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Whenever people come to me and say, Gerald, what skill do you think I can learn if I'm very serious
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about making money online? I do not blink before I answer that question. And the answer is very
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simple. It is digital marketing. And in today's video, I'm going to be telling you why. But beyond
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that, I'm going to be showing you six different websites where you can learn digital marketing and get certified for free. As a matter of fact, one of these websites is actually owned by Google
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which means that Google is going to give you a digital marketing certification. You know exactly
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what that means, especially if you are somebody looking for a job or looking to actually get
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to the next level in your career. The internet landscape is evolving at a lightning speed
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and staying ahead of the curve has never been more crucial. Whether you are a seasoned marketer looking to upgrade your skill
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or a bolded entrepreneur eager to conquer the online realm, this video is your golden ticket to success
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You might not know this, but digital marketing covers basically everything we do online
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From search engine marketing to search engine optimization to social media marketing, content marketing, email marketing
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influencer marketing paper click advertising conversion rates optimization mobile marketing ytics and data even facebook ads tiktok ad instagram ads google ads youtube ads all these
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are embedded inside our digital marketing so you begin to see how important this is right so it's
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important for you to stay with me from beginning to the end of this video as i'm going to be showing
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you six different websites right that are going to teach you digital marketing for completely free
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and the Google is gonna send you a certification for completing this
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particular training guys so you can see me for the first time I'm maybe Gerard I'm ex-gera making money online so what I do is that I try things out the walk I
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come right here and show you guys exactly what I've done so it's important for you to smash the like button on this video subscribe to my channel and
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most importantly turn on the bell notification button so that when I drop more amazing videos just like what you're about to watch right now YouTube is
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gonna send you a notification instantly guys so that said let's go to my laptop
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screen guys and let me show you these six different websites where you can learn digital marketing for
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free today and the best of all of these websites is the one from google actually because google
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is going to give you a certificate by the time you are done with this particular training so let's
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look at number one number one is the one show you right here it's called hope spot academy right
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this hope spot academy will give you the digital marketing course get certified in digital marketing
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free certification course this will also give you a certificate from the united states of america
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you know, Hotspot is a big company in the US, you can take your first step
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toward becoming a digital marketing professional with our free Hotspot digital marketing course
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This comprehensive certificate program will provide you with the skills you need to succeed in today's online world
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and all of this, right? So all you need to do right now is to put in your email address right here
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and hit start costs, right? Hit start costs. Now, you might be wondering
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how do I get the link of this particular website? Now, again, it's important for you guys to stay with me
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because at the end of this video, I'm going to be showing you guys exactly where i have listed all the links that i'm showing you guys in today's video so all you
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need to do is to just click either with your phone or with your laptop just click and it's going to
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take you to the right website so you don't have to make a mistake try to type in the website right
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so again it's important for you to stay with me till the end of this video as like i always say
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i'm gonna be leaving no stone unturned so um this is the test one right here it's called hop spots
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right so all you need to do like i said before put your email address right here and click on
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starts course actually starts this digital marketing course and guess what it is completely
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free now the second one is this particular one right here this is udemy and this udemy course
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most of you don't know that you have free courses udemy that's what i'm showing you guys right now
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so this is the digital marketing essential master class and guess what it is completely free
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right this one is a and the a to z of digital marketing course everything under 30 minutes
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this is free this one introduction to copywriting content writing and persuasion it also free i I can go on and on and on You going to be seeing a whole lot of digital marketing courses that are completely free right I took my time to actually find this for you guys
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If you go on Udemy right now, you'll not be able to find this. Trust me, right? So what I'm going to be doing is I'm going to be telling you guys exactly how to get the link
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So you can land on this particular page and decide to take one of these courses for completely free, right
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And all you need to do is just set up an account on Udemy. Click on them and take these courses. And most of them have certifications, you know
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And that is going to help you if you're looking to use the skill for yourself, just like I do, or you're looking to get a job in any company at all as a digital marketer
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Now, let's get a third one, which is this one right here. Digital skill, digital marketing
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Delve into the different digital marketing strategies and learn how to choose the right technique to target your customers
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Now, one of the interesting things about digital marketing is the fact that when it comes to targeting, you know, you can basically target a particular audience
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Let's say you are selling a buy-room for executives, right? You can literally pay and target executives on the internet using Facebook ads, Google ads, YouTube ads, TikTok ads, you know, like whatever it is
