Do you want to learn digital marketing?
To succeed in digital marketing, it takes a lot of self-drive to firstly study and understand all the fundamentals. Secondly, to put those fundamentals to work. Thirdly, to learn from your mistakes and to be curious.
You need to have that inner drive to want to know more, that want to learn new things, and most importantly to be okay with failing. I often use this term, but it’s important to ‘fail often’ and to ‘fail forward’. As long as you’re willing to learn from your mistakes, failing is considered a good thing and is a great way to learn digital marketing.
Digital marketing is a never-ending learning process. The only way to dominate in the digital marketing space is to remain curious, to keep up with the trends, to implement what you’ve learned, and to assess whether it is something that benefits your digital strategy.
Free online platforms
Here are three free online platforms which I highly recommend to those of you who want to learn digital marketing in your own time from the comfort of your home:
These courses are fun and interactive and have been created and updated by reputable institutions.
Digital marketing podcasts
Another great way to learn digital marketing is to listen to what experienced digital marketers have to say. Whether you listen to them during in-person events, via webinars, or on podcasts. They will help guide you in the right direction. Here are two of my top podcasts to listen to:
- Marketing School – Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips by Neil Patel & Eric Siu
- The Digital Marketing Podcast by Target Internet
Build connections on LinkedIn
I’m a big fan of LinkedIn, I think it’s a great platform to meet like-minded business people, to learn from them, and to gain inspiration from. I spend close to an hour a day on the platform interacting with my fellow digital marketing connections and catching up on what digital marketing experts are talking about.
If you haven’t created a LinkedIn profile yet, I highly recommend you do so.
Let me know how you get along. Feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn or contact me via my contact form. 👋
