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Become great at ecommerce marketing
This training program gives you the knowledge and tools to grow a highly successful ecommerce business.
- Master winning ecommerce strategy, acquisition, retention and measurement to outperform your competitors
- Prove yourself in the most challenging discipline of marketing and propel your career
- Learn all about the best ecommerce marketing strategies and tactics
- Immediately apply learnings with hundreds of playbooks
- Network and get peer support in our exclusive community
- Get certified and hired with our help
Minidegree length: 36h 19min
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Taught by top 1% ecommerce marketers working with brands like Heineken, Crocs and Appsumo.









Ecommerce is the proving ground for marketers.
If you can make it in ecommerce marketing, you can make it anywhere. Marketers in other industries own vanity metrics, lead generation, and the ever-evasive brand awareness metrics.
Owning revenue is the ultimate test for any marketer, and that is what you, the ecommerce marketer, have been doing long before it was cool.
You can now master ecommerce marketing with this Minidegree and become a Certified Ecommerce Marketer with a firm grasp of strategy and tactics that will make you the top 1% of marketers companies fight over.
Online retail sales will reach $6.17 trillion by 2023.
Remember when everyone wanted to get into ecom because it was hot, new, and exciting? Well you can forget about nostalgia because it’s still hot, new, and existing… Just bigger. Way bigger.
Your market is the world, your customers are eager to buy online, and ecommerce has grown by at least 10% every year. This does come with a challenge though…
There are more than 12 million ecommerce businesses in the world today. This number keeps growing, and your competition is more fierce than ever. You need a competitive advantage others don’t have.
Marketing is your last real competitive advantage.
Your product, fulfillment, and customer support are table stakes. It’s the minimum your customer expects, not a way to build a competitive moat.
The biggest ecommerce brands are growing not just because they ship on time but because they understand the strategy it takes to win in such a saturated market.
The winners understand they need to invest in their brand, position to serve the underserved market segments, acquire customers for a lower cost than competitors and retain them longer. This training teaches you all that and more.
Ecommerce is the roughest playground today.
Winning in ecommerce in 2016 was possible just with a solid acquisition funnel. Today, you need a lot more than that.
Without understanding where to play and how to win, a good retention strategy and a way to measure all your efforts, you won’t be able to stand out and survive in this rough landscape.
That’s why this training teaches you all 4 key areas required to win in ecom:
- Customer Acquisition
- Customer Retention
- Measurement
- Strategy
Master all 4 and you’ll finally be able to really call yourself the top 1% ecom marketer and thrive in the ecommerce space.
What is a Minidegree program?
Course is a puzzle piece. Minidegree is the whole puzzle. It’s a complete training program that teaches you everything from A to Z and takes you on a path towards becoming the top 1% marketer.
All of our instructors are hand-picked and carefully vetted. Our approach is straightforward – every instructor needs to be the absolute best in the world at what they do.
Everything you need to master ecommerce growth.
We work with industry experts to determine the most relevant topics. What is valuable and in-demand has informed our curriculum more than anything else.
In ecommerce marketing, customer acquisition, retention, and strategy are critical. All fueled by data and your measurement programs. This Minidegree will help you master all relevant acquisition channels, from Facebook and Google ads to email marketing, customer retention, and personalization to selling on marketplaces.
1 Paid Acquisition
2 Organic Acquisition
3 Customer Retention
4 Strategy
5 Measurement
6 Final exam – Ecommerce Marketing
How long will it take me to complete this Minidegree?
This is entirely up to you – it’s how many hours per week you can put in. If you have 2-4 hrs/week available for learning, it might take you around 10 months. If you can do 10-15 hrs/week, you can knock it out in 3 months.
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Ecommerce Marketing Minidegree: FAQ
The Minidegree is the most complete ecommerce certification you can find, with 4 tracks and over 36h 19min of ecommerce courses.
Here’s all the info you need before starting:
What is ecommerce marketing?
Ecommerce marketing is the process covering the communication, promotion, and messaging that drives customers to stores selling products online, converts them into customers, and retains them in their sales cycle.
What will you learn?
After taking this training, you will:
- Master winning ecommerce strategy, acquisition, retention and measurement to outperform your competitors
- Prove yourself in the most challenging discipline of marketing and propel your career
- Learn all about the best ecommerce strategies and tactics
- Immediately apply learnings with hundreds of playbooks
- Network and get peer support in our exclusive community
- Get certified and hired with our help
What is a Minidegree program?
If a course is a puzzle piece, the Minidegree is the whole puzzle. It’s a complete training program that teaches you everything from A to Z and takes you on a path towards becoming the top 1% marketer.
All of our instructors are hand-picked and carefully vetted. Our approach is straightforward – every instructor needs to be the absolute best in the world at what they do.
What does this training include?
Our Ecommerce Marketing training includes 4 tracks, 22 courses, 36h 19min of video material, several assignments, and a final exam.
Are subtitles available for the lessons?
Lessons have English subtitles and transcriptions available.
Will I receive a certificate of completion?
After taking this Minidegree, you will receive the Ecommerce Marketing Certification from CXL, with credentials that you can add to your LinkedIn profile.
What is the refund policy?
All plans come with a 7-day no questions asked money back period.
Can I buy just this training?
Yes, you can buy individual, lifetime access to this training.
How long will it take for me to finish it?
This is entirely up to you – it’s how many study hours per week you can put in. This training program is 36h 19min long.