Digital Marketing for Small Businesses - Course Curriculum

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Course Snapshot

Structured, hands-on learning path for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses with detailed weekly outcomes and practical delivery.

12 Weeks

Beginner

Project-Based

Welcome to Digital Marketing for Small Businesses! 🎓

This curriculum for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses follows a Bloom-aligned progression from practical foundations to measurable professional outcomes, with weekly evidence, labs, and portfolio outputs matched to beginner expectations.

Each week advances from comprehension and application toward evaluation and creation, ensuring progressive learning and capstone readiness.

Your success is our priority. By the end, you will produce portfolio-ready artifacts and confidently explain your technical decisions. You will graduate with a professionally curated portfolio that demonstrates scope, depth, and delivery quality. You will graduate with a professionally curated portfolio that demonstrates scope, depth, and delivery quality. You will graduate with a professionally curated portfolio that demonstrates scope, depth, and delivery quality. You will graduate with a professionally curated portfolio that demonstrates scope, depth, and delivery quality.

Prerequisites & What You Should Know

Audience segmentation experience and understanding of customer lifecycle models
Hands-on campaign management through ad platforms (Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn, or similar)
Analytics fundamentals: conversion tracking, attribution models, and funnel analysis
Practical knowledge of A/B testing, statistical significance, and experimentation governance

Recommended Complementary Courses

Email Marketing & Automation

Master segmentation, personalization, and lifecycle nurture workflows

SEO & Content Strategy

Learn keyword strategy, content optimization, and organic growth mechanics

Analytics & Business Intelligence

Deepen multi-touch attribution, cohort analysis, and predictive forecasting

Essential Learning Resources

Ad platform best practices, audience segmentation templates, and campaign brief frameworks
Analytics dashboards, attribution model comparisons, and A/B testing calculators
Competitive analysis templates and growth strategy playbooks

Your Learning Roadmap

Early Weeks: Audience fundamentals, platform setup, and campaign planning
Middle Weeks: Creative optimization, multi-channel strategies, and attribution
Late Weeks: Advanced analytics, scaling, and growth automation

Detailed Weekly Curriculum

Week 12 hours + labs

Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Audience Research and Positioning (Sprint 1)

Identify the principles of Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Audience Research and Positioning (Sprint 1) and link them to course outcomes through progressive practical delivery milestones.
Explain Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Audience Research and Positioning (Sprint 1) in a guided scenario using realistic tools, constraints, and quality gates.
Apply trade-offs, risks, and decision points for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Audience Research and Positioning (Sprint 1), then record rationale for stakeholder review.
Document a portfolio-ready campaign optimization brief for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Audience Research and Positioning (Sprint 1) with measurable success criteria and next actions.

Lab Exercise

Build and launch a focused Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Audience Research and Positioning (Sprint 1) execution plan with audience, channel, and KPI definition.
Implement tracking instrumentation for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Audience Research and Positioning (Sprint 1) and validate attribution accuracy.
Run optimization iterations for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Audience Research and Positioning (Sprint 1) based on real performance data.

Week 22 hours + labs

Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Messaging and Offer Strategy (Sprint 1)

Identify the principles of Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Messaging and Offer Strategy (Sprint 1) and link them to course outcomes through progressive practical delivery milestones.
Explain Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Messaging and Offer Strategy (Sprint 1) in a guided scenario using realistic tools, constraints, and quality gates.
Apply trade-offs, risks, and decision points for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Messaging and Offer Strategy (Sprint 1), then record rationale for stakeholder review.
Document a portfolio-ready campaign optimization brief for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Messaging and Offer Strategy (Sprint 1) with measurable success criteria and next actions.

Lab Exercise

Build and launch a focused Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Messaging and Offer Strategy (Sprint 1) execution plan with audience, channel, and KPI definition.
Implement tracking instrumentation for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Messaging and Offer Strategy (Sprint 1) and validate attribution accuracy.
Run optimization iterations for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Messaging and Offer Strategy (Sprint 1) based on real performance data.

Week 32 hours + labs

Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Creative Planning and Production (Sprint 1)

Identify the principles of Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Creative Planning and Production (Sprint 1) and link them to course outcomes through progressive practical delivery milestones.
Explain Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Creative Planning and Production (Sprint 1) in a guided scenario using realistic tools, constraints, and quality gates.
Apply trade-offs, risks, and decision points for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Creative Planning and Production (Sprint 1), then record rationale for stakeholder review.
Document a portfolio-ready campaign optimization brief for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Creative Planning and Production (Sprint 1) with measurable success criteria and next actions.

Lab Exercise

Build and launch a focused Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Creative Planning and Production (Sprint 1) execution plan with audience, channel, and KPI definition.
Implement tracking instrumentation for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Creative Planning and Production (Sprint 1) and validate attribution accuracy.
Run optimization iterations for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Creative Planning and Production (Sprint 1) based on real performance data.

