Where to Find Digital Marketing Classes

There are many places to find digital marketing classes. You can find free videos on YouTube to get an idea of what digital marketing involves, and then decide if you want to go to college and get a degree or choose a digital marketing certification from a professional training program. You can also join a subscription class platform to access digital marketing videos on demand.

Noble Desktop and Professional Training Centers

Professional training centers offer bootcamp and certificate-granting programs for people who want to build technical skills. Classes meet in person or live online, on a part-time or full-time schedule. These classes are geared toward entrepreneurs who want to promote their own businesses or people who are starting new careers as Digital Marketers. Digital marketing classes include training in tools, social media platforms, content management, website optimization, and SEO. Some schools allow students to retake a class for free to review for up to a year and offer help putting together a marketing portfolio.

Colleges and Universities

Some colleges and universities offer degrees in digital marketing, often in the school of business. Digital marketing majors take classes in art and photography, artificial intelligence, business, communications, data analysis, and marketing. Many people also choose a minor in area like social media, public relations, media production, graphic design, business analytics, and entrepreneurship. Some higher education institutions offer digital marketing certifications in areas like Google Analytics, social media platforms, Hootsuite, and HubSpot.

On-Demand Platforms

You can also find digital marketing courses on platforms like Indeed, Udemy, and Coursera. These classes are prerecorded and you can watch the videos whenever you want; you set your own schedule. If something is unclear, you can go back and watch the session again. To sign up for an on-demand class, you need to subscribe to the platform. You can choose an annual or monthly membership and many of the platforms have free trial periods. You may be able to watch all the videos you want and cancel your subscription before the free trial ends. Unlike live online classes, you don't have a live instructor to answer questions or offer help, and there is a danger of recorded classes becoming out of date in the fast-moving world of digital marketing. 

YouTube and Other Free Resources

You can find many free videos, podcasts, and blogs about digital marketing online. This kind of content can be helpful in two ways. First, you can get an idea of what digital marketing is and how it's done by watching these videos, listening to podcasts, or reading blogs. Second, many people follow particular digital marketing channels to stay involved in the conversation about current topics from discussions about new tools, platforms, and developments. Noble Desktop offers many free videos on its website, including Intro to a Career in Digital Marketing or Intro to Social Media Marketing.