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Email Marketing Foundations

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Beginner 2 hours English Completion Certificate

About this course

Email marketing consistently delivers the highest ROI of any digital channel, yet it's commonly taught as a feature tutorial inside specific platforms rather than as a transferable skill. This LinkedIn Learning course covers the fundamentals that apply regardless of which email platform you use: building a permission-based list, segmentation strategy, writing effective subject lines and body copy, structuring drip campaigns, and measuring opens, clicks, and conversions.

It complements the more analytics-heavy marketing courses already in this catalog (Google Analytics Certification, DataCamp's marketing analytics tracks) by focusing on the creative and strategic side of campaign execution — what to send, to whom, and why — rather than the measurement side.

What you'll learn

Build a permission-based email list and understand list hygiene
Segment audiences for more targeted campaigns
Write effective subject lines and email copy
Structure automated drip sequences
Measure campaign performance and optimize based on data

This course includes

2h
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Certificate
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Mobile access
English
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Instructor

LL
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LinkedIn Learning instructor
180K+ learners10 courses4.6 instructor rating

Delivered on LinkedIn Learning, combining platform instruction with hands-on MailChimp examples applicable across email service providers.

Requirements

  • No prior email marketing experience required

Who this course is for

  • Marketers new to email as a channel
  • Small business owners running their own email marketing
  • Freelancers adding email strategy to their services

About this provider

LL
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Frequently asked questions

Examples use MailChimp, but the strategy concepts (list building, segmentation, copywriting, measurement) transfer to any email service provider.
Complementary — this course covers strategy and execution (what to send and why), while DataCamp's courses cover measurement and analytics (interpreting the data). Both together give a more complete picture.
Consistently — email typically delivers 3–4× higher ROI than social media across industries, because you own the list rather than renting reach from a platform algorithm.
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