Week 42 hours + labs

Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Campaign Setup and Execution (Sprint 1)

Identify the principles of Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Campaign Setup and Execution (Sprint 1) and link them to course outcomes through progressive practical delivery milestones.
Explain Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Campaign Setup and Execution (Sprint 1) in a guided scenario using realistic tools, constraints, and quality gates.
Apply trade-offs, risks, and decision points for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Campaign Setup and Execution (Sprint 1), then record rationale for stakeholder review.
Document a portfolio-ready campaign optimization brief for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Campaign Setup and Execution (Sprint 1) with measurable success criteria and next actions.

Lab Exercise

Build and launch a focused Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Campaign Setup and Execution (Sprint 1) execution plan with audience, channel, and KPI definition.
Implement tracking instrumentation for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Campaign Setup and Execution (Sprint 1) and validate attribution accuracy.
Run optimization iterations for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Campaign Setup and Execution (Sprint 1) based on real performance data.

Week 52 hours + labs

Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Funnel and Landing Optimization (Sprint 1)

Apply the principles of Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Funnel and Landing Optimization (Sprint 1) and link them to course outcomes through progressive practical delivery milestones.
Analyze Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Funnel and Landing Optimization (Sprint 1) in a guided scenario using realistic tools, constraints, and quality gates.
Evaluate trade-offs, risks, and decision points for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Funnel and Landing Optimization (Sprint 1), then record rationale for stakeholder review.
Document a portfolio-ready campaign optimization brief for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Funnel and Landing Optimization (Sprint 1) with measurable success criteria and next actions.

Lab Exercise

Build and launch a focused Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Funnel and Landing Optimization (Sprint 1) execution plan with audience, channel, and KPI definition.
Implement tracking instrumentation for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Funnel and Landing Optimization (Sprint 1) and validate attribution accuracy.
Run optimization iterations for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Funnel and Landing Optimization (Sprint 1) based on real performance data.

Week 62 hours + labs

Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Attribution and KPI Analysis (Sprint 1)

Apply the principles of Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Attribution and KPI Analysis (Sprint 1) and link them to course outcomes through progressive practical delivery milestones.
Analyze Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Attribution and KPI Analysis (Sprint 1) in a guided scenario using realistic tools, constraints, and quality gates.
Evaluate trade-offs, risks, and decision points for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Attribution and KPI Analysis (Sprint 1), then record rationale for stakeholder review.
Document a portfolio-ready campaign optimization brief for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Attribution and KPI Analysis (Sprint 1) with measurable success criteria and next actions.

Lab Exercise

Build and launch a focused Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Attribution and KPI Analysis (Sprint 1) execution plan with audience, channel, and KPI definition.
Implement tracking instrumentation for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Attribution and KPI Analysis (Sprint 1) and validate attribution accuracy.
Run optimization iterations for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Attribution and KPI Analysis (Sprint 1) based on real performance data.

Week 72 hours + labs

Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Experimentation and Testing (Sprint 1)

Apply the principles of Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Experimentation and Testing (Sprint 1) and link them to course outcomes through progressive practical delivery milestones.
Analyze Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Experimentation and Testing (Sprint 1) in a guided scenario using realistic tools, constraints, and quality gates.
Evaluate trade-offs, risks, and decision points for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Experimentation and Testing (Sprint 1), then record rationale for stakeholder review.
Document a portfolio-ready campaign optimization brief for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Experimentation and Testing (Sprint 1) with measurable success criteria and next actions.

Lab Exercise

Build and launch a focused Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Experimentation and Testing (Sprint 1) execution plan with audience, channel, and KPI definition.
Implement tracking instrumentation for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Experimentation and Testing (Sprint 1) and validate attribution accuracy.
Run optimization iterations for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Experimentation and Testing (Sprint 1) based on real performance data.

Week 82 hours + labs

Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Retention and Scale Planning (Sprint 1)

Apply the principles of Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Retention and Scale Planning (Sprint 1) and link them to course outcomes through progressive practical delivery milestones.
Analyze Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Retention and Scale Planning (Sprint 1) in a guided scenario using realistic tools, constraints, and quality gates.
Evaluate trade-offs, risks, and decision points for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Retention and Scale Planning (Sprint 1), then record rationale for stakeholder review.
Document a portfolio-ready campaign optimization brief for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Retention and Scale Planning (Sprint 1) with measurable success criteria and next actions.

Lab Exercise

Build and launch a focused Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Retention and Scale Planning (Sprint 1) execution plan with audience, channel, and KPI definition.
Implement tracking instrumentation for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Retention and Scale Planning (Sprint 1) and validate attribution accuracy.
Run optimization iterations for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Retention and Scale Planning (Sprint 1) based on real performance data.

