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Plan with purpose
An ad job card, a goal sheet and an audience sheet give every ad a clear reason and a focused group.
Camderson Academy · CA-MS-011
Run your first ad with clarity and confidence.
A practical, self-paced course for every role and team. Set one clear goal, choose who to reach, compare channels, set a test budget, write a clear ad, make honest claims, measure a small test and plan your next ninety days.
About 5 hours · 9 lessons · Beginner · Practical tools for every team · Self-paced · Tools you keep
Clear, friendly steps for every team.
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Choose, budget and write
A channel comparison, a test budget and a copy planner turn the plan into a simple ad.
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Check, measure and grow
A claims check, a tracker and a plan with a review help you learn from every test.
Learning outcomes
What you will be able to do
5 practical outcomes, each practiced in an exercise and checked in the final assessment or the capstone.
- Describe paid advertising in plain words and set one clear goal with a number, a date and an owner.
- Choose a focused audience and compare channel options.
- Set a test budget and write a clear ad that is ready to pretest.
- Check claims and disclosures, launch a small test and measure it against your goal.
- Review results, decide what to keep, change or stop and plan the next ninety days.
Your toolkit
Simple tools for every step
Ad Job Card
List · Mark · Choose · Who · Know
Choose one job for your first ad.
Ad Goal Sheet
Job · Number · Dates · Owner · Realistic
Turn the job into one clear goal.
Audience Sheet
List · Ask · Choose · Need · Save
Describe the group your first ad is for.
Channel Comparison Sheet
List · Rate · Needs · Choose · Next
Compare places to advertise and choose one to start.
Test Budget Sheet
Worth · Costs · Goal · Budget · Review
Set a budget you can learn from.
Ad Copy Planner
Headline · Detail · Copy · Image · Readers
Write a simple ad and test it with readers.
Claims Check Sheet
List · Evidence · Plain view · Real · Ask
Check every claim and disclosure.
Test and Measure Tracker
Lines · Measures · Day · Human check · One change
Record the same few numbers each week.
Ad Plan and Review
Compare · Sort · Goal · Test · Review
One page that brings it together.
Plan. Write. Test. Learn.
Curriculum
Inside the course
3 modules, 9 lessons with worked examples
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Start With a Clear Goal and Audience
Know what paid advertising does, set one clear goal and choose who to reach.
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Choose, Budget and Write
Compare channels, set a test budget and write a clear ad.
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Check, Measure and Grow
Make honest claims, measure a small test and plan the next ninety days.
What is included
Skills, tools and templates you keep and use in your work
- 9 lessons, each with a written lesson, worked examples and figures, at your own pace
- A short stand-alone example in every lesson, drawn from many kinds of workplaces
- A fillable Workbook with Try it and Reflect pages for every lesson
- Advertising Templates (Word) for every teaching tool
- A practice tracker with live formulas, a solutions version and a reusable template
- Quick Reference Cards and the Practice Examples
- An optional visual companion PDF with every lesson figure
- Knowledge checks for every module and a 20-question final assessment
- A capstone you can build for your own team or from practice scenarios, with a rubric you use to check your own work
- Access to the Camderson Academy community
- A Camderson Academy Certificate of Completion when you pass the final assessment and the capstone
Is this course right for you?
This course is for you if
- You want a clear, friendly way to plan and review a paid ad
- You work on a team, lead one or run a business and want to spend wisely
- You want simple tools you can start using this week
It is not the right fit if
- You need legal or compliance advice
- You want a course to tell you what advertising law requires where you live
- You want promised sales or clicks
- You are looking for an advertising agency to run your ads
Your instructor
Meet your instructor
Taught by Camderson Advisory
A consulting firm for practical workplace skills
Your instructor is Camderson Advisory, a consulting firm that helps organizations build practical skills for the people who do the work. In this course, your instructor helps you plan, test and learn from your first ads, one clear step at a time.
About
About Camderson Academy
Camderson Academy is the education division of Camderson Advisory Services. Camderson helps leaders build organizations that work without them in the room. Everything we teach has been used in a real organization first.
Training a team?
We offer group enrollment for teams and whole organizations that want everyone, in every role and department, to build the same skills. Email connect@camderson.com to talk through your group.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need any experience or a previous course?
No. There is no prerequisite. If you want to share your work with more people, you are ready.
Who is this course for?
Team members, team leads, managers and owners in any kind of organization and any department. The examples come from many kinds of workplaces, and the skills fit shops, clinics, schools, nonprofits and service teams of every size.
How long do I have access?
Your access does not expire. We review the course on a regular cycle, and any updates are added for you at no extra cost.
How long does it take?
About 5 hours in total, including the written lessons, the Try it exercises, the knowledge checks, the final assessment and the capstone. Everything is self-paced.
Questions about your purchase?
Email support through academy.camderson.com.
What tools do I need?
A spreadsheet program that opens .xlsx files (Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, Apple Numbers or LibreOffice Calc), a word processor that opens .docx files and a PDF reader. All templates and practice files are included as downloads.
Do I have to use my own workplace for the capstone?
No. You can build your plan for the practice scenarios in the Capstone Practice Brief included in the course. If you use your own team, use sample details and leave out the names of real people and anything confidential.
Does the course recommend products or give professional advice?
No. It names no platform, tool or agency as the one to use, and it is general education, not legal, financial or advertising agency advice. It teaches practical planning, testing and review skills and points you to your own counsel and to the official pages. It does not say what any rule requires of your ads. Laws and rules vary by state and country and they change, so before you act on a real situation, talk with your own attorney or qualified professional. Where a lesson names a source, it says what the source said on the date we read it. Camderson Academy is not affiliated with any organization named in the sources.
What does the certificate confirm?
You receive a Camderson Academy Certificate of Completion after passing the final assessment and completing the capstone. This certificate confirms completion of a Camderson Academy course.
Run your first ad with clarity and confidence.
Self-paced, about 5 hours, with a Workbook, templates, Quick Reference Cards and a practice tracker.
This course earns a Camderson Academy Certificate of Completion. This certificate confirms completion of a Camderson Academy course. This course is general education about how people on any team can plan, write, test and review paid advertising in a clear and honest way. It is not legal, financial or advertising agency advice, it does not promise sales, clicks or any particular result, and it does not replace a qualified professional, the official guidance named in each lesson or the rules of the places where you advertise. Advertising rules, platform features and prices change often and vary by country, state and industry, and what is true for one business or place may not be true for yours. Before you act on a real situation, talk with your own attorney or qualified professional. Where a lesson names a source, it says what the source said on the date we read it. Examples, numbers and the organizations in the examples are fictional or illustrative. Camderson Academy is not affiliated with any vendor, platform or author named in the sources and does not endorse any product.