LRN0040 - Online Advertising

Course Description

Get the keys to making online advertising work for you and your organization. See how pay per click advertising with Google AdWords works and find out how to test low budget Adword campaigns. Learn how you can target local audiences. Then discover Facebook advertising and how you can determine the demographics and even numbers of people you want to reach. No experience necessary. Instructor is an online ad expert and can answer advanced level questions.

Course Outline

Unit 2
Creating Google AdWord Campaigns
Determining keywords
Selecting your AdWord territory
Understanding pricing strategies
Creating an AdWord budget and evaluation

Unit 3
Improving Online Advertising Results
How SEO and online advertising complement each other
Testing keywords and related keywords
Using Traffic Estimator to improve keyword selection
Successful strategies in using online advertising

Unit 4
Facebook Ads
Understanding Facebook uses and users
Using demographics to target Facebook Ads
Setting up Facebook Ads
Trends and future of online advertising

About Your Instructors

Dan Belhassen is an expert in eMarketing. He does writing, training, and consulting all over North America on the topic.

He is founder of Modern Earth, located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.  Modern Earth does a range of eMarketing for its clients, including email promotions, web site development, search engine optimization, and online advertising.

Dan spends about 3 hours a day researching eMarketing and is a popular instructor on the topic.

Susan Hurrell is an Online Marketing specialist with Modern Earth, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.  She helps clients know how to connect web viewers to the products, services or information they are searching for.  PPC or Facebook ads, search engine optimization and dynamic sell-copy creation are her specialties to help websites deliver measurable results in viewer conversion, and increase traffic driven by online marketing initiatives.

Learner Outcomes

• Have an overall understanding of how online advertising works;
• Possess guidelines on how to create, maintain and analyze Google AdWords and Facebook Ad campaigns;
• Know how to test and improve your online advertising strategies;
• Gain the technical knowledge to utilize and analyze results using Google Adwords and Facebook Ads;
• Know how keyword variations, related keywords, language and estimated click-per-pay statistics can improve your online advertising results.

Notes

• To provide participants with an overview and understanding of online advertising functions today and its role in advertising and marketing;
• To provide participants with the practical, how-to knowledge of how to create, maintain and analyze an online advertising campaign;
• To provide participants with the knowledge of how to test online advertising campaigns;
• To provide participants with the knowledge of how to determine Return on Investment, pricing, and ad positions for Google Ads;
• To provide participants with an understanding of Facebook Ads, how they differ from Google Ads, and current and likely future trends in online advertising.

Testimonials

"I look forward to reviewing all of the readings and PowerPoint again since there is so much to learn!" - Sandra Strickland

Applies Towards the Following Digital Badges

• Digital Marketing Digital Badge - Online : Required Courses