PAID SEARCH MARKETING COURSE
Paid Search Marketing (Google Ads)
The Paid Search (Pay Per Click) module introduces participants to fundamental concepts of Pay Per Click Advertising and enables participants to develop the knowledge and skills to create and implement successful Google Ad campaigns. The Pay Per Click module demonstrates how to implement and manage search advertising campaigns within search engines such as Google.
Next Kickoff:
16 April 2026
10:00am – 5:00pm GMT
Limited Capacity
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Why London School of Digital Marketing?
Because we’re here, we thrive to ensure digital marketing is a profession that works to the very highest standards and transforming the skills of digital professionals to help build successful careers and promote continuous learning, to meet the future challenges of our economy. London School of Digital Marketing is the leading global digital marketing institute dedicated to Teaching, Training and Transferring digital skills knowledge to enhance individuals, professionals, and businesses to meet the challenges of our economy. Great course for non-marketing teams or individuals building their digital careers or awareness.
Globally recognized
The Pay Per Click (PPC) module teaches participants how to set and manage budgets for Google Adwords campaigns, measure and analyse their effectiveness.
Modular Immersive Learning
Our industry-leading ratio of students to instructors, and our small, focused class sizes, we can take the time to ensure every one of our students truly succeeds.
Industry Validated
We collaborate with a panel of industry professionals from Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, Microsoft etc. who act as our Content & Syllabus Advisory Council.
Payment plans available
We offer competitive and flexible payment options for our Introduction to Digital Marketing courses.
Flexible private training courses to individuals or businesses on any date, at any location
What are The Learning Outcomes in The Paid Search (PPC) Course?
The module covers the key concepts and terminology used within the field of PPC and will equip participants with the technical understanding and skills to build and maintain an effective Pay Per Click strategy. Participants will understand the fundamentals of Search Engine Marketing and appreciate the mechanics of how Pay Per Click systems function. Students will develop advanced keyword research and selection skills and learn how to apply these to Adwords campaigns.
- PPC Campaign Elements
- Paid Search Fundamentals
- Display Networks and Enhancing Creativity
- Ad Centre
- Strengths of Pay-Per-Click
- Keyword Research
- Running a Paid Search Campaign
There are 6 Modules Covered in The Paid Search Marketing course
You will be armed with the know-how, the experience and the insights to be able to work and speak with authority in this fast-paced industry. In short, you’ll be a skilled digital marketer, capable of building digital marketer, capable of building digital marketing strategies from scratch.
Fundamentals and Value of Google Paid Search
Module Overview
Millions of customers are out there, right now, with their hands up looking for your products and services you offer. Imagine being so relevant and show up exactly when they need your services or products? This module teaches participants how Google Search Marketing (PPC) campaigns can help businesses reach the right audience at the right time and boost their business goals.
KEY SKILLS:
- Understand user intent
- Connecting Google PPC Ads with Customers
- Google Ads Account Structure
- Keyword Research
- Create Google Search Campaigns
- Develop a Strong Search Campaign Structure
Campaign Creation and Optimization
Module Overview
Getting your Google Paid Search (PPC) ads in front of your targeted audience starts with creating a Google Search campaign. In this module, participants will learn how they can create, optimize and customize their Ads to drive business objectives. Participants will be trained to set up a Search campaign and use different techniques to drive relevant traffic to their App, website, service, or product.
KEY SKILLS:
- Create, optimize and customize their Ads
- Paid VS Organic Search
- Basics of Paid Search (PPC) Campaigns
- Drive relevant traffic to your website
- Landing Pages
- Keyword Research
Managing Paid Search Campaigns
Module Overview
Participants will develop their knowledge of PPC by learning how to manage and adjust your campaign targeting and tactics. Demonstrate your mastery of building and optimizing Google Search campaigns.
KEY SKILLS:
- Optimizing Relevant Keywords
- Managing your Budget
- PPC Campaign Measurement
- Understanding the Different Settings
- Creating Compelling Ad Copy
- Choosing the Right Keyword Match Types
Managing Ads Copy and Extensions
Module Overview
In this module, participants will learn about what quality score is and its effect on their Ads and what are the factors that determine where your Ad will rank on Google. Participants will learn to create relevant keywords to their campaign and optimize the quality of their landing page.
KEY SKILLS:
- Anatomy of Google Ads ad copy
- Best practice for writing compelling Ad extensions
- Ad disapprovals
- Creating and Managing YouTube Channel
- Fundamentals of Display and video Ads
- Measurement and Optimization
Quality Score
Module Overview
Participants will gain an opportunity to step further into PPC by gaining skills that give you an overview of how well your ad quality compares to competitors. You’ll gain the skills of maintaining a higher Quality Score to ensure that your Ads, keywords and landing page are more relevant and useful to your target audience compared to your competitors.
KEY SKILLS:
- How quality score is calculated
- Quality score benefits
- What influences quality score
- Click-through rate
- Relevancy
- Landing page quality
- How quality score affects your Cost Per Click
Keyword Research
Module Overview
Want to learn about keywords that are transactional, informational, locational and drive loads of qualified traffic? This is the module for you. Participants will gain skills on using the best keyword research tools to for both their SEO and PPC campaigns.