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LinkedIn ad as well. This YouTube marketing skill is going to show you guys exactly how to do all of that
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So you can sell anything, anything on the internet. You're always seeing your money because you're targeting your buyers directly
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Doesn't matter where they are. So long as they are on the internet, you're going to be targeting them. And that's one of the amazing things that digital marketing has helped me achieve in my business
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I can basically target my customers and sell whatever it is that I want to sell to them
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You know? So this is a two-weeks training, right? I had three hours of study, 100% online
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And guess what? It's completely free, right? Digital upgrade is completely free. And the application is available with even more info
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So this is the syllabus of what you are going to be learning. How to use digital skills
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So let's break this down. Get it started. In relation to digital marketing
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banner advertising, right? Paper click advertising, just like I said, content marketing, weekly roundup, right
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This is digital marketing techniques. Search engine optimization, how to optimize your content for search engines, right
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So when people search for specific keywords on Google, they're going to be finding your content, basically, right
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And there's also social media. In this section, you will explore what social media marketing is
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and how you can leverage it to grow your brand. Easy. So the next one is email marketing
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This is an activity where you learn about email marketing. I want to keep in mind to use this digital marketing technique effectively
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Now, I've said this before in one of my previous videos that an email list is actually the biggest arsenal anybody that is serious about making money online long term must have in their arsenal, right
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You must build an email list, and you do that with email marketing
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And the next one is integrated digital marketing. This activity will help you explore, will help us to explore digital marketing techniques as a whole and how they can be used together for a successful digital marketing campaign
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So all these things that you have learned, this particular module is going to help you put it together and implement together, right
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How to bring your email marketing campaign to your targeting, to SEO, to everything, bring it up together, you know, to achieve whatever aim that you're trying to achieve with selling your product or marketing or whatever it is that you're hoping to achieve, right
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So a digital marketing career. Now, how you can explore what a career in digital marketing could look like, right
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You understand exactly how to implement this at your job, right? So a weekly roundup, of course, everything you've learned
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It's like a summary of everything that you've learned. Who is this accredited by? This particular digital marketing training is accredited by the CPD Certification Service
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This was established in 1996 and is a leading independent CPD accreditation institution
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operating across industry sectors to complement the CPD policies and all of this right So let find out who CPD is So I going to come to this screen right now So it says welcome to CPD
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This is who they are, right? But beyond this, CPD is actually recognized
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by international Fortune 500 companies, including the Intellectual Property Office, right? In the UK, Ms. Bushi Electric
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the FA, you know, Premier League, Football Association, you know, all of this, right
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Explore all providers. You can actually click on University of Cambridge and all of that. These are people that CPD actually do recognize, right
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So imagine having a certificate that is separated by CPD, right? And you're looking for a job in Canada or in the US or, you know, wherever it is all around the world
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Even in my home country, Nigeria, right? This works completely. So the next website we're going to be looking at is this website called ClickMinded, right
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They provide a digital marketing course starter kit as well. and they're going to be teaching you
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SEO, Google ytics, email marketing, content marketing, social media, Google Ads, sales funnel
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digital marketing strategies, and everything. So, for a rule, all you need to do is just put your email address right here
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and click on save my spot. And guess what, guys? This is also free, right
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This is also free, okay? So, and this is trusted by WeWork
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Unicef, Grammarly, Stitch Fix, Microsoft, Liberty Mutual, and all of that, right
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So, it's very, very, very easy for you to start up. And like I said, it is completely free. So just put your email address right here
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I'll check this box. I'll click on save my spot. And that's how to get started, you know, on your digital marketing career with this particular website
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Now, let's go to the next one, which has to be the fifth one, which is this one right here, offered by Coursera
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Now, this is a digital marketing specialization course offered by Illinois. So, Drive Customer Behavior is six course overview of related digital marketing skills taught by industry experts
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And guess what? It's also completely free. And this is it. beginner level, not experience necessary
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Eight moons after five hours a week, flexible schedule, view all courses, right
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So this is about, so these are companies that are taking these courses right now
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Macquire, Danone, Tata, P&G, Capgemini, Petrobras, right? You know, and of course, like I told you
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this is, you earn a career certificate from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
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So taking this course alone, we give you a certificate from University of Illinois
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Right? So imagine coming to an employee and presenting a certificate that has University of Illinois that is not fake
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That's only real. Right? Imagine what that would do, you know, to you, basically
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With this course, you will learn in-demand skills from university and industry experts, master a subject or two with a class-home project, develop a deep understanding of key concepts
