University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
IBM

Digital Marketing and AI Specialization

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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
IBM

Digital Marketing and AI Specialization

Build AI Ready Digital Marketing Skills.

Plan, optimize, and measure campaigns with SEO, analytics, content systems, and generative AI.

IBM Skills Network Team
Unnati Narang
Mike Yao

Instructors: IBM Skills Network Team

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3 months to complete
at 10 hours a week

What you'll learn

  • Develop AI-ready digital marketing strategies across customer journeys, channels, pricing, and emerging media

  • Optimize SEO and content with audits, keyword clusters, metadata, schema, analytics, and GenAI workflows

  • Analyze marketing impact using experiments, Python demos, machine learning, text analysis, CLV, and churn

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Specialization - 7 course series

Marketing in a Digital World

Marketing in a Digital World

Course 1, 29 hours

What you'll learn

  • Obtain a rich understanding of the foundation of marketing and how this foundation is being shifted due to the rise of the digital revolution.

  • Apply critical thinking skills regarding the role of digital tools and their impact upon both firms and consumers.

  • Learn several real-world examples of how digital tools are being applied to enhance and enrich a variety of marketing activities.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Promotional Strategies
Category: Digital Marketing Tools
Category: Digital Marketing
Category: Marketing

What you'll learn

  • Develop an overview of the digital marketing communication landscape.

  • Examine various marketing activities from a communication perspective

  • Discuss the roles and functions of both traditional and digital media channels in marketing communication.

  • Align your marketing goals with various digital marketing strategies and the appropriate media channels.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Marketing Strategies
Category: MarTech
Category: Journey Mapping
Category: Emerging Technologies
Category: Marketing Communications
Category: Strategic Communication
Category: AI Personalization
Category: Communication Strategies
Category: Marketing
Category: Marketing Analytics
Category: Data Ethics
Category: Marketing Automation
Category: Social Media
Category: Data-Driven Marketing
Category: Integrated Marketing Communications
Category: Digital Media Strategy
Category: Digital Marketing
Category: Responsible AI
Category: Marketing Channel
Category: Data-Driven Decision-Making
Search Engine Optimization and Content Marketing

Search Engine Optimization and Content Marketing

Course 3, 15 hours

What you'll learn

  • Develop job-ready SEO and content marketing skills essential for success in digital marketing and growth hacking.

  • Implement on-page and off-page SEO strategies, including keyword research, content optimization, meta tags, link building, and domain authority.

  • Apply technical SEO best practices to enhance website performance, mobile responsiveness, indexability, and overall search engine rankings.

  • Create and execute content marketing strategies that align with SEO goals—developing high-quality, engaging content. 

Skills you'll gain

Category: Content Marketing
Category: Web Analytics
Category: Blogs
Category: Search Engine Marketing
Category: Market Research
Category: Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)
Category: Content Creation
Category: Digital Marketing Tools
Category: Search Engine Optimization
Category: Content Optimization
Category: Web Analytics and SEO
Category: Digital Marketing
Category: Content Strategy
GenAI for SEO: A Hands-On Playbook

GenAI for SEO: A Hands-On Playbook

Course 4, 4 hours

What you'll learn

  • Apply GenAI effectively across SEO workflows to boost productivity, accuracy, and content quality while maintaining brand voice and search relevance.

  • Develop AI-driven SEO workflows using tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude to research keywords, cluster topics, and optimize content efficiently.

  • Generate and validate schema markup (JSON-LD) for articles, FAQs, and products to ensure rich results and accurate structured data.

  • Optimize meta titles, descriptions, and multilingual variants using GenAI tools like Semrush to improve CTRs, readability, and SEO performance.

Skills you'll gain

Category: AI Workflows
Category: Keyword Research
Category: Prompt Engineering
Category: Search Engine Optimization
Category: Generative AI
Category: Content Strategy
Category: Digital Marketing
Category: Content Optimization
Applying Data Analytics in Marketing

Applying Data Analytics in Marketing

Course 5, 16 hours

What you'll learn

  • Design experiments and apply quasi-experimental methods to identify and measure the impact of marketing interventions.

  • Use machine learning and AI techniques to forecast customer behaviors and marketing outcomes.

  • Analyze consumer sentiment and user-generated content through computational text and network analysis.

  • Estimate customer preferences and demand patterns, and calculate customer lifetime value to inform marketing strategy.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Generative AI
Category: Advanced Analytics
Category: Marketing Analytics
Category: Predictive Modeling
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Customer Insights
Category: Social Media Analytics
Category: Social Network Analysis
Category: Digital Marketing
Category: Marketing
Category: Data Ethics
Category: Analytics
Category: Marketing Strategy and Techniques
Category: AI Personalization
Category: Customer Analysis
Category: Text Mining
Category: Customer Retention
Category: Marketing Strategies
Category: Data-Driven Marketing
Category: Machine Learning
Digital Content Planning and Management

Digital Content Planning and Management

Course 6, 13 hours

What you'll learn

  • Basic concepts and strategy of digital content and technology

  • How to plan your content based on audience analysis and content relevancy 

  • How to conduct content audits and map out content needs

  • How to create, sustain and maintain content 

Skills you'll gain

Category: Content Performance Analysis
Category: Content Marketing
Category: Auditing
Category: Web Content
Category: Governance
Category: Content Creation
Category: Content Scheduling
Category: Content Development and Management
Category: Content Strategy
Category: Digital Content
Category: Target Audience
Category: Content Management
Generative AI: Accelerate your Digital Marketing Career

Generative AI: Accelerate your Digital Marketing Career

Course 7, 17 hours

What you'll learn

  • Job-ready, practical skills for leveraging generative AI in digital marketing 

  • Generative AI tools and techniques for creating marketing content and campaigns

  • AI-driven strategies for improving SEO, digital advertising, and e-commerce experiences

  • Generative AI techniques to create engaging and personalized email content and targeted marketing strategies

Skills you'll gain

Category: AI Integrations
Category: Responsible AI
Category: Generative AI
Category: Personalized Campaigns
Category: Email Automation
Category: Copywriting
Category: Email Marketing
Category: Content Creation
Category: Content Optimization
Category: Social Media Marketing
Category: AI Personalization
Category: Digital Advertising
Category: Search Engine Optimization
Category: Digital Marketing Campaigns
Category: Digital Marketing Tools
Category: Keyword Research

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Instructors

IBM Skills Network Team
93 Courses2,099,132 learners
Unnati Narang
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2 Courses75,358 learners
Mike Yao
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
5 Courses192,909 learners

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Learner reviews across Digital Marketing and AI

avg. across 7 courses

  • 5 stars

    77.58%

  • 4 stars

    17.41%

  • 3 stars

    2.86%

  • 2 stars

    0.92%

  • 1 star

    1.21%

DB
Course: Marketing in a Digital World

Reviewed on Jul 25, 2020

GP
Course: Digital Marketing Strategy: Navigating Emerging Media and AI

Reviewed on Feb 15, 2021

JM
Course: Search Engine Optimization and Content Marketing

Reviewed on Oct 29, 2025

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