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Certificates: Brand Marketing Manager" certificate
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Additional Certificates: Digital Marketing" certificate
Brand Marketing" certificate
Certified SEM Manager" certificate
Certified Social Media Manager" certificate -
Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeiten mit Abschlusspräsentationen
Certified SEM Manager:in
Certified Social Media Manager:in -
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: 16 Weeks
Digital Marketing
Fundamentals of Marketing (approx. 2 days)
Market Research and Analysis
Target Audience Analysis, Customer Insights
AI-powered Market and Competitive Analysis
Limbic Map and Other Target Audience Analysis Models
Customer Experience (CX) and Customer Journey
4Ps (Product, Price, Place, Promotion)
Pricing and Sales Strategy
B2B and B2C
Communication Strategy and Channels
Digital Marketing and Content (approx. 5 days)
Marketing Formats and Media Advertising
Content Marketing, Storytelling
Content Production with Canva and AI Tools
Image, Text, and Presentation Creation
Content Management Systems (CMS)
SEO/SEA and GEO (Generative Engine Optimization)
Google Ads and Pay-Per-Click (PPC)
Mobile Marketing
Display, affiliate, and viral marketing
Retargeting and Remarketing
Social Media Marketing
Community Management and Editorial Planning
Email and Newsletter Marketing
Cross-Channel and Cross-Media: The Optimal Marketing Mix
AI-Powered Campaign Planning and Content Creation
Web Analytics, Data-Driven Marketing, and Social Media Monitoring (approx. 3 days)
Key Performance Indicator (KPI)
Monitoring Processes
Social Media Monitoring
Web Analytics
Google Analytics
Big Data, Smart Data, and Data-Driven Marketing
First-Party Data and Second-Party Data
Segmentation and Personalization
AI-powered Analysis of Marketing Data
Chatbots and Dialogue Design (approx. 1 day)
Rule-Based Chatbots and AI-Powered Chatbots
Dialogue Design, Tone, and User Guidance
Lead Generation and FAQ Scenarios
Chatbots in Customer Service and Marketing
Opportunities and Risks of AI Chatbots
Performance Measurement, Conversion Optimization, and Budgeting (approx. 4 days)
Metrics, Billing Models, and Key Performance Indicators
Buyer’s Journey, Customer Decision Funnel, AIDA Model, After-Sales
Landing Pages and Conversion Funnels
Fundamentals of Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO)
Methods and Tools for Usability Measurement and Optimization
4Rs (Recognition, Relevance, Reward, Relationship)
Budgeting for Digital Marketing Initiatives
An Overview of CAC, ROAS, and Customer Lifetime Value
Legal Framework (approx. 2 days)
Copyright, Personality Rights, and Rights of Use
Disclosure Requirements on the Internet
Trademark, Competition, and Freedom of Expression Law
Legal Limits on Unlawful Advertising
Data Protection in Digital Marketing
Legal Aspects of Using AI Tools
Attribution and Rights of Use for AI-Generated Content
Project work (approx. 3 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Brand Marketing
Brand Building and Brand Strategy (approx. 4 days)
Brand Identity, Brand Values, and Brand Positioning
Corporate Identity and Brand Design
Target Audience Analysis, Customer Insights, and Customer Experience
Brand Personality, Brand Promise, and Differentiation
Design Options with Canva and AI
Limbic Map
Prompting for Research, Idea Generation, and Brand Concepts
Legal Foundations, Trademark Protection, and AI (approx. 1 day)
Brand Development and Brand Protection
Claims, Logos, and Visual Brand Elements
Trademark Registration and Monitoring
Copyright, Usage, and Data Protection Law
Legally Compliant Use of Generative AI in Marketing
Digital Branding (approx. 3 days)
Brand Management in Digital Channels
Online Marketing Mix and Customer Journey
Creating Personas and Touchpoint Management
AI-powered content, image, and idea development
Conversational Branding and Social Listening
Brand Communication and Content Creation (approx. 2 days)
Content Marketing and Storytelling
Brand Voice and Emotional Brand Communication
Content Creation with AI
User-Generated Content and Community Management
Crisis Communication (Positive and Negative Backlash)
Brand-Consistent Communication via Website, Social Media, Newsletters, and Chat
Performance Measurement and Brand Analytics (approx. 2 days)
Brand KPIs and Brand Tracking
Social Media and Web Analytics
Monitoring, Controlling, and Dashboards
Reporting and Data-Driven Optimization
Project work (approx. 3 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Influencer Marketing (approx. 4 days)
Fundamentals of Influencer and Creator Marketing
Development and Management of Influencer Campaigns
Selecting Suitable Creators and Brand Ambassadors
Community Management and Brand Fit
Contract Drafting and Disclosure Requirements
Budgeting, Performance Measurement, and Reporting
Project work (approx. 1 day)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
SEM Marketing expertise
Search engine optimization basics (approx. 3 days)
Web-based search engines
Google Universal Search
Vertical search engines
Search result pages (SERPs) and hits
Rich results
Google Knowledge Graph
PageRank
Domain Authority
Google search results/search settings
RankBrain
Social SEO
Voice Search/ Conversational Search
