Discover how to continually improve your search marketing activity

Both search engine optimisation (SEO) and pay per click (PPC) have a wide range of variables that can impact the performance of campaigns.

On this course, you’ll explore how to measure the different elements of your search activity and campaigns to maximise their performance.

Learn how to get the best from paid search and SEO tools

You’ll gain hands-on experience of how to analyse and measure your search marketing campaigns with Google Search Console and other third-party SEO tools, as well as within advert platforms, such as Google Ads.

You’ll look at a range of metrics that can help improve your rankings and increase traffic and goal completion on your website. You’ll discover how to measure your average position in search rankings and explore on-page optimisation scores and how to interpret them and improve performance.

Explore how to use attribution models to calculate return on investment

You’ll develop the skills to gather key information about click-through rates and campaign optimisation, which will be crucial to your ability to get the most from your paid search campaigns.

Finally, you’ll look at calculating your ROI, exploring how attribution modelling can be used to see how SEO and PPC work together, and ensuring ongoing improvement using the analytics analysis you’ve gained throughout the two week-course.

Designed by digital marketing experts Target Internet and The Open University

You’ll learn with Target Internet’s CEO Daniel Rowles. An award-winning author and voice of the Digital Marketing Podcast, he’s provided expertise to the likes of the BBC, Sony, Tesco, Vodafone, Mercedes, L’Oréal and Warner Bros.

By the end of this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge to make search marketing work for your organisation or take the next step in your career.

What topics will you cover?

Taking an iterative approach to search marketing
Calculating ROI for search engine optimisation
Calculating ROI for pay per click
Using web analytics (Google Analytics) for measuring and improving search marketing
Using Search Console for measuring and improving SEO
Attribution modelling for gaining a more in-depth understanding of the impact of search marketing

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Learning on this course

On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

Discuss how to take an iterative approach to search marketing that leads to on-going campaign improvement
Describe the differences in measuring ROI for organic and paid search activity
Engage with tools like Google Analytics and Search Console to measure and improve search marketing
Explore how attribution modelling can be used to see how SEO and PPC work together

Who is the course for?

This course is designed for anyone who would like to increase their awareness and understanding of search marketing. You don’t need any prior knowledge, although any work experience will help contextualise and enhance your learning.

Who will you learn with?

Daniel Rowles

MD TargetInternet.com - helping upskill the world's leading organisations in Digital Marketing & Digital Transformation.

Host of the Digital Marketing Podcast, a global top 20 business podcast.

Who developed the course?

The Open University

As the UK’s largest university, The Open University (OU) supports thousands of students to achieve their goals and ambitions via supported distance learning, helping to fit learning around professional and personal life commitments.

Established
1969
Location
Milton Keynes, UK
World ranking
Top 510Source: Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020

Target Internet

Target Internet delivers digital training to some of the world’s leading organisations, as well as building online learning that is used in over 100 countries worldwide. As publishers of the global Digital Marketing Skills Benchmark and the Digital Marketing Podcast, they have unrivalled access to market insights and expertise.

About this ExpertTrack

Unlock the skills to use Search Engine Optimisation and Pay Per Click effectively.

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