Thanks for the info on the course, I'm about to enroll right now and was doing some last minute "should I actually do this?" motivation. You gave me just that.
Hi Jonny, I'm taking this course now. I'm on #4. I like it, it is easy to move through. I started about 5 weeks and 2 days ago. I would be further ahead, but our power was out for several days due to an ice storm. Glad to know you were able to get a job so quickly. What course were you on when you got hired?
@@Peter-wl3tm I completed it back in April. It was easy to complete. Thanks for checking in. I moved on to complete training in HTML/CSS coding. Now moving on to tackle JavaScript. I'm using Free Code Camp. It's free, but it's a lot of work. It's certainly not for the faint at heart. However, they provide excellent instructions, and you can do it online, it's project-based, so you would be reading the instructions, completing the challenge, and testing in one setting. I decided to take these courses because when I started reviewing some job descriptions for UI/UX, and other web based positions, the requirements are a lot, not just the skills acquired from one certificate course. So I'm just adding these skills to my portfolio. I really haven't pursued anything in digital marketing yet. How have you been doing? Anything new in your career?
I'm in the middle of this one at the moment. I'm trying to get out of the food service/face to face customer service industry. I've been a supervisor for the last roughly 4 years of my life and it's destroying my mental health. I'm using this to start a clothing business and other business, how would I go about getting a job when I'm done with the course?
That's amazing. Good luck with the course. I hope it's going well for you. My advise is try to get any experience you can, it will help so much when you're looking for a job.
Honestly trying to get any experience you can is going to help so much with landing a job. So I'd offer your new digital marketing skills and knowledge to local businesses to give you the experience hiring managers are looking for.
Thank you fo the video! Maybe you won't mind to talk more about how exactly this course helped you to find a new job? Maybe give some tips to people who just want to switch their careers to digital marketing as well. Thank you once again!
Thanks for the info. I've been thinking about giving this a try for a while now. Do any of the activities in the course include projects that can directly be put into a portfolio to demonstrate some the skills involved?
Hi. Yes there are quite a few activities that can be put into a portfolio. In the last module you even get the change to start putting a portfolio together.
Namaste sir jee Sir mujhe aap se yeh puch na tha ki sir Google digital marketing ka exam tha us mein 85 percentage aaya hai aur mein usme paas ho gaya hu aur uske baad bhi certificate ka download option nahi aa ya hai aap please sir help kijiye mein bahut pareshan ho raha hu Thank you Sir
For me it was enough to land a job in digital marketing. However I did also have some previous experience in the industry the company I joined was in, although the experience I had wasn’t anything in Digital Marketing.
I think the course is good to introduce you to different types of digital marketing and you can choose a niche from there. It’s more of general overview than specialised training.
100% agree with you. It's a great place to start and gives a really solid base to get started in Digital Marketing. Once you have that base it gives you the opportunity to up-skill and specialise in a certain area if you want to.
I'm not 100% sure about the best E-commerce certificate as I haven't completed any myself. However, if I was going to try and learn E-commerce I think one of the best ways would be to start your own store using something like Shopify and learn through experience. You could find affordable courses through online sites like Udemy, Skillshare and there's plenty of free information on RU-vid. Some of my favourite E-commerce experts on RU-vid are THE ECOM KING and Davie Fogarty.
Hi Johnny, Great video. Would you like to get your story and experience featured on a hybrid and remote platform? It can motivate others and give you more visibility. Please let me know if this sounds well with you?
thanks a lot for sharing. I have been going through a lot of videos, many of them were using affiliate links. I dont have any problem with that but wanted a more reliable review from someone who actually did the course.
Hi Inge, when I added it to my CV I added an extra section to my education titled Certificates currently completing. I also added a percentage progress bar that showed how far through the course I was. Perhaps you could do something similar on LinkedIn as well or add it to your about section. 🙂
Hello! A question, does this certification have an expiration date? That is, is it valid for a certain number of years? Or it doesn't expire once you get it, thank you very much in advance
From memory, you can complete the majority of it on your phone. Coursera does have an app you can download. However, I remember when I completed some of the course on my iPad using the app I couldn't do some of the activities. Perhaps you could do those using the browser on your phone.
