Step 01
Explore Real Brands
Study how real businesses market themselves online.
Analyze real campaigns and marketing approaches.
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Practical Track Roadmap
Digital Marketing
Learn digital marketing by building a campaign, not by memorizing marketing terms. You will work with real or realistic business scenarios to research audiences and competitors, choose the right channels, create campaign assets, use relevant tools and review performance to improve your approach.
10
Practical steps
8
Outcomes
Goal
Plan and execute a practical digital marketing campaign.
Your roadmap
From foundation to practical output.
Follow each stage in sequence. Every step builds on the previous one and moves you closer to practical, demonstrable work.
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Step 02
Audience Research
Research a target audience.
Create a practical customer profile.
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Step 03
Competitor Research
Analyze competitors, their content, positioning and marketing channels.
Identify opportunities and gaps.
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Step 04
Choose Marketing Channels
Explore relevant digital channels.
Select channels based on the business and target audience.
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Step 05
Build a Marketing Strategy
Define the objective, audience, message, channels, content and timeline.
Connect the strategy to a practical business goal.
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Step 06
Explore Marketing Tools
Research and practice using tools for content, research, scheduling and analytics.
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Step 07
Create Campaign Content
Develop campaign concepts and messaging.
Create practical campaign assets.
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Step 08
Launch/Simulate a Campaign
Execute or simulate a campaign for a real or realistic business.
Follow the planned campaign timeline.
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Step 09
Measure & Improve
Review campaign performance and key metrics.
Identify improvements and optimization opportunities.
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Step 10
Mentorship & Campaign Review
Present the campaign to a mentor.
Receive feedback and refine the final work.
Roadmap complete
Outcomes
What you’ll develop and produce.
By completing this roadmap, you’ll finish with practical work, clearer capability and stronger evidence of what you can do.
Outcome 01
An audience and customer profile based on practical research.
Outcome 02
A competitor analysis covering positioning, content and channels.
Outcome 03
A clear digital marketing strategy with objectives, audience, message, channels and timeline.
Outcome 04
Practical experience with relevant marketing and analytics tools.
Outcome 05
Campaign concepts, messaging and practical campaign assets.
Outcome 06
Experience executing or simulating a campaign for a real or realistic business.
Outcome 07
A basic performance review using relevant marketing metrics.
Outcome 08
A final campaign refined through mentor feedback and presented professionally.
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