Make the Sale: Build, Launch, and Manage E-commerce Stores
In this course, you'll learn how to navigate the e-commerce landscape and sell products online using popular platforms like Shopify. You will examine the mechanics of setting up a storefront, generating product listings, and executing customer outreach methods like digital advertising.
What you'll learn
- Core e-commerce strategies and practices
- The mechanics of e-commerce stores and platforms
- Best practices for creating an engaging online customer experience
- Setting up a storefront using Shopify
ORDER FULFILLMENTPROCESS OPTIMIZATION
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE IMPROVEMENTSHIPPING AND RECEIVING
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Make the Sale: Build, Launch, and
Manage E-commerce Stores
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Explore the field of e-commerce and the benefits of selling products online. As you study the terminology, tools, and roles that drive the industry, you will learn how to launch a new project through market research, competitive analysis, and audience identification. You will then round out your strategy by covering product research, sourcing, and branding.
Understand the mechanics of e-commerce platforms, with a focus on Shopify. You will cover the steps to create, design, and optimize an online store before applying those concepts directly to configure a Shopify storefront and generate product listings.
Transition from building a storefront to driving customer traffic. By exploring online advertising campaigns and the role of seasonality, you will learn the techniques required to optimize an e-commerce marketing strategy and hit your goals.
Discover techniques to engage customers online and encourage product purchases. As you map out the checkout process, you will practice guiding users through a Shopify storefront to create a clear path to purchase. From there, you will review the operations behind order fulfillment and shipping.
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Frequently asked questions
The modules included in the Make the Sale: Build, Launch, and Manage E-commerce Stores course are:
- Introduction to make the sale: build, launch, and manage e-commerce stores
- Learn about online stores
- Ads and campaigns in e-commerce
- Engage customers with an online store
You'll learn how to use Google tools like Google Ads.
All of the courses in the Google Digital Marketing & E-commerce Certificate are now available on Google Career Skills and Coursera.
This course is part of the Google Digital Marketing & E-commerce Certificate. When you enroll, you subscribe to the entire certificate program and gain access to all included courses. In the U.S. and Canada, the subscription cost is $49 USD per month after an initial 7-day free trial period. In other countries where Google Career Certificates are available, your cost may be lower. To see the exact cost in your local currency, please visit the Coursera page and view the enrollment options.
In addition to this course, the the Google Digital Marketing & E-commerce Certificate includes:
- Foundations of Digital Marketing and E-commerce
- Attract and Engage Customers Through Digital Marketing
- Content Marketing
- Email Marketing
- Marketing Analytics and Measurement
- Build, Launch, and Manage E-commerce Stores
- Develop and Maintain Customer Loyalty Online
Digital marketing is about connecting people and brands online. People with careers in this field use display advertising, email, search engines, and other online channels to attract and engage customers, encourage them to make purchases, and build customer loyalty.
E-commerce is the trading of goods and services over the internet. E-commerce uses online platforms to buy and sell products and services, which includes designing an online store, crafting product listings, conducting market research, fulfilling orders, and analyzing store performance.
Digital marketing and e-commerce are interconnected, and digital marketers and e-commerce specialists have related (and sometimes overlapping) responsibilities. While digital marketing works to connect brands with people, e-commerce helps brands sell products to people. Digital marketers use online tools to reach customers and e-commerce specialists work to grow online sales. Digital marketers and e-commerce specialists both use tools and strategies that help businesses grow.
The different types of digital marketing include...
- Content marketing
- Search engine optimization
- Search engine marketing
- Affiliate marketing
- Email marketing
- Social media marketing
A digital marketer can use tools and strategies to help businesses attract and engage customers. Some of the most in-demand digital marketing skills are...
- Social media marketing
- Email marketing
- Advertising
- Marketing analytics and measurement
- Audience research
- Planning, creating, and publishing content
- Analyzing data
Yes, a certificate in digital marketing grows your skills and demonstrates your ability to use tools and strategies that are valuable to businesses. The Google Digital Marketing & E-commerce Certificate focuses on the skills that employers are seeking, including email marketing, designing and running an online store, social media marketing, and marketing analytics.
You'll learn these job-ready skills through interactive content (discussion prompts, quizzes, and hands-on activities) in under six months, with less than 10 hours of flexible study per week. The certificate will teach you how to use popular digital marketing and e-commerce tools like Shopify, Mailchimp, Twitter, Google Ads, and more. You'll also have the opportunity to apply your new skills to real-world scenarios.
After you’ve graduated from the program, you'll have access to career resources and be connected directly with employers hiring for entry-level jobs in digital marketing and e-commerce.
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