Advertising courses can help you learn campaign strategy, audience targeting, creative development, and media planning. You can build skills in copywriting, brand management, and analytics to measure campaign effectiveness. Many courses introduce tools like Google Ads, social media platforms, and analytics software, showing how these resources can enhance your advertising efforts and optimize outreach.

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Value Propositions, Social Media Marketing, Market Research, Social Media Strategy, Strategic Planning, Search Engine Optimization, Marketing Operations, Competitive Analysis, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Consumer Behaviour, Business Modeling, Web Analytics and SEO, Marketing Psychology, Operations Management, Technical Management, Marketing Management, Digital Marketing, Branding, Google Ads, Forecasting
Build toward a degree
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: User Feedback, Employee Surveys, Customer Insights, Customer experience improvement, Microsoft 365, Market Research, User Research, Target Audience, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Data Analysis Software, Marketing
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Facebook, Product Promotion, Account Management, Social Media Content, E-Commerce, Social Media Marketing, Social Media, Payment Systems
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of California, Santa Cruz
Skills you'll gain: Business Communication, Entrepreneurship, Social Media Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Web Design and Development, Marketing, Workflow Management, Business Planning, E-Commerce, Project Management, Business Strategy, Business Process, Branding, Customer Relationship Management
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Advertising, Social Media Marketing, Marketing Design, Social Media Content, Facebook, Social Media, Graphic Design, Instagram, Branding, Design, Marketing
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Animations, Canva (Software), Instagram, Social Media, Facebook, Social Media Content, Content Creation, Social Media Management, Social Media Marketing, Marketing Materials, Design, Graphic Design, Marketing
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Instagram, Social Media Content, Social Media, Content Creation, Advertising, Graphic Design, Design, Social Media Marketing, Social Media Campaigns, Video Production, Social Justice
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of Pennsylvania
Skills you'll gain: Creative Thinking, Creativity, Creative Problem-Solving, Ideation, Innovation, Architectural Design, Problem Solving, Design Thinking, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Entrepreneurship, Artificial Intelligence, Advertising, Marketing, Game Design, Consumer Behaviour, Experimentation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Customer Insights, Customer Analysis, Employee Surveys, User Feedback, Customer experience improvement, Market Research, Branding, Advertising, Public Relations
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Anthropic Claude, Marketing Materials, Copywriting, ChatGPT, AI Product Strategy, Drive Engagement, Promotional Strategies, Target Audience
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Email Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Point of Sale, Social Media, Brand Loyalty, Customer Retention, Customer Relationship Management, Customer Engagement, Shipping and Receiving, Customer Analysis, E-Commerce, Relationship Building, Marketing Planning, Digital Marketing, Content Creation, User Feedback, Process Optimization, Content Strategy, Business Marketing, Contextual Advertising
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Simplilearn
Skills you'll gain: Marketing Strategies, Marketing, Email Marketing, Marketing Analytics, Digital Marketing, Marketing Psychology, Customer Relationship Management, Digital Advertising, Google Ads, Social Media Marketing, Target Audience, Data Collection
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks