimization Training
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Social Media Training

Training in social media

Social media networking is a very powerful marketing strategy in the modern age. There are over a billion people throughout the world using social media platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

If you are not familiar with using these platforms for marketing purposes, then you might consider taking a few short social media training courses.

Social media marketing call for fast, savvy marketers who are able to take an idea and make it viral. If you have these skills, the opportunities are boundless.

Companies in several industries are hiring social media specialists because they want to capture all the traffic these networks have to offer.

Become an expert in niche areas such as Facebook Ads, Facebook Groups, Instagram Stories, and so on. These skills will give you a far better chance of getting hired for a social media job.

Web Design Training

Training in web design

Web design is an enormous field. From a marketing standpoint, a well-designed website will motivate potential customers to want to stay longer on the website. From a branding point of view, good design enables industry to increase product and service awareness.

Site design speaks to marketing factors such as trust, authority and believability. It moves potential customers to take your website more seriously.

Companies certainly do not want their websites to look like they have not been updated since 1999. They want to incorporate the latest trend of visual effects and design into their websites.

Web Design gives form to all other rich media, including written content, video and more. Careers in this niche are well rewarded and offer long term employment.

Any serious business with an online presence is keen to hire proficient designers to keep their website looking modernized, accessible and updated, both for UX and SEO purposes.

If you already know basic web design but have not received any continuing education in it, then take a few short courses which will teach you the latest web design techniques.

Copywriting Courses

Copywriting Training Courses

Most advertisements have written text which promotes whatever is being sold. Companies hire copywriters to come up with professionally written ads that attract people’s attention and motivate them to make a purchase.

Everything from the vocabulary to the sentence structure must be just right to pull off an effective ad campaign.

The written word is and will remain, the fundamental form of communication on the web and good writers have a promising future online.

Most universities now offer short course training in a range of writing and content marketing subjects and are well worth considering.

Content will always be at the forefront of media and marketing. Learning the basics will open the door to a multitude of copywriting and content writing positions.

Email Marketing Training

Email marketing Courses

Email marketing is one of the most useful forms of digital marketing. If a company gives their potential customers the chance to sign up for a newsletter on its website, then it is easy for the company leaders to stay in touch with them.

These subscribers can receive product offers, special discounts, insider news, and much more. But there is a certain formula for pulling off a successful email marketing campaign.

Email marketing remains one fo the most profitable marketing streams for business. Skill here can land you a lucrative and long-term career.

You need to take email marketing courses to understand how it all works. Among the many courses available, HubSpot’s email marketing training is considered among the best. With some good training under your belt, you can show employers just how valuable you will be in running their email marketing campaigns.

Search Engine Optimization Training

SEO Training

Search engine optimization is one of the oldest forms of digital marketing, and it is still important today. But the SEO techniques that worked 20 years ago are no longer as relevant today.

If you regularly take short courses in SEO practices and strategies, then you’ll learn about any recent changes to the Google search engine algorithm.

From there, you’ll know how to effectively run an SEO campaign which actually helps get a website ranked higher in the search engine. Show a company that you are knowledgeable and updated in SEO and you will be a valuable resource to a companies marketing team.

With SEO changing almost daily, upgrading your skills is absolutely necessary if you are going to stay in the game.

There are a number of highly-prized influencers in this space offering training. Make sure you read their reviews and take a look at their track record. Not all of those offering training in this field are genuine experts.

With any course, you need to look closely at the recommendations, as well as the complaints made against the training organisation you are signing up to.

Regular short course training is an absolute necessity in the fast-moving field of digital marketing nad online business. You won’t be able to keep up with every change, but if you are able to hook into regular short course training in your field of speciality, you will be in a very good position to take up new opportunities and emerging positions in the digital market place.

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  1. Hifza Khan says

    April 24, 2020 at 3:40 am

    Hey David,
    This is such an epic and helpful post! I love Your topic about couses to Boost Your Horizons in Digital Marketing Employment. It is indeed a great help and a time saver.
    Thankyou For Sharing.
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  2. shakunthala says

    March 19, 2020 at 2:52 am

    Thanks for sharing this post with us .
    This will be more useful for digital marketing candidates.
    keep sharing ! looking forward to it.

