Digital marketing and event management

Free of cost

by funding

This course takes you through modern and digital forms of marketing and communication. The handling and evaluation of marketing projects is covered and you will learn how to plan and implement events professionally. You will also learn how artificial intelligence is used in the profession.
  • Certificates: Digital Marketing" certificate
    "Event management and digital event planning" certificate
  • Examination: Practical project work with final presentations
  • Teaching Times: Full-time
    Monday 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.)
  • Language of Instruction: German
  • Duration: 8 Weeks

Digital Marketing

Basics (approx. 2 days)

Market research and analysis

Target group analysis, customer insights

Limbic map

Customer Experience (CX)

4Ps (Product, Price, Place, Promotion)

Price and sales strategy

B2B and B2C

Communication strategy and channels


Digital marketing (approx. 5 days)

Marketing forms and media advertising

Design options with Canva

Content marketing, storytelling

Content management systems (CMS)

SEO/SEA

Google Ads

Mobile marketing

Push and pull marketing / pay-per-click (PPC)

Special forms of advertising at a glance: Display, affiliate and viral marketing

Retargeting and remarketing

Social media marketing in online publishing

Collaborative consumption

Email and newsletter marketing

Cross-channel and cross-media: the optimal marketing mix


Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process

Presentation of specific AI technologies

and possible applications in the professional environment


Web analytics and social media monitoring (approx. 1.5 days)

Key Performance Indicator (KPI)

Monitoring processes

Social media monitoring

Web analytics

Google Analytics


Chatbots and dialog design (approx. 0.5 days)

Chatbots in marketing

Related systems


Performance measurement and budgeting (approx. 4 days)

Measurement parameters, billing models and key figures

Methods and tools for usability measurement and optimization

Buyer's journey, customer decision funnel, AIDA model, after sales

4Rs (Recognition, Relevance, Reward, Relationship)

Budgeting


Data Driven Marketing (approx. 1 day)

Big Data, Smart Data, Data Driven Marketing, First Party Data, Second Party Data


Legal framework (approx. 1 day)

Copyright, personal rights & rights of use

Information obligations on the Internet

Trademark, competition and expression law

Legal limits of unauthorized advertising

Trademark registration and trademark monitoring


Project work (approx. 5 days)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the project results

Event management and digital event planning with MS Project

Event formats (approx. 1 day)

Tasks of the event manager

Differentiation between on-site/virtual/hybrid/smart


Business management basics (approx. 2 days)

Financing and budgeting

Recording and posting business processes in accounting

Controlling, sponsoring, licensing


Legal basics (approx. 2 days)

Contract forms and relationships

Contract design

Liability and insurance

Laws, ordinances and regulations

Legal obligations of event organizers and venues

Special duties and taxes in the event business


Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process

Presentation of specific AI technologies

and possible applications in the professional environment


Event planning on site and digitally (approx. 4 days)

Conception and implementation

Presentation and moderation

Goals and target groups

Planning and organization

Agile event management

Design of a supporting program

Time management

Guest management, intercultural aspects

Scheduling: end dates, start dates, time reserves


Event logistics and event technology (approx. 4 days)

Logistical and technical planning and implementation of digital and on-site events

Tools and checklists for professional event organization

Cooperation with agencies and external service providers

Deployment and coordination of personnel

Implementation, day of the event and risk management

Social responsibility and sustainability

Success control and follow-up


Marketing (approx. 1 day)

Market observation and concept development

Strategic marketing

Operational marketing

Online marketing (SEM/SEO)

Basics of social media marketing


Event management with MS Project (approx. 3 days)

Scheduling

Resource management: labor, material, costs

Project monitoring: target/actual comparison, graphical reports


Project work (approx. 3 days)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the project results



Changes are possible. The course content is updated regularly.

After the course, you will be familiar with the most important modern marketing strategies and communication channels, be able to plan, implement and evaluate marketing strategies and work creatively with Canva. You will be familiar with the most important terms and activities in the field of digital marketing, such as social media marketing, the 4Ps and 4Rs or cross-channel and cross-media marketing, and you will be able to use influencer marketing as a digital marketing tool in a targeted manner.

You will also be able to distinguish between different event formats and professionally plan, organize and implement digital and on-site events. The focus is on strategic planning, marketing as well as legal and sustainable aspects of event management. You are proficient in the MS Project program and can use it to professionally plan, monitor and analyze the success of events.

This course is primarily aimed at people from the event sector, but also at employees from the fields of marketing, communication, PR or hotels, gastronomy and tourism.

With organizational skills and specialist knowledge in the field of event management, you can find employment in numerous companies. Jobs in communication, marketing and event agencies are particularly suitable. However, you can also work successfully in the tourism industry and with trade fair, conference and congress agencies. The skills acquired here are also an advantage for some companies with event departments and for self-employment.

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).

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We will gladly advise you free of charge. 0800 3456-500 Mon. - Fri. from 8 am to 5 pm free of charge from all German networks.