With social advertising and Google Ads, you can reach your target audiences exactly where they are. Learn how to develop effective campaigns, allocate your budget strategically, and continuously optimize your results using data and AI.
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Certificates: "Ads Manager" Certificate
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Additional Certificates: "Social Advertising" Certificate
Google Ads" certificate -
Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeiten mit Abschlusspräsentationen
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Teaching Times: Full-timeMonday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
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Language of Instruction: German
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Duration: 4 Weeks
Social Advertising
Fundamentals and Strategy in Social Advertising (approx. 2 days)
Social Advertising in the Marketing Mix
Comparing Organic Posts and Paid Ads
Advertising Options on Facebook and Instagram
An Overview of AI-Powered Automation on Meta (Advantage+)
Campaign Goals and Funnel Logic
Target Audiences, Offer, and Message
Key Metrics in Social Advertising
Competitive Analysis Using the Meta Ads Library and AI
Ad Design and Creative Assets Using AI (approx. 2 days)
Creating Effective Ads: Hook, Benefit, Call-to-Action
Ad formats for Feed, Stories, and Reels
AI-powered creation of text, images, and ad variations
Advertising guidelines and labeling of AI-generated content
Campaign Implementation with Metricool (approx. 3 days)
Connect the advertising account and understand the campaign structure
Create campaigns: objective, target audience, placement, budget
Promote posts and strategically boost organic content
Manage and optimize campaigns
An overview of retargeting, custom audiences, and lookalike audiences
Tracking, Optimization, and Reporting (approx. 2 days)
Tracking Basics: Pixels, Conversions API, UTM Parameters
Data Protection and Consent in Tracking
Testing and Optimizing Ads (A/B Testing)
Reporting with Metricool
AI-powered analysis and recommendations for action
Project Work (approx. 1 day)
To reinforce what has been learned
Presentation of the project
Google Ads
Digital marketing basics (approx. 1 day)
Introduction to digital marketing and current trends
Role of Google Ads in performance marketing
Customer journey, funnel models
Synergies with SEO and social media
Account setup and interface (approx. 0.5 days)
How Google Ads works
Advertising networks
Account hierarchy, account setup
Understanding the user interface
Campaigns and ad structure (approx. 2 days)
Campaign types, Demand Gen campaigns
Performance Max
Developing campaigns and ads
Designing landing pages
Conversion goals
Setup via Google Tag Manager
Analysis of conversion paths
Keyword strategies and ad texts with AI (approx. 2 days)
Keyword research and tools
Search intent and keyword options
Design of ads (AIDA, CTA)
Budgeting and Google Ads Manager (approx. 1.5 days)
Costs and budget of Ads campaigns
Quality factor, ad rank and click prices
Smart bidding
Evaluation of reports and statistics
Performance monitoring and optimization
Introduction to the Google Ads Manager
Performance measurement and controlling (approx. 1 day)
Dashboard usage
KPIs (CTR, conversion rate)
AI in marketing and AI assets (approx. 1 day)
Introduction to AI-supported campaigns
Use of ChatGPT for text optimization
AI-generated images and videos
Project work (approx. 1 day)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Changes are possible, the course content is updated regularly.
Upon completing the course, you’ll be able to position social advertising and Google Ads as key components of the marketing mix, as well as plan, implement, and optimize targeted campaigns on Facebook, Instagram, and Google. You’ll develop a clear campaign strategy based on your offering, target audience, and message, select appropriate keywords, and design compelling ad formats. In doing so, you’ll allocate budgets efficiently and use tracking, metrics, and reports to evaluate and improve the success of your campaigns. Artificial intelligence helps you generate ideas, creative assets, text variations, and analytics more quickly.
Specialists and executives in online marketing, social media, branding, e-commerce, and communications, as well as anyone who wants to get started in social advertising or deepen their knowledge of the field.
With in-depth knowledge of social advertising and Google Ads, you’ll expand your career opportunities in digital marketing. You’ll be able to strategically plan, implement, and optimize advertising campaigns tailored to specific target audiences—for example, in marketing departments, agencies, or e-commerce companies. Whether you’re a freelance consultant or just starting your career, this knowledge provides you with a practical foundation for entering a dynamic field.
Your meaningful certificate provides a detailed insight into the qualifications you have acquired and improves your career prospects.
Didactic concept
Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).
You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.
Virtual classroom alfaview®
Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.
The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).