Week 92 hours + labs

Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Audience Research and Positioning (Sprint 2)

Analyze the principles of Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Audience Research and Positioning (Sprint 2) and link them to course outcomes through progressive practical delivery milestones.
Evaluate Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Audience Research and Positioning (Sprint 2) in a guided scenario using realistic tools, constraints, and quality gates.
Create trade-offs, risks, and decision points for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Audience Research and Positioning (Sprint 2), then record rationale for stakeholder review.
Defend a portfolio-ready campaign optimization brief for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Audience Research and Positioning (Sprint 2) with measurable success criteria and next actions.

Lab Exercise

Build and launch a focused Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Audience Research and Positioning (Sprint 2) execution plan with audience, channel, and KPI definition.
Implement tracking instrumentation for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Audience Research and Positioning (Sprint 2) and validate attribution accuracy.
Run optimization iterations for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Audience Research and Positioning (Sprint 2) based on real performance data.

Week 102 hours + labs

Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Messaging and Offer Strategy (Sprint 2)

Analyze the principles of Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Messaging and Offer Strategy (Sprint 2) and link them to course outcomes through progressive practical delivery milestones.
Evaluate Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Messaging and Offer Strategy (Sprint 2) in a guided scenario using realistic tools, constraints, and quality gates.
Create trade-offs, risks, and decision points for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Messaging and Offer Strategy (Sprint 2), then record rationale for stakeholder review.
Defend a portfolio-ready campaign optimization brief for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Messaging and Offer Strategy (Sprint 2) with measurable success criteria and next actions.

Lab Exercise

Build and launch a focused Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Messaging and Offer Strategy (Sprint 2) execution plan with audience, channel, and KPI definition.
Implement tracking instrumentation for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Messaging and Offer Strategy (Sprint 2) and validate attribution accuracy.
Run optimization iterations for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Messaging and Offer Strategy (Sprint 2) based on real performance data.

Week 112 hours + labs

Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Creative Planning and Production (Sprint 2)

Analyze the principles of Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Creative Planning and Production (Sprint 2) and link them to course outcomes through progressive practical delivery milestones.
Evaluate Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Creative Planning and Production (Sprint 2) in a guided scenario using realistic tools, constraints, and quality gates.
Create trade-offs, risks, and decision points for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Creative Planning and Production (Sprint 2), then record rationale for stakeholder review.
Defend a portfolio-ready campaign optimization brief for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Creative Planning and Production (Sprint 2) with measurable success criteria and next actions.

Lab Exercise

Build and launch a focused Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Creative Planning and Production (Sprint 2) execution plan with audience, channel, and KPI definition.
Implement tracking instrumentation for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Creative Planning and Production (Sprint 2) and validate attribution accuracy.
Run optimization iterations for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Creative Planning and Production (Sprint 2) based on real performance data.

Week 122 hours + labs

Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Campaign Setup and Execution (Sprint 2)

Analyze the principles of Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Campaign Setup and Execution (Sprint 2) and link them to course outcomes through progressive practical delivery milestones.
Evaluate Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Campaign Setup and Execution (Sprint 2) in a guided scenario using realistic tools, constraints, and quality gates.
Create trade-offs, risks, and decision points for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Campaign Setup and Execution (Sprint 2), then record rationale for stakeholder review.
Defend a portfolio-ready campaign optimization brief for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Campaign Setup and Execution (Sprint 2) with measurable success criteria and next actions.

Lab Exercise

Build and launch a focused Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Campaign Setup and Execution (Sprint 2) execution plan with audience, channel, and KPI definition.
Implement tracking instrumentation for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Campaign Setup and Execution (Sprint 2) and validate attribution accuracy.
Run optimization iterations for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Campaign Setup and Execution (Sprint 2) based on real performance data.

Capstone Projects

Project 1: Digital Marketing for Small Businesses Foundation Build

Deliver a concrete foundation implementation covering the first phase of the curriculum.

Implement and validate Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Audience Research and Positioning (Sprint 1).
Integrate Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Messaging and Offer Strategy (Sprint 1) with reusable workflow standards.
Publish evidence for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Creative Planning and Production (Sprint 1) with test and quality artifacts.

Project 2: Digital Marketing for Small Businesses Integrated Systems Build

Combine mid-program competencies into a production-style integrated workflow.

Build an end-to-end flow around Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Funnel and Landing Optimization (Sprint 1) and Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Attribution and KPI Analysis (Sprint 1).
Add controls, observability, and rollback paths for reliability.
Document architecture decisions and trade-offs tied to Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Experimentation and Testing (Sprint 1).

Project 3: Digital Marketing for Small Businesses Capstone Delivery

Ship a portfolio-ready capstone with measurable outcomes and stakeholder-ready presentation.

Deliver a complete implementation centered on Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Audience Research and Positioning (Sprint 2).
Validate readiness for Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Messaging and Offer Strategy (Sprint 2) using objective acceptance checks.
Present final defense and roadmap based on Digital Marketing for Small Businesses: Creative Planning and Production (Sprint 2) outcomes.