{"id":29045,"date":"2022-05-22T23:34:24","date_gmt":"2022-05-22T11:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nzie.ac.nz\/?p=29045"},"modified":"2022-11-11T12:25:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T23:25:00","slug":"success-story-blake-digital-marketing-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nzie.ac.nz\/success-story-blake-digital-marketing-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing Careers from Barbering to a Digital Marketing role."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Tell us a bit about yourself prior to discovering NZIE.<\/strong><\/h3>

My name is Blake and I come from a barbering background which I have been in since I left school. In my spare time, I decided to dabble in some eCommerce projects after Googling \u201cHow to make money online?\u201d<\/em> This is where I discovered the drop-shipping model and started up a few different online stores. From there I started learning about digital marketing, by figuring out stuff on my own and going down the self-taught route.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Why Digital Marketing?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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When running my online stores, I didn\u2019t realise how much was involved. For example, I was dependent on Facebook Ads. However, when that wasn\u2019t working, I was screwed. Eventually, there was just so much to learn to successfully run an online store. Things I would never be bothered to sit down and teach myself. Such as content creation skills in photoshop, illustrator, premiere pro. That was definitely a favourite part of learning about content creation and videography.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Why NZIE? What made you choose to study the Diploma in Digital Marketing?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The main reason was that it was NZQA accredited. Furthermore, it\u2019s fully online and remote meaning I could be anywhere in New Zealand. Also, it freed up time to get another job whilst studying. And it was only one year to cover everything I needed to learn.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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What goals do you have with the Digital Marketing knowledge under your belt?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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First off, my goal was to pass the programme. As I started getting into it, I realised I was a lot smarter than I was. So, from there it became \u201cHow can I get the best mark?\u201d because the academic writing was the hardest part.<\/p>

Secondly, the goal was to get a job at the end of it and get some experience. Eventually, start up my own thing or work for myself whether it’s consulting, freelancing or revisiting eCommerce marketing again.<\/p>

\u201cLuckily, in digital marketing, there are so many options and opportunities!\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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How was your online learning experience?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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It was pretty good; the evening classes were hard at times juggling with my morning shift going into the evenings. However, the tutors were awesome and very knowledgeable. Overall, I did enjoy remote learning from home.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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What was your favourite part about NZIE? <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Learning Adobe Suite was my favourite part and a big highlight for me being creative. Also, the SEO side of things I wouldn\u2019t have bothered to teach myself. I liked the industry guest speakers and enjoyed one where we learnt about building a story brand for social media.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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What\u2019s your proudest achievement from your time at NZIE?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Having had no prior academic experience I exceeded my own expectations with the below marks I got for assignments. It\u2019s been a year of self-discovery inspiring my fellow potatoes!<\/p>\n