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And, of course, you earn a career certificate from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Right
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So specialization, this is what you're going to learn. Digital Marketing Revolution. You can click here to see the course details, right
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The way he explains it. Marketing in the digital world. Digital Marketing ytics in theory
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Digital Marketing ytics in practice. Digital Marketing and Marketing Principle. Digital Media and Marketing Strategies
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Digital Capital Capstone, right? And you earn a certificate, you know, just by taking this particular course, right
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These are people that have taken these courses before. So you can actually read what they are saying about this course and how he has absolutely
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help them in their life and in their career. You know, and I'm going to be coming to the last one, which is offered by Google, right
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But the question you might have right now is, which of these courses do I take
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I'm going to be answering that question. But let me show you the last, which is actually the best, the one that is offered by Google
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I'm actually taking this myself. I have a certificate, you know, for taking this. But this is Fundamentals of Digital Marketing
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Learn the fundamentals of digital marketing to help your business and career
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This is by Google the Open University and IEB basically right So all you need to do is to click on this start course So that you start this course now this course will help you master the business of digital marketing with our free course accredited by the interactive advertising bureau europe and the open university there are 26
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modules to explore all created by google trainers packed full of practical exercises
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and real world examples to help you turn knowledge into action so there are 26 modules 40 hours
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beginner and it's completely free like i said it's completely this is completely free so self-paced
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learning video tutorials unlimited access and recognized certificates you are getting the
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certification from google you're going to be giving certificates right here once you are done
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so you get something that looks like this that has your name right here and it has google google on it right imagine submitting this to your employer when you have you have gone to
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actually look for a job so this helps you improve your cv helps you find a job and also helps you
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develop your career you know so this is exactly how you work these are the modules the online
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online opportunity your first step in online success and this and this and that so i can
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basically uh come here let me show you click on this getting started with search discover your
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search make search work for you be noticed with search ads improve your search campaign get noticed
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locally get noticed help people nearby find you online get noticed social media deep dive into
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social media discover the possibility of mobile make mobile work for you i guess that i will
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content marketing, connect through email, advertise on our websites, on other websites
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basically dive into display advertising. They teach you basically everything. As a matter of
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fact, I've actually taken this course personally and I have this certificate from Google, right
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I know it's from me on my laptop. If I find it, I probably put it on the screen, right? If I actually find it, I'll look for it. So which is the best, right? Okay, that's a very tricky question
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and I'm going to be answering that question right now. But if you are yet to subscribe to my channel
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I want to encourage you to hit the like button, right? Subscribe to my channel and most importantly
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turn on bell notification button. And if you have any questions, let me know in the comment section
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as I'm going to be here to answer all of your questions. So, which is the best? Now, here's my
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advice. The best is actually the one from Google, right? Because the name Google has a whole lot of
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authority. So, imagine presenting a certificate from Google. It might actually do better than your
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university degree, trust me, right? So, I would consider that number one. But here's my advice
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all this particular training there is a difference to approach right and some of them cover ytics
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and all the other things you know some do it go more in depth in some subject lines right
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some subjects they do they go a lot deep right as opposed to other ones so here's my advice
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take all of these courses right it will just take you a few hours every day take the one from google
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first right get the certificate then take the next one and the next one and the next one the next one
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take all six of them it is going to solidify your knowledge of digital marketing and trust me
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everything i do today on the internet is basically digital marketing right from affiliate marketing
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to running ads to everything seo blogging everything i do is basically digital market
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because i'm marketing on the internet even making videos on youtube is actually what we call video
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marketing in digital marketing basically right so that's exactly what i think you should do if you
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have any question let me know in the comment section i'm gonna be here to answer all of your questions guys how do you get access to all of these websites you know i promised you guys i'm
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going to be showing you where you can actually go click and get to this website you know all of them
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respectively so all you need to do is in the comment section i will pin the link to all of
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these websites in the comment section so all you need to do is to just go there the first comment
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you see it is pinned right there with all the links right once you click on it it's going to
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open the appropriate page where you can start learning digital marketing immediately right
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so go ahead and tell me thank you in the comment section and i'm gonna appreciate it guys so until
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i see you in my next video keep winning and don't forget to cheer out does love you guys bye from