Digital marketing and Google Ads

This course takes you through modern and digital forms of marketing and communication as well as the handling of marketing projects. You will also learn how to set up a Google Ads account, structure campaigns and select suitable keywords. An insight into the use of artificial intelligence in the workplace rounds off the course.
  • Certificates: Digital Marketing" certificate
    Google Ads" certificate
  • Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeiten mit Abschlusspräsentationen
  • 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: 6 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 and 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

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

Smart bidding

Evaluation of reports and statistics

Success 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.

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.

After completing the course, you will also know how to set up a Google Ads account, structure campaigns, select suitable keywords and design targeted ad formats. You will also be able to apply budgeting strategies and optimize your success through tracking and reporting.

This course is suitable for anyone who wants to gain a professional foothold in marketing or successfully market their company. The course is also suitable for lateral entrants, e.g. from technical professions.

This course will qualify you for a career in marketing. The newly acquired skills are in demand at all companies with a marketing department, but also at advertising agencies or companies in wholesale and retail.

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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