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Google Ads Search Professional Certification

Google Skillshop

4 recommenders · 5 threads · recommended in 3 years, 2021–2023 · score 4.9

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Google's free Skillshop certification path covering Google Search (text) ads: account structure, keywords, bidding, ad copy and measurement. It ends in a proctored exam, which commenters note makes the certificate harder to cheat on.

Commenters recommend it as the starting point for learning Google Ads, calling Skillshop an amazing interactive course with certification and pointing newcomers to it first.

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On Reddit (6)

  1. Strongly recommendsGraMalychPrzewagr/marketing2022in “My parents were highly against me purchasing a course providing lots of skills for marketing. Is there any other place I can learn?”▲ 39

    Coursera - you're very likely to get a scholarship if you apply for it (I would start with the "Professional Certificates" tracks) Google Skillshop - amazing interactive courses with certification (Google Ads, Google Analytics Academy, and more) Facebook Blueprint (take the course, don't buy the…

  2. RecommendsDoRaCaar/PPC2023in “Google Ads Suggestion on Adjusting ROAS”

    Very much depends on the industry you're in. Also depends if you are running app campaigns vs non-app. Apps have entirely different challenges to be thinking of. One thing you can ask for, if you get a Google rep, are the vertical insights reports and benchmarking vs category. These should give…

  3. RecommendsYRVDynamicsr/PPC2023in “How to get good ? How to walk into the next level ?”

    I recommend starting with Google Skillshop courses. Google has taken a page out of Blueprint and is now requiring a proctored exam (just like Blueprint, meaning no more cheating). Here is the link https://skillshop.exceedlms.com/student/path/306646-google-ads-search-professional-certification…

  4. RecommendsYRVDynamicsr/PPC2023in “Resources for Facebook Advertising and Content Strategy”

    Hello, I recommend starting with Google Skillshop courses. Google has taken a page out of Blueprint and is now requiring a proctored exam (just like Blueprint, meaning no more cheating). Here is the link…

  5. Recommendske1ler/marketing2021in “Is there a Digital Marketing Certificate that's legit?”▲ 29

    In General, the legitimacy of Digital Marketing Certificate varies from company to company. To be honest, DM is too broad and general and it’ll be wiser to choose a specific niche of DM that you wish to venture into. E.g SEM, SEO, Facebook Ads With each platform, there’s different certifications…

  6. MentionsBoxerBitsr/PPC2023in “About to spend $100k over the next 3 months on google ads and have never done it before.”

    u/Bluejaydeveloper Excellent suggestions by u/No_Percentage7306 and u/spacecanman I would normally suggest something other than Max Conv for a new Campaign (sounds like on a fresh new account too?). However, the budget on this is thru the roof, and should drive sufficient traffic in short order…

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