An Interview Session with Mr. Naman Grover, Freelance Digital Marketer & DigiPS Ex-Trainee
He shares with us how digital marketing training & certification helped him bag freelance projects and work as a freelance digital marketer while he is pursuing his graduation.
Q1. Hi Naman! Currently you are pursuing your graduation from Delhi University and also working as a freelance digital marketer! So, how do you manage both the things?
Ans. I work on my freelancing project mainly during weekends but I devote a few hours daily to it…I mean during the weekdays also. Let me tell you one thing working on digital marketing project isn’t much tiresome… in fact most of the time it acts as a stress buster for me. It’s more like playing a computer game that too a soothing one! Hehe!
Q2. So was it difficult for you to bag digital marketing freelancing projects?
Ans. No! Not at all! Thanks to Digipublicschool placement team! Like they arrange interviews for the full-timers, they arranged for me as well! I just had to clear the interview to get the projects. So, there was no hassle of searching for freelance projects, screening those or applying for them before you actually face the interview.
Q3. Tell us something about the digital marketing projects that you work on?
Ans. A lot of things to do! I manage the day-to-day search marketing activities across multiple search engines (Google, Bing, and Yahoo) including the campaign planning, implementation, performance review, and optimization of paid search campaigns. My responsibilities include leveraging social media and social signals to improve Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and lot more.
Q4. So, what made you undergo a digital marketing training?
Ans. I was looking to work as a freelancer and I googled to find projects I could work on, mostly it talked about data entry jobs or digital marketing jobs. Though for earning I could do data entry job also but digital marketing jobs offered a good future, a secured career also with the money. So, I joined digital marketing training program.
Q5. So, Why DigiPS?
Ans. I attended the free demo session@DigiPS and found them to be really good. Also, in Delhi…it is the only international institute for digital marketing training with their branches in China, Vietnam & other places abroad.
Q6. Do you believe that Digipublicschool is actually a reliable source for Digital marketing training?
Ans. Certainly! They told me before I joined the training that they would get me freelancing projects through their placement cell and they did. And about the quality of training or other stuff like free tools, LMS et-cetra, everything was simply awesome.
Q7. How would you rate Digipublicschool’s training program & delivery on a scale of 1-10?
Ans. 9.2/ 10
Q8. So, is there something that you would like to put across to young job seekers who are looking earn money as a freelancer or a part-timer?
Ans. Like I said before you may find other jobs also such as data entry job or so but a digital marketing job will not only offer you money but also a secure career and better future. So, if you have the option of choosing the one you want you must pick digital marketing job. How long will you go with a data entry or a documentation job? The sooner you add digital marketing skills to your resume better it is.