    Reply
  3. Sabio says

    February 17, 2020 at 2:27 am

    It takes a pretty serious time commitment to take classes, but there are micro-learning resources that make it more enjoyable. Thank you for sharing these tips on learning.

    Reply
  4. Tlss Denver says

    January 19, 2020 at 10:20 pm

    Digital Marketing became one of the marketing choices of every marketer and company. People hired someone that is an expert in this line of business even in another country. For me, digital marketing will be more effective if we hire those people who really have the capability of promoting any kind of brand.

    Reply
  5. Alex says

    December 24, 2019 at 4:08 am

    Very good insight on regards to the courses. Its beneficial not only for beginners, ( everyone is a beginner in the fast paced tech world now )
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  6. farhana says

    July 26, 2019 at 1:15 am

    Nice content to boost our skills in the digital marketing area……thanks for sharing which is very helpful to me

    Reply
  7. Priyanshu Bansal says

    July 15, 2019 at 2:34 am

    Very nice Blog.
    I liked the content you described above and also tell me that if there is any youtube channel for my better understanding.
    Thank you!
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  8. Shahab Ali says

    June 7, 2019 at 3:13 am

    Hi David Trounce
    Very Interesting and useful post, can you tell about the SEO course. I am a new blogger and I need SEO for my blog. Also, mention if you have a youtube channel.
    Thanks for such a nice post again.
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  9. Aman yadav says

    June 4, 2019 at 6:35 am

    Thank you, for showing the very interesting thing which is the 5 short duration courses which are very helpful in horizons digital marketing employment.

    Reply
    • David Trounce says

      June 5, 2019 at 12:04 am

      Hi Aman,

      Glad you found it helpful.
      David Trounce would love you to read ..Boost Your SEO and Increase Rankings with TextOptimizerMy Profile

      Reply
  10. Anees Ilyas says

    June 3, 2019 at 2:41 am

    Plz, tell me about free email marketing training course. the training course may be less than a month and i will become able to boost traffic for my website.
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  11. Kyra Rodriguez says

    June 3, 2019 at 1:21 am

    I think I took the email marketing on HubSpot. Appreciate the effort by sharing this very helpful post!
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    • David Trounce says

      June 3, 2019 at 8:26 pm

      Thanks for your comment, Kyra. I have not found Hubspot to be overly useful myself. How did you find the course? Was it worthwhile?
      David Trounce would love you to read ..How to Use TextOptimizer to Perfect Your SEO Content in 12 Easy StepsMy Profile

      Reply
  12. Roberts says

    June 2, 2019 at 3:05 am

    Hi David Trounce, I read your post about Boosting Your Horizons in Digital Marketing Employment. However I’ve got a doubt, how long would it take to start getting positive results?
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    • David Trounce says

      June 2, 2019 at 7:51 pm

      Training not only puts you in the running for new work, but it also brings you into a network of people who might be able to provide that work – if that happens, you could find yourself progressing quite quickly.
      David Trounce would love you to read ..7 Steps to Get Your Small Business Up-and-Running OnlineMy Profile

      Reply
  13. Smith says

    June 1, 2019 at 1:36 am

    In this age Marketers should have these types of knowledge to survive in market. Thanks for this wonderful post…

    Reply
    • David Trounce says

      June 2, 2019 at 7:41 pm

      So true, Smiddy!
      David Trounce would love you to read ..7 Steps to Get Your Small Business Up-and-Running OnlineMy Profile

      Reply
  14. Riya says

    May 31, 2019 at 1:38 am

    Thanks for sharing this post man. this kind of training and digital marketing course is valuable for future digital marketing. thanks a lot.