KEY SKILLS:
- Generation keyword ideas
- Google Keyword Planner
- Keyword match types
- Close variants
- Broad match modified
- Negative keywords
- Using negatives intelligently
- Keyword mining
Fundamentals and Value of Google Paid Search
Module Overview
Millions of customers are out there, right now, with their hands up looking for your products and services you offer. Imagine being so relevant and show up exactly when they need your services or products? This module teaches participants how Google Search Marketing (PPC) campaigns can help businesses reach the right audience at the right time and boost their business goals.
KEY SKILLS:
- Understand user intent
- Connecting Google PPC Ads with Customers
- Google Ads Account Structure
- Keyword Research
- Create Google Search Campaigns
- Develop a Strong Search Campaign Structure
Campaign Creation and Optimization
Module Overview
Getting your Google Paid Search (PPC) ads in front of your targeted audience starts with creating a Google Search campaign. In this module, participants will learn how they can create, optimize and customize their Ads to drive business objectives. Participants will be trained to set up a Search campaign and use different techniques to drive relevant traffic to their App, website, service, or product.
KEY SKILLS:
- Create, optimize and customize their Ads
- Paid VS Organic Search
- Basics of Paid Search (PPC) Campaigns
- Drive relevant traffic to your website
- Landing Pages
- Keyword Research
Managing Paid Search Campaigns
Module Overview
Participants will develop their knowledge of PPC by learning how to manage and adjust your campaign targeting and tactics. Demonstrate your mastery of building and optimizing Google Search campaigns.
KEY SKILLS:
- Optimizing Relevant Keywords
- Managing your Budget
- PPC Campaign Measurement
- Understanding the Different Settings
- Creating Compelling Ad Copy
- Choosing the Right Keyword Match Types
Managing Ads Copy and Extensions
Module Overview
In this module, participants will learn about what quality score is and its effect on their Ads and what are the factors that determine where your Ad will rank on Google. Participants will learn to create relevant keywords to their campaign and optimize the quality of their landing page.
KEY SKILLS:
- Anatomy of Google Ads ad copy
- Best practice for writing compelling Ad extensions
- Ad disapprovals
- Creating and Managing YouTube Channel
- Fundamentals of Display and video Ads
- Measurement and Optimization
Quality Score
Module Overview
Participants will gain an opportunity to step further into PPC by gaining skills that give you an overview of how well your ad quality compares to competitors. You’ll gain the skills of maintaining a higher Quality Score to ensure that your Ads, keywords and landing page are more relevant and useful to your target audience compared to your competitors.
KEY SKILLS:
- How quality score is calculated
- Quality score benefits
- What influences quality score
- Click-through rate
- Relevancy
- Landing page quality
- How quality score affects your Cost Per Click
Keyword Research
Module Overview
Want to learn about keywords that are transactional, informational, locational and drive loads of qualified traffic? This is the module for you. Participants will gain skills on using the best keyword research tools to for both their SEO and PPC campaigns.
KEY SKILLS:
- Generation keyword ideas
- Google Keyword Planner
- Keyword match types
- Close variants
- Broad match modified
- Negative keywords
- Using negatives intelligently
- Keyword mining
Fundamentals and Value of Google Paid Search
Module Overview
Millions of customers are out there, right now, with their hands up looking for your products and services you offer. Imagine being so relevant and show up exactly when they need your services or products? This module teaches participants how Google Search Marketing (PPC) campaigns can help businesses reach the right audience at the right time and boost their business goals.
KEY SKILLS:
- Understand user intent
- Connecting Google PPC Ads with Customers
- Google Ads Account Structure
- Keyword Research
- Create Google Search Campaigns
- Develop a Strong Search Campaign Structure
Campaign Creation and Optimization
Module Overview
Getting your Google Paid Search (PPC) ads in front of your targeted audience starts with creating a Google Search campaign. In this module, participants will learn how they can create, optimize and customize their Ads to drive business objectives. Participants will be trained to set up a Search campaign and use different techniques to drive relevant traffic to their App, website, service, or product.
KEY SKILLS:
- Create, optimize and customize their Ads
- Paid VS Organic Search
- Basics of Paid Search (PPC) Campaigns
- Drive relevant traffic to your website
- Landing Pages
- Keyword Research
Managing Paid Search Campaigns
Module Overview
Participants will develop their knowledge of PPC by learning how to manage and adjust your campaign targeting and tactics. Demonstrate your mastery of building and optimizing Google Search campaigns.
KEY SKILLS:
- Optimizing Relevant Keywords
- Managing your Budget
- PPC Campaign Measurement
- Understanding the Different Settings
- Creating Compelling Ad Copy
- Choosing the Right Keyword Match Types
Managing Ads Copy and Extensions
Module Overview
In this module, participants will learn about what quality score is and its effect on their Ads and what are the factors that determine where your Ad will rank on Google. Participants will learn to create relevant keywords to their campaign and optimize the quality of their landing page.
