Digital Marketing Techniques

Course overview

Why Attend

Digital marketing has become an essential component of modern business strategy, enabling organisations to reach targeted audiences, strengthen brand visibility, generate qualified leads, and develop lasting customer relationships. As consumers increasingly rely on search engines, social media, websites, mobile applications, and digital platforms, organisations must adopt effective digital marketing techniques to remain competitive.

Unlike traditional marketing approaches, digital marketing provides opportunities for precise audience targeting, personalised communication, real-time performance measurement, and continuous campaign optimisation. However, achieving meaningful results requires more than maintaining a website or publishing content on social media.

Successful digital marketing depends on understanding customer behaviour, selecting appropriate digital channels, developing relevant content, managing advertising investments, and using analytical insights to improve performance. Organisations must also respond to changing search engine practices, evolving social media algorithms, privacy requirements, and the growing influence of artificial intelligence.

The Digital Marketing Techniques course provides participants with a comprehensive understanding of contemporary digital marketing principles, strategies, platforms, and practical applications.

Participants explore search engine optimisation (SEO), search engine marketing (SEM), social media marketing, content marketing, email marketing, digital advertising, website optimisation, marketing automation, and digital analytics.

The programme also examines customer journey mapping, audience segmentation, conversion rate optimisation, artificial intelligence applications, and the integration of digital marketing activities with broader organisational objectives.

Through practical workshops, campaign planning exercises, digital performance analysis, and realistic business scenarios, participants develop the skills required to design, implement, evaluate, and optimise effective digital marketing campaigns.

Professional Problems This Course Is Designed to Solve

• Low online visibility and limited brand awareness: Applying search optimisation, content marketing, and digital promotion techniques to improve discoverability and audience reach.

• Ineffective digital advertising expenditure: Developing targeted campaigns, selecting appropriate advertising platforms, and optimising budgets according to measurable results.

• Poor audience engagement and lead generation: Creating relevant digital content, audience-specific messaging, and conversion-focused customer journeys.

• Fragmented digital marketing activities: Integrating websites, search engines, social media, email marketing, and paid advertising into a coordinated digital strategy.

• Low website conversion rates: Improving landing pages, calls to action, user experience, and conversion pathways to increase desired customer actions.

• Limited understanding of marketing performance: Using digital analytics, campaign tracking, and performance indicators to evaluate results and support evidence-based decisions.

• Difficulty adapting to emerging digital technologies: Applying marketing automation, artificial intelligence, and responsible data practices to improve marketing efficiency and competitiveness.

Course Methodology

The programme combines instructor-led discussions, live digital marketing demonstrations, campaign development workshops, platform analysis exercises, group activities, and practical marketing case studies.

Participants work with realistic business scenarios involving website promotion, search engine visibility, social media campaigns, content development, email communication, paid advertising, and customer acquisition.

Practical activities introduce commonly used digital marketing tools and platforms, including Google Analytics 4, Google Search Console, Google Ads, social media advertising interfaces, email marketing applications, and AI-assisted content tools.

Participants develop audience profiles, conduct introductory keyword research, prepare digital content, design advertising campaigns, interpret marketing data, and recommend performance improvements.

The programme emphasises practical application, measurable outcomes, responsible marketing practices, and the development of integrated digital marketing strategies aligned with organisational goals.

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Explain the principles and strategic importance of digital marketing

• Analyse digital audiences, customer behaviour, and online customer journeys

• Develop measurable digital marketing objectives aligned with business priorities

• Apply search engine optimisation techniques to improve organic visibility

• Understand paid search advertising and digital campaign management

• Develop effective social media marketing and engagement strategies

• Create digital content that supports brand awareness, engagement, and conversion

• Design email marketing campaigns and basic marketing automation workflows

• Improve website performance through user experience and conversion optimisation

• Interpret digital marketing analytics and campaign performance indicators

• Apply artificial intelligence and emerging technologies to marketing activities

• Develop an integrated digital marketing strategy and implementation plan

Target Audience

This course is suitable for:

• Digital marketing executives and specialists

• Marketing managers and marketing coordinators

• Public relations and corporate communications professionals

• Social media managers and content creators

• Brand managers and product marketing professionals

• Sales and business development professionals

• E-commerce and online business managers

• Customer experience and engagement professionals

• Entrepreneurs and small business owners

• Professionals seeking to develop practical digital marketing skills

Target Competencies

Participants will develop competencies in:

• Digital marketing strategy and planning

• Online audience research and segmentation

• Search engine optimisation and paid search

• Social media marketing and community engagement

• Digital content strategy and development

• Email marketing and marketing automation

• Digital advertising and budget management

• Website and conversion rate optimisation

• Digital analytics and performance reporting

• AI-assisted marketing and campaign optimisation

Course outline

Day 1: Digital Marketing Fundamentals, Strategy and Audience Analysis

• Understanding the digital marketing ecosystem, including websites, search engines, social media, online advertising, email, mobile channels, and digital customer interactions