Hi, there are some practical elements taught. The course is split up between video content, readings and activities. The videos and readings will teach you the concepts and how to use the tools, and the activities are where you can put what you learnt into practice.
I can't recommend any other courses as such as I haven't completed any others. Most of the knowledge I've learned since this course has come from experience in the industry and reading various books. But if you're looking for other courses to complete to extend your knowledge I'd suggest trying to figure out which area of digital marketing appeals most to you. If you've completed the course I'm sure you will have a hunch. It might be social media, paid ads, seo, content marketing, or maybe even marketing psychology, etc. Then find a course that specialises in that area. Other books I'd suggest reading to build up your knowledge are: - Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini - This is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn To See by Seth Godin - Contagious: Why Things Catch On by Jonah Berger
I've not done the IT support certification so I can't comment on that one. I know I got a lot of value out of the Digital Marketing certificate so I'm sure the IT Support is packed full of value too. If I were you I'd think about which industry interests you more and choose to take that one. Both industries have a good earning potential so for me the most important thing would be which career would I enjoy the most.
Coursera states it takes 6 months to complete if you put in 10 hours of work per week. Realistically you could complete this certificate in 3-4 months with consistent work.
I am completely new to digital marketing.I am a 19 yr old collage student who wants to make money as a side hustle and eventually scale it.What should be the practical steps I take during this course that will get me a job so that I can gain some real work experience??
Hi Ed, I have a Bachelors degree in Photography, so it's not 100% relevant to digital marketing. I truely believe that you don't need a degree to get started in this industry! If you've got some knowledge of IT then that puts you ahead of others in my opinion in that industry. If you can find a marketing job at a company connected to the IT industry your previous experience is sure to stand out. If you're serious about Digital Marketing as a career try get any experience you can even if it's for free at the start. Cheers, Jonny.
@@jonnymarcbaker Hi , thank you for your video. It gave me courage to make my last decision i will enroll before new year. In your video you've mentioned to get any experience. What jobs are available ? or what are the options to get the experience needed. Happy new year by the way.
I've not completed a Digital Marketing course using Udemy however I have taken a copywriting course on Udemy. Comparing those two courses the Coursera Google course was much more professional. All the resources, videos, readings and activities were of a much higher quality on Coursera and I also found it much easier to learn and follow than the Udemy course I took.
Amazing. How was the Data Analytics course? I guess it depends what job you are looking for. If you want a job in Digital Marketing this course will definitely increase your chances, especially if you've already completed the Data Analytics course too!
Im about to be on the 4th course and using the projects does that help any. My life changed a bit doing it so it's become harder to get work but I'm looking regardless.
You can audit the course for free which will give you access to all the information, but if you want the certificate you will have to pay. I do talk about how you can apply for financial aid in the video too, so that might be worth trying if you did want the certificate.
I also finished the Google Garage Fundamentals of digital marketing course, I should say I enjoyed it so much sad it I finished 😂 I’m going into the Professional course now. Hoping to get financial aid😊
I appreciate the detail here, especially where you said you can audit the course and learn it for free, even without the cert. Although I think the cert is the reason why people would want to get this, great info either way. Another thing I liked is that this course as you said is a good foundational course for digital marketing, rather than focusing on one area. It will be up to the learner what specific path they'd like to specialize on, whether it's paid ads, SEO, email, etc. Good stuff Jonny.
I'm currently taking the exact same certificate right now. The problem I have with this at this point is that my grammar skills are Upper Middle School level. Will that stop me from being able to get work as a digital marketing assistant or as an assistant in SEO marketing and SEM marketing as well as social media specialist and email marketing? I'm really concerned about this because at one point I wrote a company called van write emails with trying to get things clarified in to better understand what was explaining to me and the person who I was in touch with was so brutal he basically slammed the door Harding my face with his words on his email. I need to know if my English and grandma has to be above 80% 6th grade 50% 7th grade and 25% eighth grade? I really need to know because if that is the case it's going to take me a long time to get that caught up and I will probably have to resort to learning something else. But I'm really worried about this because I have a whole bunch of marketing programs especially on copywriting and I really want to get that going very bad as a freelancer.