KEY SKILLS:
- Anatomy of Google Ads ad copy
- Best practice for writing compelling Ad extensions
- Ad disapprovals
- Creating and Managing YouTube Channel
- Fundamentals of Display and video Ads
- Measurement and Optimization
Quality Score
Module Overview
Participants will gain an opportunity to step further into PPC by gaining skills that give you an overview of how well your ad quality compares to competitors. You’ll gain the skills of maintaining a higher Quality Score to ensure that your Ads, keywords and landing page are more relevant and useful to your target audience compared to your competitors.
KEY SKILLS:
- How quality score is calculated
- Quality score benefits
- What influences quality score
- Click-through rate
- Relevancy
- Landing page quality
- How quality score affects your Cost Per Click
Keyword Research
Module Overview
Want to learn about keywords that are transactional, informational, locational and drive loads of qualified traffic? This is the module for you. Participants will gain skills on using the best keyword research tools to for both their SEO and PPC campaigns.
KEY SKILLS:
- Generation keyword ideas
- Google Keyword Planner
- Keyword match types
- Close variants
- Broad match modified
- Negative keywords
- Using negatives intelligently
- Keyword mining
About Course
The Paid Search (Google Ads) module introduces participants to fundamental concepts of Pay Per Click Advertising and enables participants to develop the knowledge and skills to create and implement successful Google Ad campaigns. The Pay Per Click module demonstrates how to implement and manage search advertising campaigns within search engines such as Google.
£550.00
- Enrolment validity: Lifetime
- Certificate of completion
- Limited Capacity
- Intermediate
Who is thePaid Search (PPC) aimed at?
The Paid Search (PPC) course is for anyone at any level of skills or experience with an interest in supporting online business functions, from user acquisition, to fueling e-commerce business, to identifying and targeting the right customers and informing the company on how to spend marketing budget most effectively with real-time data.
This certification is delivered globally and aimed at;
- Individuals who are ready to change their careers.
- Those responsible for the planning, execution, or measurement of social media marketing campaigns.
- Brand managers, PR professionals, Marketing executives, or anyone wishing to expand their skillset and career opportunities with a sound appreciation of how to integrate social media marketing into a broader business strategy.
- Participants with any level of skill or experience and will prepare them to engage specifically with social media marketing within the overall digital marketing domain.
- Those that wish to receive recognized qualification to further their career opportunities.
Why study the Introduction to Paid Search (PPC) Marketing?
Boost Your Career and
Credibility
Your career needs a direction, not an operating manual. The Paid Search course covers setting and managing budgets for campaigns, measuring and analysing their effectiveness by exporting detailed campaign management reports in order to see how they align with established baseline expectations. Participants will also be aware of relevant data protection and privacy issues associated with Pay Per Click.
Advance Your
Knowledge and Career
Our course content and teaching style, have all been designed around an “agency model” — where our students work alongside one another to deliver real projects for our network of community partners.
Work with Real Projects for Real Clients
You’ll get experience in group dynamics, organisational change, technology platforms and strategy & planning. You’ll gain a holistic experience in each project, making your skills easier to apply in the real world.
Learn from Digital Marketing Industry Expert Trainers
London School of Digital Marketing only uses professional experts to deliver all our courses. The trainers are experienced practitioners who deliver campaigns for some of the world’s most innovative companies.
Mike Berry
London School of Digital Marketing Trainer
Tom Gilpin
London School of Digital Marketing Training Expert
Jerry Spiller
London School of Digital Marketing Senior Digital Marketing Trainer
Marriott Lusengo
London School of Digital Marketing Trainer
James Partridge
Creative Director, Chase & Co Advertising
Jonathan Lovatt-Young
UX and Customer Journey Mapping
Stephane Forbes
Course Lead, Product & Project Management
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Your Search Marketing (PPC) questions answered.
Here are most of the frequently asked questions and even more information about what is covered on the Paid Search Marketing course. If you have a question that you can’t find the answer to, please give our customer service a call on +44 (0)203 770 9302 or WhatsApp on +44 77 2719 0609 or drop us an email at info@londonschoolofdigitalmarketing.com
The Professional Diploma in Digital Marketing will help to improve your overall digital marketing knowledge, customer acquisition, strategy & planning and targeting the right customers and all delivered by industry skills experts. This will help you get promoted, or even increase your chances to start a whole new career.
Experience is not a must, and anyone can apply for the Professional Diploma in Digital Marketing. The objective of this course is to upskill you to reach your full potential with the aim to training you on the techniques of promoting or raising awareness of products or services of a business using social media, digital display & video advertising, Search Engine Optimization, Analytics with Google, Email Marketing, Pay Per Click and much more. This will certainly kickstart your exciting career in the digital marketing world.
This course is for anyone willing to benefit from learning the fundamentals of marketing a business online using digital marketing platforms and apps. London School of Digital Marketing collaborates with leading industry experts through their esteemed Program & Content Advisory Council (PCAC) which is made up of top digital brands and they work with us to identify current and future trends, contributing to ‘best practice’ advice, industry research and insights for professionals and guidance on our professional programs.
By providing expert reviews and recommendations on a regular basis, the PCAC ensures that prospective participants possess the most up to date skills, core competencies and knowledge needed to thrive in their digital careers.
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