• Examining the relationship between digital marketing, organisational strategy, brand positioning, customer acquisition, and business growth

• Analysing online consumer behaviour, digital touchpoints, purchasing decisions, and customer journey stages from awareness to conversion and retention

• Applying audience segmentation, customer personas, competitor analysis, and digital market research to identify high-value target audiences

• Developing SMART digital marketing objectives, selecting relevant performance indicators, and aligning channel priorities with available resources

• Practical workshop: Conducting a digital marketing situation analysis and developing a strategic campaign brief incorporating target audiences, objectives, channels, and success measures

Day 2: Search Engine Optimisation, Paid Search and Website Visibility

• Understanding how search engines discover, index, and rank website content and the role of organic search in digital marketing performance

• Applying keyword research techniques, search intent analysis, keyword mapping, and competitor assessment to identify relevant search opportunities

• Developing on-page SEO improvements involving page titles, meta descriptions, headings, internal linking, content relevance, and website structure

• Exploring technical SEO fundamentals, including mobile usability, page performance, crawlability, indexing, structured data, and website accessibility

• Understanding search engine marketing through Google Ads, including campaign objectives, keyword targeting, advertising formats, bidding concepts, and budget management

• Hands-on exercise: Preparing an SEO improvement checklist and designing a sample paid search campaign with keyword groups, advertising messages, landing page requirements, and performance indicators

Day 3: Social Media Marketing, Content Strategy and Digital Engagement

• Evaluating major social media platforms and selecting appropriate channels based on audience characteristics, organisational objectives, and content requirements

• Developing social media marketing strategies that support brand awareness, audience engagement, community development, lead generation, and customer relationships

• Creating effective digital content through educational articles, short-form videos, visual materials, storytelling, promotional messages, and audience-focused communication

• Understanding paid social media advertising, including campaign objectives, audience targeting, creative formats, advertising budgets, and performance assessment

• Developing content calendars, publishing schedules, engagement procedures, and brand communication guidelines for consistent digital presence

• Practical workshop: Creating a multi-channel social media campaign with audience personas, content themes, sample posts, creative briefs, advertising objectives, and a publishing calendar

Day 4: Email Marketing, Marketing Automation and Conversion Optimisation

• Understanding email marketing principles, including audience permission, subscriber segmentation, campaign objectives, personalisation, and customer lifecycle communication

• Developing professional email campaigns with effective subject lines, persuasive content, clear calls to action, responsive layouts, and appropriate delivery schedules

• Exploring marketing automation workflows for lead nurturing, welcome sequences, follow-up communication, customer retention, and re-engagement

• Applying website conversion optimisation techniques involving landing page structure, user experience, forms, calls to action, and conversion barriers

• Understanding A/B testing, campaign experimentation, lead qualification, conversion funnels, and the relationship between marketing activities and sales outcomes

• Hands-on exercise: Designing an email marketing and lead nurturing workflow supported by a conversion-focused landing page, audience segmentation, and measurable performance objectives

Day 5: Digital Marketing Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Campaign Optimisation

• Understanding digital marketing measurement frameworks and key indicators, including impressions, reach, engagement, click-through rates, conversion rates, cost per acquisition, and return on advertising spend

• Exploring Google Analytics 4, Google Search Console, advertising platform reports, and dashboard techniques for interpreting website and campaign performance

• Applying attribution concepts, campaign tracking parameters, performance comparisons, and data interpretation to identify marketing improvement opportunities

• Examining artificial intelligence applications in digital marketing, including content ideation, audience insights, campaign analysis, personalisation, and workflow automation

• Addressing digital marketing governance, including data privacy, consent management, advertising transparency, responsible AI use, and ethical customer communication

• Capstone exercise: Developing and presenting a Comprehensive Integrated Digital Marketing Strategy incorporating audience research, SEO, paid advertising, social media, content marketing, email automation, conversion optimisation, campaign budgets, performance dashboards, and an implementation roadmap

Dates and fees

Dates	City	Fee
16 - 20 Nov 2026	London, United Kingdom	£4,200
14 - 18 Dec 2026	Amsterdam, Netherlands	£4,250
4 - 8 Jan 2027	Amsterdam, Netherlands	£4,250
1 - 5 Feb 2027	London, United Kingdom	£4,200
1 - 5 Mar 2027	Istanbul, Turkey	£2,850
5 - 9 Apr 2027	Vienna, Austria	£4,250
3 - 7 May 2027	Barcelona, Spain	£3,850
7 - 11 Jun 2027	Paris, France	£4,500
5 - 9 Jul 2027	Frankfurt, Germany	£3,250
2 - 6 Aug 2027	Barcelona, Spain	£3,850
6 - 10 Sep 2027	Amsterdam, Netherlands	£4,250
4 - 8 Oct 2027	London, United Kingdom	£4,200
1 - 5 Nov 2027	Istanbul, Turkey	£2,850
6 - 10 Dec 2027	Vienna, Austria	£4,250