Who Can Take Our Courses?

Our courses are built in a modular format so they can be utilized across any level of instruction, whether secondary, higher ed, or continuing education. Click on the icons below to learn more about our course offerings in each of these areas.

Secondary Education

These 4 to 9-week courses are designed for both middle school and high school students. Teachers most often choose modules to instruct on web design and marketing of student portfolio projects.

Higher Education

These 6 to 15-week courses are designed for college students. Professors can choose a robust set of modules to holistically teach lead generation through organic inbound marketing principles.

Continuing Education

These go-at-your-own-pace courses are designed for adults looking to learn how to effectively manage a digital marketing campaign around a new or pre-existing website / electronic commerce store.

WHAT IS THE DIGITAL ENGINE?

The Digital EngineTM is an online education curriculum that teaches lead generation through inbound marketing. It is built on a robust teaching model that will help you learn the principles of organic marketing. Using an “engine” metaphor, we walk you through all of the necessary components needed to make an organic campaign run like a well-oiled machine. We will demonstrate all of the engine parts and how they function independently first, but then model how all of these parts work in unison to make any website become a lead generator.

 

HOW DOES THE DIGITAL ENGINE WORK?

Using a learning management system that is simple to navigate, our curriculum is designed in modules to function at various levels of understanding. Therefore, we can specifically tailor our online curriculum and courseware to students of all ages who want to learn the skill sets associated with organic digital marketing and lead generation. Depending on your individual needs, leads can appear very differently. For example, for secondary education students, leads could be college admission representatives who come to view your application portfolio of creative works. For university students in higher education, this could be used to attract future employers or as a young entrepreneur, it could help you sell your products, services, or ideas. For non-matriculating students who might be working full time or trying to start a business of your own, this could mean leading more users to your company website or e-commerce storefront. Our curriculum is specifically designed to help you generate leads in whatever form you need.

 

WHY IS THE DIGITAL ENGINE VALUABLE?

What makes our curriculum unique is that it is taught using inbound marketing principles. This means that instead of paying for leads without testing keywords and creative content first, we teach you how to pull leads into a website through the tactical deployment of created and curated content. While paid digital marketing strategies have proven to be successful, they can also be very costly to deploy, leaving you with a small return-on-investment (ROI). Our curriculum is designed to teach you how to test digital marketing campaigns in an organic space before you take on large amounts of digital spend (if you ever take on paid marketing). So whether you or your organization have a current website, or you are ready to start building a brand new one, we can help you turn your site into a digital engine that generates numerous leads. Fill out the Contact Us form at the bottom of this page to start the conversation on how to start designing curriculum for you or your students.

 

Who Benefits Most

Students and business persons who work in any of the areas below will benefit tremendously from our curriculum.

Marketing

Marketing agencies today deploy digital content daily. Editorial calendars, blogs, social media posts, emails, and analytics are all common part for these firms. You will learn these skills along with how to design and align brand strategy, create and maintain a rolling editorial calendar, and how to launch a real, live, digital marketing campaign.

Entrepreneurship

Whether traditionally working on new product ideas, corporately innovating within a company, or socially seeking to make the world a better place, learning the process of how to digitally market an idea is a must for all entrepreneurs. But as a start-up, you must find the most cost-effective approach to marketing, which will always be inbound marketing.

Communications

In mass communications, especially with an emphasis in digital communications and/or social media, running live campaigns demands a large amounts of writing in a digital space. This course teaches you brevity, completeness of thought, and innovation with images and words in a live space that you will not receive anywhere else.

Arts & Self-Promotion

Businesses with a needed self-promotion component benefit well from this course. If you dream of music business, music performance, writing, performance art, and traditional art and sculpture, you must learn how to self-promote your work. For those creatives, this course has proven very helpful in marketing final works and portfolios.

Testimonials

Here are a few encouraging words from course participants after being awarded their LinkedIn Certifications. Click each picture to explore their website or testimonial.
Laura Shoopman

Laura Shoopman

College Athlete

"The course is challenging but incredibly rewarding. Engaged participants leave with an invaluable experience, a deep understanding of social analytics, and a portfolio of examples demonstrated in their new LinkedIn certification!"

Aaron Sweet

Aaron Sweet

Golf Instructor

"The courseware had an easily digestible interface that had detailed instructions to help along the way which made setup easy, and the assignments leading up to the launch of your campaign are helpful in refining what your end message will be."

Annie Mendlovitz

Annie Mendlovitz

Nashville Foodie

"The Digital Engine provided me with some of the most practical experience I have received during my entire time in college. I learned many tools and skills that will be incredibly helpful in my career and I highly recommend this class/practicum to all."

Georgia Nunn

Georgia Nunn

Event Planner

"This course was unlike anything I have ever taken and the amount of practical skills we gained sets it completely apart from any other course. Learning how to build and run a full website, email and social media campaign landed me the job."

Lauren Hackett

Lauren Hackett

Digital Boutique Owner

"In just 15 weeks I felt so confident going into the industry post-graduation. With the knowledge that I have gained from this course, I am now running a boutique digital marketing company along with a charitable-based brand built fully on social media."

Burton Wills

Burton Wills

Digital Freelance Marketer

“The course required hard work and dedication, but the experience left me with a valuable set of skills. The text, paired with the live practicum, provides a high level of insight, building self-confidence to run a successful digital marketing campaign.”

Justice Martin

Justice Martin

Lifestyle Blogger

"As a student, it can sometimes be difficult to understand a new platform, but The Digital Engine was very easy to understand and navigate. I appreciated that there were current step-by-step screenshots of what we should be experiencing."

Coleman Alford

Coleman Alford

Film Industry Intern

"From content creation and distribution to curation and collaboration, inbound marketing requires you to creatively push yourself to success. You feel great pride for every user that engages with your website content and completes your online forms."

Suzanna Stapler

Suzanna Stapler

Art Direction & Illustration

"As an entrepreneur, your course helped me create the branding around my illustration business as well as develop a website that would generate warm leads of potential new clients. Thank you for helping me get started."

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Next Steps

If you are interested in using any of our curricula for one of your courses, or if you would like to inquire more about continuing education, we are happy to discuss your interest. Please fill out the "Contact Us" form to the right and we will get back to you just as soon as possible. If you are not ready to reach out just yet, feel free to click on the icons below to discover more about any of our different education levels. Thank you for your interest in our curriculum and courseware!
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