Become A Digital Marketer | Digital Marketing Course Online | Udacity

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Build job-ready digital marketing skills by learning from industry experts. Run live campaigns, analyze results, and apply proven techniques to engage audiences and strengthen brand performance in this comprehensive Nanodegree.

  • Nanodegree Program
  • Beginner
  • 73 hours
  • 4.7 (1043)
  • Updated: Jul 15, 2026

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What you'll build

Project submissions reviewed by industry professionals

Project 1

Build a Marketing Plan

Set objectives, target personas, and channel strategy while consulting for Magnolia Coffee Company.

Marketing Strategy

Digital Marketing

Personas

Project 2

Marketing Data Insights

Turn campaign performance metrics into data-driven recommendations that guide the next plan.

Marketing Analytics

Data Analysis

Digital Marketing

Project 3

Social Media Content Strategy

Plan organic and paid campaigns for a skincare brand, mapping a full content calendar.

Social Media

Digital Marketing

Content Marketing

Project 4

Conduct an SEO Audit

Defend your top five recommendations across technical, content, and authority ranking factors.

SEO

Digital Marketing

Auditing

Project 5

Evaluate a Google Ads Campaign

Build keyword lists and recommend bidding, targeting, and ad-copy changes from performance data.

Google Ads

Digital Marketing

PPC

Project 6

Plan a Multichannel Ad Campaign

Run ads across Google Display and YouTube, setting targeting, budgets, and creative briefs.

Digital Marketing

Media Planning

Social Media

Project 7

Email Marketing Campaign

Design an email series, run A/B tests, and measure opens and clicks to optimize.

Email Marketing

Digital Marketing

A/B Testing

Skills you'll learn

  • Social media advertising
  • Content calendars
  • Social media marketing platforms
  • Social media content
  • Digital marketing campaign evaluation
  • Target personas
  • Social media campaign objectives
  • Facebook ads

Prerequisites

Program Outline

  • 10 courses
  • 48 lessons
  • 7 projects
  1. An Introduction to Your Nanodegree Program

    Welcome! We're so glad you're here. Join us in learning a bit more about what to expect and ways to succeed.

  2. Getting Help

    You are starting a challenging but rewarding journey! Take 5 minutes to read how to get help with projects and content.

This course covers the fundamentals of digital marketing, including the what, why, where, when, and how of marketing your business to the appropriate audience.

10 hours

  1. Introduction to Digital Marketing Framework

    We provide a framework to help you make the right decisions in a digital marketing environment.

  2. Your Business Value

    The journey begins with understanding the “what” you are marketing. Learn how to articulate a business model in a concise targeted way.

  3. Your Customer

    Get to know this customer through empathy maps and hone in on your target by developing a user persona. Learn the different stages of the customer journey.

  4. Marketing Channels

    There are many different ways to reach your customer at different stages in their journey, with an increasing number of marketing channels from which to choose.

  5. Marketing Objectives and Performance

    Setting marketing objectives and measuring your progress toward them with Key Performance Indicators is a crucial step of the planning process.

  6. Plan Your Content

    A marketer has a message and that message has to be communicated through great content. In this lesson, you learn how to plan and organize your content.

  7. Working in Digital Marketing Roles

    We describe what it’s like to be a Digital Marketer and what skills recruiters look for in the recruiting process.

  8. Get Ready to Market

    You will consult for Magnolia Coffee Company, articulate the marketing objective, develop a target persona, and create a marketing plan for the company.

Apply data analysis techniques to assess marketing effectiveness. Learn Google Analytics fundamentals, KPI measurement, and A/B testing to improve engagement, boost conversions, and make informed marketing decisions.

15 hours

  1. Introduction to Marketing Data and Technology

    This lesson will introduce you to the course, the prerequisites needed to be successful, and provide a preview of the project.

  2. Marketing Data for Your Business

    This lesson provides an overview of the types of data used in digital marketing and how data can shape business strategies.

