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      University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

      Digital Marketing Strategy: Navigating Emerging Media and AI

      Skills you'll gain: Customer experience strategy (CX), Strategic Communication, Marketing Communications, Digital Media Strategy, Marketing Analytics, Digital Marketing, Marketing Channel, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Marketing Strategy and Techniques, Integrated Marketing Communications, Personalized Service, Consumer Behaviour, Data Ethics, Social Media, Emerging Technologies, Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality

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      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera

      YouTube Optimization: Grow Your Presence

      Skills you'll gain: Content Performance Analysis, Search Engine Optimization, Keyword Research, Performance Analysis, Marketing Analytics, Web Analytics and SEO, Content Strategy, Analytics, Marketing Channel, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Social Media Strategy, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Revenue Management, Social Media Management, Brand Marketing

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

      Text Retrieval and Search Engines

      Skills you'll gain: Text Mining, Natural Language Processing, Data Mining, Unstructured Data, Big Data, Web Scraping, Machine Learning Algorithms, Web Analytics and SEO, Machine Learning, Information Architecture, Statistical Methods

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      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      960 reviews

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Simplilearn

      Email Marketing

      Skills you'll gain: Email Marketing, Marketing Automation, Newsletters, Digital Marketing, A/B Testing, Marketing Strategy and Techniques, Target Audience, Campaign Management, Promotional Strategies, Lead Generation, Automation, Law, Regulation, and Compliance

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera Instructor Network

      GenAI for Social Media Marketing Specialists

      Skills you'll gain: Generative AI, Campaign Management, Social Media Marketing, Social Media, Content Creation, Social Media Content, Innovation, Marketing Operations, Social Media Campaigns, Prompt Engineering, AI Personalization, Instagram, Customer Engagement, Analysis, Data Analysis

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      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      17 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      UBITS

      Introducción al marketing con Google Ads

      Skills you'll gain: Google Ads, Advertising Campaigns, Pay Per Click Advertising, Marketing, Marketing Effectiveness, Search Engine Marketing, Online Advertising, Campaign Management, Digital Marketing, Marketing Strategies, Keyword Research, Product Marketing, Target Audience

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Simplilearn

      ROI-Driven Digital Marketing Analytics

      Skills you'll gain: Search Engine Marketing, Google Ads, Marketing Analytics, Web Analytics, Google Analytics, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Marketing Effectiveness, Performance Measurement, Business Metrics, Online Advertising, Marketing Budgets, Performance Metric, Pay Per Click Advertising, Digital Marketing, Paid media, Search Engine Optimization, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Return On Investment, Marketing Automation, Marketing Strategies

      Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of Maryland, College Park

      Digital Marketing 2

      Skills you'll gain: Pay Per Click Advertising, Marketing Analytics, Search Engine Optimization, Analytics, Big Data, Google Analytics, Digital Marketing, Search Engine Marketing, Paid media, Web Analytics, Web Analytics and SEO, Online Advertising, Digital Advertising, Marketing Effectiveness, A/B Testing, Applied Machine Learning, Marketing Automation, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

      Search Engines for Web and Enterprise Data

      Skills you'll gain: Web Analytics and SEO, AI Personalization, Semantic Web, Algorithms, Query Languages, Network Analysis, Text Mining, Information Architecture, Performance Testing, Natural Language Processing, User Research, Data Structures, Graph Theory, UI/UX Research, Applied Machine Learning, Linear Algebra

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      Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months

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      Northwestern University

      Content, Advertising & Social IMC

      Skills you'll gain: Integrated Marketing Communications, Social Media Marketing, Content Marketing, Social Media, Social Media Strategy, Earned Media, Owned Media, Paid media, Facebook, Content Creation, Drive Engagement, Digital Media Strategy, Advertising, Digital Advertising, Global Marketing, Marketing Strategies, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Customer Engagement, A/B Testing

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      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Aptly

      Google Search Advertising Foundations

      Skills you'll gain: Google Ads, Content Performance Analysis, Advertising Campaigns, Performance Metric, Search Engine Marketing, Campaign Management, Pay Per Click Advertising, Keyword Research, Performance Measurement, Digital Advertising, Advertising, Marketing, Copywriting, Quality Assessment

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Coursera Project Network

      Create an A/B web page marketing test with Google Optimize

      Skills you'll gain: A/B Testing, Google Analytics, Web Analytics, User Experience, Web Content, Target Audience, Marketing Effectiveness, Goal Setting, Marketing, Content Development and Management, Analytics

      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      108 reviews

      Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular search engine marketing courses

    • Digital Marketing Strategy: Navigating Emerging Media and AI: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    • YouTube Optimization: Grow Your Presence: Coursera
    • Text Retrieval and Search Engines: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    • Email Marketing: Simplilearn
    • GenAI for Social Media Marketing Specialists: Coursera Instructor Network
    • Introducción al marketing con Google Ads: UBITS
    • ROI-Driven Digital Marketing Analytics: Simplilearn
    • Digital Marketing 2: University of Maryland, College Park
    • Search Engines for Web and Enterprise Data: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    • Content, Advertising & Social IMC: Northwestern University

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