This course develops the strategic planning and project management skills that enable marketers to execute complex initiatives on time and on budget. You'll master visual planning tools like Gantt charts and Kanban boards, learn to manage leads in HubSpot CRM, and facilitate effective team collaboration through post-mortems and cross-functional coordination. By the end of this course, you'll be able to build comprehensive project timelines in Asana, draft 12-month omnichannel strategies with revenue targets, and calculate ROI to recommend strategic pivots. These competencies prepare you for brand management, marketing operations, and strategic marketing roles where planning and execution excellence drive business results.
Who this is for: Marketing coordinators, brand managers, project managers, and professionals looking to enhance their strategic execution skills. Basic marketing experience is helpful but not required.
Are your launch plans a jumble of missed deadlines and unclear tasks? This module teaches you to bring structure and predictability to any initiative, regardless of the software you use. You'll learn to choose between timeline and flow-oriented methods, mastering the simple "To-Do, Doing, Done" framework that leading teams use. Through hands-on exercises, you will practice breaking a complex launch into discrete tasks, assigning owners, and setting due dates. You'll leave with a ready-to-implement blueprint and adaptable templates to create accountability, improve communication, and drive successful, on-time launches.
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2个视频2篇阅读材料3个作业
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2个视频•总计14分钟
Gantt vs. Kanban: Timeline vs. Flow•6分钟
How to Structure Your First Launch?•8分钟
2篇阅读材料•总计20分钟
The Power of Kanban and the Accountable Task•10分钟
The Mini-Blueprint Template•10分钟
3个作业•总计55分钟
Hands-On Learning: Organize the Jumbled Task List•15分钟
Knowledge Check: Core Concepts•10分钟
Brand Launch Mini-Blueprint•30分钟
Boost Team Stages
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Stuck in a perpetual team “storm"? This compact, 90-minute workshop provides the framework to move your team from friction to flow. You will master Tuckman’s classic model—Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing—to diagnose your team's exact stage and apply targeted interventions. The module focuses on the most powerful lever for breaking the storming cycle: absolute role clarity. Through a hands-on exercise, you will build a concise responsibility matrix that eliminates ambiguity and reduces conflict. You’ll leave with a concrete, repeatable process and a ready-to-use template to lead your team toward measurable, sustainable performance.
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2个视频2篇阅读材料3个作业
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2个视频•总计13分钟
The Four Stages: A Team's Journey•7分钟
Choosing Your Move: From Storming to Norming•6分钟
2篇阅读材料•总计20分钟
The Ultimate Fix: Role Clarity & Leadership•10分钟
How to Build a Responsibility Matrix•10分钟
3个作业•总计55分钟
Hands-On Learning: Draft a Mini-Matrix•15分钟
Knowledge Check: Diagnose and Advise•10分钟
Team Alignment Plan•30分钟
Manage Leads with HubSpot
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Transform your lead management from chaotic to structured and effective. This intermediate module is for marketing and sales professionals ready to master the engine that drives the sales funnel: the CRM. Using HubSpot as a practical model, you will learn principles that apply across major platforms like Salesforce and Zoho. Through hands-on, scenario-based learning, you’ll master structuring lead data and assigning critical data points like lifecycle stage, lead source, and ownership. By the end, you'll be able to prepare and categorize any new list of leads, ensuring a smooth, trackable handoff from marketing to sales.
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2个视频2篇阅读材料2个作业
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2个视频•总计9分钟
The Cost of Chaos: When Lead Data Goes Wrong•5分钟
Decoding CRM: Lifecycle Stages and Lead Sources•4分钟
2篇阅读材料•总计13分钟
The CRM "Big Three": A Marketer's Guide•7分钟
A Practical Guide to Preparing Lead Data•6分钟
2个作业•总计55分钟
Hands-On Learning: Preparing Webinar Leads for HubSpot•25分钟
Structuring Trade Show Leads for CRM Entry•30分钟
Manage Brand Projects
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In the intermediate module Manage Brand Projects, you will master the complete lifecycle of a major brand effort. Move beyond simple checklists to construct a strategic project blueprint that outlines tasks, milestones, timelines, and budget. Learn to conduct a “blameless post-mortem” to objectively assess outcomes, identify root causes, and extract actionable insights. Drawing on practices from leaders like Slack and Atlassian, you'll translate those insights into tangible updates for your team’s playbook. This module equips you to deliver projects efficiently and cultivate a culture of accountability and continuous improvement for measurable brand growth.
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3个视频2篇阅读材料4个作业
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3个视频•总计20分钟
The Anatomy of a Project Plan•8分钟
Visualizing Success: From Tasks to Timelines•6分钟
The Cost of Not Learning•6分钟
2篇阅读材料•总计20分钟
Deconstructing a Rebrand: The Airbnb Story•10分钟
The Blameless Post-Mortem and The Living Playbook•10分钟
4个作业•总计65分钟
Hands-On Learning: Drafting a Mini-Plan•15分钟
Knowledge Check: Blueprint Components Check•10分钟
Hands-On Learning: From Insight to Action•10分钟
Brand Project Management Package•30分钟
Craft Omnichannel Strategy
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This intermediate module is for marketers, strategists, and leaders aiming to build seamless, data-driven customer experiences. Moving beyond siloed tactics, you'll learn to create a truly unified omnichannel strategy. You'll draft a full-funnel, 12-month plan by aligning audience segments with go-to-market tactics and clear revenue targets, while mastering channel-specific ROI calculations. Inspired by innovators like Sephora and Starbucks, you will analyze performance data to recommend effective pivots. The module culminates in creating a director-level strategy deck for a $2 million budget, demonstrating your ability to execute a high-impact omnichannel plan.
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3个视频2篇阅读材料3个作业
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3个视频•总计19分钟
The Cost of Disconnection•6分钟
Building Your Strategic Blueprint•7分钟
How to Recommend a Strategic Pivot•6分钟
2篇阅读材料•总计30分钟
The Anatomy of an Omnichannel Strategy•15分钟
From Data to Decisions: A Framework for Measuring ROI•15分钟
3个作业•总计90分钟
Hands-On Learning: Q1 Performance Review•40分钟
Knowledge Check: Omnichannel Concepts•20分钟
12-Month Omnichannel Strategy Deck•30分钟
Omnichannel Brand Launch Plan
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This capstone project challenges you to integrate project management, CRM activation, cross-functional coordination, and strategic planning into a comprehensive 90-day brand launch plan. You'll create a complete playbook that could guide a real product introduction from planning through post-launch optimization.
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2篇阅读材料1个作业
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2篇阅读材料•总计20分钟
Why This Project Matters•10分钟
Your Project Blueprint: Requirements and Evaluation•10分钟
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Do I need advanced project management experience to take this course?
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