  3. AB Testing and Attribution Models

    In this lesson, you will learn how to track data along with the role that AB testing plays in digital marketing and how it can be used in conjunction with attribution models.

  4. Google Analytics (Part 1) - Getting Started & Audience

    Google Analytics is a very powerful platform that can help you to understand and track how users interact with your website.

  5. Google Analytics (Part 2) - Acquisition, Behaviors, and Conversion Tracking

    In this lesson, you will learn how to assess where your users came from in the first place, or, through which marketing channel you acquired them and how to understand your marketing channels.

  6. Marketing Technology and eCommerce

    This lesson focuses on the various technologies used in digital marketing, including platforms and tools for eCommerce.

  7. The Future of Digital Marketing

    In this lesson, you will learn about newly emerging marketing trends and technologies, and look at how agile marketing principles can be used in digital marketing.

  8. Draw Insights from Marketing Data

    In this project, you'll explore marketing data to build data-driven insights for your marketing plans.

Here you can find information on what is required for graduation and details on the five Digital Marketing Nanodegree elective courses

30 minutes

  1. Graduation Details

    Congratulations on completing Marketing Fundamentals and Marketing Data and Technology!

  2. Elective Overview

    Summaries of the elective courses.

Career Impact

of Udacity graduates reported a positive career outcome

Source: Udacity’s Q2 2026 Learner Outcome Survey

This Nanodegree builds toward roles like

Digital Marketer

· U.S. salaries

Salary estimates based on public market data. Individual results vary.

Companies hiring for these skills

  • Google
  • Meta
  • Amazon
  • Netflix
  • Spotify
  • HubSpot
  • Adobe
  • TikTok

Program Instructors

Unlike typical professors, our instructors come from Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies and have demonstrated leadership and expertise in their professions:

Liana Gross Furini

Performance Marketing Manager

Jen Crompton

Digital Marketer and PR Professional

John Triggs

Product Leader

Matt Bailey

Founder & Lead Trainer, SiteLogic

Erica Reid

Digital Marketing Manager

Dawn Raquel Jensen

VP of Customer Experience

Liana Gross Furini

Performance Marketing Manager

Jen Crompton

Digital Marketer and PR Professional

John Triggs

Product Leader

Matt Bailey

Founder & Lead Trainer, SiteLogic

Erica Reid

Digital Marketing Manager

Reviews & Testimonials

Udacity graduates

Many content building blocks were refreshers and worked as a reminder to apply and incorporate that learnt to day to day work. In addition, helped spread the word to new colleagues who would do amazingly in this area of work

I had just graduated from university and had not secured a job yet, so I decided to start this course. It helped me a lot, and now I feel proud, confident, and ready to apply what I learned in my first job.

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Karina Sufianova

Communications Manager

Before Udacity, as a Communications Manager, I felt I lacked strong hard skills. After the program, I gained solid SEO knowledge and built a complete strategy for our website, a contribution that was recognized by my team and made my manager proud.

Before this course, I had some marketing knowledge but lacked a clear strategic framework. After Udacity, I can connect the dots and approach topics more confidently and systematically, bringing me closer to a career in marketing.

My challenge was managing complex concepts while ensuring I truly understood the material. Udacity's structure, practical projects, and constructive feedback helped me build confidence and a holistic understanding of digital marketing.

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Wencke Sofie Hansen

Graduate

I just finished my bachelor degree and was working in a student job related to social media. I really liked the job, so I wanted to deepen my knowledge in that field, and hopefully after I have better chances for a full time job in that certain area.

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Elven Nunes Junior

Graduate

I had a strong background in AI and cloud but limited experience in digital marketing strategy. Through Udacity's project-based learning, I developed practical skills in campaign planning, paid advertising, A/B testing, and performance analysis.

M

Michelle Sollicito

Graduate

Udacity helped me learn how to market my new AI business. Now I have the skills to actually do it.

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