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Digital Marketing: Introduction Course

Getting your start in digital marketing is easier than ever with Red & Yellow. We’ve made things simple in this 6-week course that’s focused on the fundamentals, teaching you how to start planning and implementing groundbreaking digital marketing strategies.

This online course is designed to kick-start or consolidate your digital marketing knowledge using the latest in online learning techniques and expert-reviewed content.

“This course has been incredible and I’ve fully enjoyed every project. It’s been super valuable and I’m going to be able to use all the concepts I’ve learned in a new business my wife is starting. I’m so excited to see its impact in practice. Please extend my thanks to all the lecturers and markers and I hope I get to do another course in the near future.”

Alan Edgar

ECD, TBWA

Make your first moves with this introductory Digital Marketing Certificate

Gain industry-respected knowledge with expert-reviewed content using the latest online learning tools and techniques. 

You’ll learn the basics of brand positioning in a digital environment and how to use the right metrics to gather data and measure the performance of your brand or business.

What you’ll learn

  • The critical elements of a digital marketing strategy
  • Understanding the (new) customer journey
  • What makes for effective digital content
  • The nuances and behavioral shifts that work best across the various social media channels/platforms
  • How to analyze the many data points and what is important
  • The different types and applications of paid/performance media
  • The importance of SEO and UX

Who should take this course?

  • Traditional Marketers and Brand Managers, who need a quick accelerator into the digital realm
  • ‘Newbies’ to digital marketing who want to explore if it is a subject that interests them
  • Businesses who are moving into marketing for the first time – or don’t want to be marketers, but do want to understand the impact of how digital is leveling the playing field

Studying this course will equip you with up-to-date digital marketing basics to guide you into this growing discipline.

Our lecturers have spent decades working in the industry and know what it takes to make your career soar.

This course is ideal for experienced marketers – or those new to the industry – who want to make a move to digital.

Be recognised with an industry centric Red & Yellow certificate, giving you a blend of theoretical knowledge and hands-on skills.

Red & Yellow courses are made to future-proof your career

Our courses are designed to accelerate opportunities and give a boost to your CV. Top businesses across industries recognise Red & Yellow graduates as having the practical skills and the theoretical background to hit the ground running with confidence and creative flair.

  • An industry-sought-after Certificate of Completion from Red & Yellow
  • Original, relevant, and constantly updated content
  • An interactive online learning experience that includes videos, live chat sessions, forum discussions, and more

Our courses are both current and relevant to the South African context.

Applicable, practical assignments:

  •       So that you can apply what you’re learning to your everyday work life, and your specific business challenges.

Discussion Forums and Chat sessions:

  •       Helping you develop your professional network.
  •       Hosted by your coach, lecturer, or subject specialist.
  •       Ideal opportunities to discuss the content and get answers to all your questions.

Personalized feedback:

  •       Tailored to your individual strengths, and opportunities for personal improvement.

A dedicated team:

  • Acting as your “virtual” support crew whose only focus is to help get you over the finish line.

Course curriculum:

Meet your team:

This course was created by, and benefits from, our full-time lecturers’ years of experience in the field – both in lecturing and in industry. They know how to nurture talent and bring out the best in students, resulting in many award-wins over the years.

Carmen Schaefer
Head of Academics

  • 20 years in education
  • Academic Team leader at Red & Yellow
  • Authors the annual employability report

About Red & Yellow

Creative thinking is the most important skill. Artificial Intelligence and robots are going to replace some of the jobs we know today.

Red & Yellow is the business school where talented people go to develop the career skills they need to thrive in this digital world.

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Marketing is the creation and satisfaction of demand for your product, service, or ideas. If marketing is successful, it will create demand; this demand should translate into sales and, ultimately, revenue. Digital marketing offers an opportunity to tailor marketing campaigns to target specific customers. It also allows for more scope in terms of branding and public relations through content marketing. Digital marketing is a two-way communication between the brand and the customer, providing the business with valuable data that it can use to inform better product and service design.

The affordances of digital go beyond traditional modes of advertising and marketing. As well as information, digital marketing affords community, connection, feedback, and convenience. This makes digital marketing a powerful tool, if used properly.

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