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Digital Festival of Learning- Funded seats for online digital marketing courses 

Posted: 13th February 2020

Join the digital festival of learning with Edinburgh College – Limited availability

Are you currently active online? Well your competitors are and so are your customers! Every ambitious business or individual should respond to the ever-changing environment, expectations of customers and demands of employers. As a response, we are announcing an exciting programme (to 50 lucky applicants) to undertake one of Scotland’s most popular online Digital Marketing Courses – FOR FREE!

Think of our Digital Marketing course as a way to learn how to make yourself accessible to the audience you are trying to reach in order to offer your products and services. The scope of your organisation can extend well beyond traditional marketing practices, as brands are built where the attention is and the online world is only growing.

79% of CEOs said lack of key skills was one of their top three concerns and 46% see up-skilling as their favourite solution due to the extensive costs in replacing employees. We are offering the solution of up skilling for free, by utilising government pots of money dedicated to your education. We are recommending to as many businesses and individuals in Scotland to embrace the digital world and kick off your learning journey with our fully funded programme. Within the programme you will be able to dive into 8 units – accredited and approved by national educational organisation NCFE. Through distance online learning you will improve your understanding on social media marketing trends related to 2020, deep dive into SEO strategies, content marketing designed to drive profitable customer action and much more! Our website and social media channels go into much more depth on the courses we offer!

Triple strike – Extra Bonus – you’ll also receive another two of our best strategic courses which will help to grow and extend your digital expertise, in addition to the Digital Marketing Course. Benefit from undertaking the Smartphone Videography for Business Course and Mobile Application for Business Course. The two exclusive bonus courses will combine your new understanding of consumer behaviour to a brand new set of skills designed to meet their demands and expectations.

You will learn how to film, edit and upload commercial style video’s up onto YouTube as well as how to put together your own mobile application and deploy mobile marketing. The combination of skills and knowledge gained from the courses will no doubt put you in a position to take your digital marketing strategies to the next level!

We are keen to spread the word and let Scottish residents and businesses know that this opportunity exists, without any hidden fees or catches! We take pride in offering such a depth course designed to provide individuals access to a better future but remember we are limited to 50 applicants for this month and our enrolment deadline lands on 14th February 2020. So seize this rare learning opportunity to gain a qualification and learn from the comfort of your home. All you need to do to enrol is click the link – https://application.edinburghcollege.ac.uk/login?page=pi&ref=CR2DIGPZ19-X1X

For more information please see our website – www.digitalfestivalscotland.co.uk or call Stacey on 0800 001 5910.

Or email me at – stacey.harding@freecoursesinscotland.co.uk

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