SEO processes (approx. 2 days)
Steps of the SEO process
Define SEO goals
Target group/persona
Keyword candidates
SEO KPIs
Conversions
Content quality
Google ranking signals
Search intent
Inverse Document Frequency (IDF)
Website optimization (approx. 3 days)
Mobile UX
Meta tags/meta description/meta title
Duplicate content
Semantic web/search
Structured data and its meaning/possible uses
Check loading times (Core Web Vitals)
Check domains for IP address
Security functions of the https protocol
Robots.txt
Anchor texts
Google Penalty
Search queries with local reference/Local SEO
Accessibility developments
SEO success control (approx. 2 days)
Performing success monitoring without commercial tools
Tools for ranking monitoring
Google index/Google quality guidelines
Backlinks and link building measures
Visibility index
OnPage analysis
Google Ads (approx. 2 days)
Google Ads basics
Analyzing the intent of search queries
Creating keyword lists
Campaign types/goals/structure of Google search ads
Google Keyword Planner
Set up and manage campaigns
Google Ads Auction
Web analytics (approx. 3 days)
Web Analytics
Goals and functions
Data protection
Reach measurement
Possibilities and limits of the data that can be collected
Setting up Google Analytics 4/demo account
Real-time reports
Target group analysis
Origin of website visitors
Event and goal tracking
Event tracking
Google Search Console
Visitor behavior
Google Tag Manager
cookies
Artificial intelligence (AI) in SEM marketing (approx. 1 day)
Use of AI for search engine optimization
Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)
Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)
Generative AI Optimization (GAIO)
Introduction to AI-supported campaigns
Project work, certification preparation and certification examination (approx. 4 days)
Social media management expertise with AI
Social Media in the Workplace (approx. 2 days)
The Role of Social Media in Corporate Communications (Internal/External)
Opportunities/Risks, Guidelines, Dos and Don’ts
Job Descriptions, Roles, and Interfaces (Marketing, PR, HR, Legal, Support)
Processes and Approval Workflows (Governance)
Social Media Strategy (approx. 3 days)
Development of a Social Media Strategy
Strategy Components: Three-Phase Model and (SMART) Goals
Target Audiences/Personas, Positioning
Current Situation Analysis/Audit/Resources
Selecting Channels and Defining Channel Roles
Content Methods (Editorial Calendar, Topic Clusters, Content Pillars)
AI-powered Research and Planning: Keywords/Hashtags, Trend Analysis, Hook Variations, Tone/Brand Voice, Prompt Library
Performance Measurement/Analysis of Measures
Social media channels (approx. 5 days)
Strategic importance and possibilities of social networks
Basic algorithm logic, user structure, format mix
Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp channels incl. Meta Business Suite (planning/publishing)
TikTok (short video logic, UGC/creator, trends vs. brand)
YouTube (shorts/longform, search logic)
LinkedIn/Xing (B2B, employer branding, social recruiting)
Pinterest (trends)
Overview: Twitch, Threads and X (status, classification and use case)
Social Media Management (approx. 2 days)
AI in social media: Tool map, use cases, limits, quality assurance (human-in-the-loop)
AI in communities: response suggestions, topic clustering, sentiment
Social media tools (planning, production, publishing, moderation)
Community management (netiquette, crisis management/shitstorm)
Paid social and campaign management (approx. 3 days)
Planning social media marketing measures,
Define campaign goals (awareness/traffic/leads/conversions) and creative logic
Target group/targeting basics
Budgeting and test design (A/B)
Social commerce
Influencer/creator marketing
Optimization and learnings
Online law for social media (approx. 2 days)
Recognizing legal pitfalls
Copyright, rights of use, licenses
Data protection (GDPR) and tracking (cookies/consent)
Right to a name, trademark law
Liability for own and third-party content
Labelling obligations (including advertising/influencers)
EU frameworks at a glance: DSA and EU AI Act
Classifying AI content legally/ethically (labeling, misleading, rights)
Project work, certification preparation and certification examination (approx. 3 days)
Changes are possible, the course content is updated regularly.
After completing the course, you will have basic knowledge in the areas of digital marketing and online marketing. You will know how to build a brand, what makes for successful and targeted brand communication and will be able to create content with Canva. You will also be familiar with the most important terms and measures in social media marketing and will be able to create online campaigns and increase the findability of a website in search engine results such as Google, Bing or Yahoo.
The course is aimed at people from the fields of marketing, communication or social media and anyone who wants to gain a professional foothold in marketing or successfully market their company.
Brand marketing managers are sought after in both large and medium-sized companies and are in high demand in the job market. Potential areas of employment include advertising agencies or the marketing departments of industrial and commercial companies across all economic sectors.
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).