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IHETC Executive Education

Digital Marketing Essentials

Attract customers online on a controlled budget.

Entry level
Short course
Award
Course attendance certificate
Duration
2 months
Actual work
8 h/week
Pace
Self-paced
Tuition
1 100 000 GNF in total

The short, operational version of our digital marketing programme, aimed at retailers, freelancers and small-business managers who run their own communication.

Learning objectives

  • Define an offer and an audience before communicating
  • Maintain a consistent presence on the right channels
  • Launch a first paid campaign without wasting budget
  • Measure what each channel actually returns

Curriculum

40 hours · 4 credits

Year 140 hours

  1. Audience and positioning

    10 hours · 1 credits

    Ideal customer, value proposition and differentiating message.

  2. Content and social media

    10 hours · 1 credits

    Editorial calendar, short formats, mobile photography and community animation.

  3. Advertising and acquisition

    10 hours · 1 credits

    First campaign, targeting, daily budget and reading the results.

  4. Measurement and trade-offs

    10 hours · 1 credits

    Simple indicators, acquisition cost and the decision to stop or scale.

Real prerequisite

What follows is assumed and will not be explained again. If most of it is foreign to you, this is not the right entry point — better to know now than at the final assessment.

No technical prerequisite. An active professional account on at least one social network serves as the practice ground.

Entry requirements

  • Open to all
  • No prerequisites

Career outcomes

  • Marketing your own business
  • Marketing assistant
  • Junior communication officer

Skills acquired

  • Positioning
  • Content
  • Online advertising
  • Measurement

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