Digital and Social Media: A Beginner’s Learning Path

This is a curated beginner’s route through Digital and Social Media, not the full archive. It follows a logical order: from what promotion is, through digital channels, to advertising and outreach. For every lesson on the topic, including trend pieces and specific platform guides, see the full Digital and Social Media archive.

1. Promotion and Marketing Communications

Start with the basics of getting a message to your audience.

2. Understanding Digital Marketing

What digital marketing is, and how it fits into the wider marketing mix.

3. Search and Content

Getting found, and giving people a reason to stay.

4. Social Media Marketing

Building a presence and a following where your customers already spend time.

5. Advertising, Selling and PR

The traditional promotional mix, and how it carries over online.

6. Reaching a Wider Audience

Other established ways to grow reach and engagement.
What’s next? A certified Digital Marketing course, building on these lessons with deeper platform-specific and analytics content, is in development. Check back soon.