    Reply
    • David Trounce says

      June 2, 2019 at 7:42 pm

      Hi Riya, thanks for the feedback.
      David Trounce would love you to read ..7 Steps to Get Your Small Business Up-and-Running OnlineMy Profile

      Reply
  15. Migo says

    May 30, 2019 at 4:20 am

    Thanks for sharing your article. This kind of training and digital marketing courses are very valuable if you are wanting to boost your employment in digital marketing.
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    Reply
    • David Trounce says

      May 30, 2019 at 4:34 am

      Hi Migo, thanks for the feedback. Glad you found the content useful.
      David Trounce would love you to read ..7 Simple Strategies To Improve Rankings to Get More Leads From Your WebsiteMy Profile

      Reply
  16. Jatta says

    May 30, 2019 at 4:11 am

    Hello David, thanks for your ideas on training. IT and marketing are two big industries that require constant training and education in order to stay competitive.
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    • David Trounce says

      May 30, 2019 at 4:37 am

      Hey Jatta, thanks for the feedback. If you have any ideas or can recommend a good resource in these areas of training, let me know.
      David Trounce would love you to read ..7 Simple Strategies To Improve Rankings to Get More Leads From Your WebsiteMy Profile

      Reply
  17. Mark says

    May 30, 2019 at 2:55 am

    Hey David,

    Great tips and very easy to understand your content. It’s useful for us as a multinational company with a small team who need regular training.
    Mark would love you to read ..These Stores Have the Best Return Policies in RetailMy Profile

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    • David Trounce says

      May 31, 2019 at 1:04 am

      Hi Mark, glad you found it useful. All the best with your business.
      David Trounce would love you to read ..7 Simple Strategies To Improve Rankings to Get More Leads From Your WebsiteMy Profile

      Reply
  18. Abhishek Kumar says

    May 29, 2019 at 3:43 am

    Hello, This is a very nice and helpful post. I have done SEO training and right now I want to learn social media marketing and email marketing too. Thanks a lot of sharing this wonderful article.

    Reply
    • David Trounce says

      June 2, 2019 at 7:27 pm

      Hi Abhishek, Thanks for the feedback. here is one place you can go for resources on Social Media Training – https://www.diygenius.com/10-free-online-courses-in-social-media-and-inbound-marketing/
      David Trounce would love you to read ..7 Steps to Get Your Small Business Up-and-Running OnlineMy Profile

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  19. Gracie says

    May 29, 2019 at 2:46 am

    David, thanks so much for these inside tips. Content marketing is for sure the most requested these days.
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  20. Saikat says

    May 29, 2019 at 12:39 am

    Social media and marketing training can really help boost your career prospects – I agree, thanks, David.

    Reply
    • David Trounce says

      June 2, 2019 at 7:36 pm

      Thanks, Saikat. All the best!
      David Trounce would love you to read ..7 Steps to Get Your Small Business Up-and-Running OnlineMy Profile

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  21. Saurabh says

    May 28, 2019 at 8:03 am

    Hello David,

    Thanks for sharing such a great article, I am also a digital marketing executive. Please keep on posting more information about digital marketing – I like the way you write and explain things.

    Thanks again…

    Reply
  22. Jitendra Vaswani says

    May 28, 2019 at 7:34 am

    Hi David,

    I am going to invest in an email marketing course for my team. As per the marketer, email marketing still works in 2019. Thanks for sharing such a post.

    I’m gonna use some of your tips with my own staff.

    Reply
    • David Trounce says

      May 28, 2019 at 9:12 pm

      Hi Jitendra,

      Glad you found the piece usefull. Training is inescapable these days if you want to maintain your expertise online. All the best with your work!
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      Reply
  23. Rahul says

    May 28, 2019 at 5:43 am

    Thanks for the article, I found it really helpful, David. Plenty of great tips.

    Reply
    • David Trounce says

      May 28, 2019 at 7:22 am

      My pleasure Rahul. Glad you found it useful.
      David Trounce would love you to read ..7 Simple Strategies To Improve Rankings to Get More Leads From Your WebsiteMy Profile

      Reply
  24. David Smith says

    May 28, 2019 at 1:03 am

    Useful information – nowadays everyone needs digital marketing small business or medium business training in order to keep up with technology and client expectations.

    Reply
  25. Masrur says

    May 27, 2019 at 6:49 pm

    That’s great, I am struggling with my digital marketing site and I probably need more training myself – finding time is hard, though.

    Reply
    • David Trounce says

      June 2, 2019 at 7:39 pm

      Masrur,

      I know how you feel. Time is one of the biggest obstacles to upgrading your skills. Which, ironically, probably suggest you need to do some training in Time management!
      David Trounce would love you to read ..7 Steps to Get Your Small Business Up-and-Running OnlineMy Profile

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