Drive Measurable Growth For Products
Where our alumni work
Learners Persona
For Marketing professionals looking to:
- Scale user acquisition through cross-platform ads mastery (X, Meta Platforms, Linkedin, Google)
- Set up, monitor and interpret data from ad dashboards
- Plan and deploy ad budgets better for companies by leveraging data.
- Own digital marketing function at a startup or scale-up
Prerequisites
- 2+ years social marketing experience
- basic knowledge of digital channels like Social media, Google
- Basic data analytics skills like interpreting Google Analytics
- Currently in a growth marketing role or transitioning into one
What you'll learn
How you will learn
100% Virtual Session
Learn through virtual live sessions with industry experts and catch up anytime with recorded sessions.
Expert-led sessions
Every session is a perfect blend of learning and practical activities with your peers led by proven industry experts
Recognized Badges
Treford Alumni work in leading companies across Africa, Europe, and North America.
Project-Based
Work on weekly projects with your peers and an individual capstone project to build your portfolio.
Resource Kit
Access job-aid resources like templates, cheat sheets, and toolkits to support your learning beyond the sessions.
Post Program Support
Stay supported even after graduation with career guidance, mentorship, and access to our growing alumni community.
Curriculum
In this lesson, you will learn what performance marketing is, why it matters, and how it differs from traditional digital marketing. You’ll explore key success metrics, customer journey stages, and attribution methods used to assess campaign performance.
Learning Outcomes
- Define performance marketing and its components.
- Calculate and interpret core metrics like CPA, ROAS, CAC, and LTV.
- Explain the digital marketing funnel from awareness to conversion.
- Understand different attribution models and how they affect campaign insights.
In this lesson, you will learn how to define, segment, and target potential customers using digital platforms. You’ll also learn how to build audience journeys that match funnel stages and buyer intent.
Learning Outcomes
- Create buyer personas based on data and behavior.
- Differentiate targeting layers: demographic, interest-based, behavioral, and intent.
- Design retargeting and lookalike audience strategies.
- Match audience targeting to each stage of the marketing funnel.
Great creative and irresistible offers drive clicks and conversions. This lesson breaks down what makes an ad perform—visually and emotionally. You’ll also explore how to align offers with audience motivations and channel-specific best practices.
Learning Outcomes
- Identify the structure of high-converting ads (visual + copy).
- Apply the Hook-Angle-Offer framework to generate ad concepts.
- Choose and format ads for Meta, TikTok, and Google platforms.
- Develop and test offers that resonate with cold, warm, and hot audiences.
In this lesson, you’ll walk through Meta Ads from the ground up—from structuring your campaigns (CBO vs ABO) to tracking events and optimizing for conversions. Learners will understand how to manage budgets and audiences to maximize results.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand the differences between CBO (Campaign Budget Optimization) and ABO (Ad Set Budget Optimization) and when to use each.
- Set up Meta Pixel and custom conversion events for tracking.
- Apply best practices for targeting at the ad set level (location, interests, behaviors, exclusions).
- Create a budget strategy for testing, optimization, and scaling campaigns over time.
In this module, you will gain practical experience building and optimizing Google Ads campaigns. You’ll explore how to use keyword intent, match types, and audience signals to win across Search, Display, and YouTube.
Learning Outcomes
- Differentiate between Google’s campaign types: Search, Display, and Performance Max.
- Conduct keyword research and categorize terms by user intent.
- Create and optimize search ads using headline & description formulas.
- Build basic YouTube ad strategies using skippable formats, audience targeting, and strong creative hooks.
This lesson equips you with the technical foundation for tracking digital campaigns across platforms. You’ll learn how to implement UTMs, pixels, server-side tracking, and interpret attribution models with confidence.
Learning Outcomes
- Use UTM parameters and tagging to track campaigns across platforms.
- Set up event tracking using GTM, GA4, and Meta Pixel.
- Understand and compare attribution models and windows.
Implement server-side tracking using tools like Facebook CAPI for improved data reliability.
In this lesson, you will learn how to extract, interpret, and act on marketing performance data. You’ll explore key financial metrics, visualize funnel stages, and use GA4 for storytelling with numbers.
Learning Outcomes
- Set up and navigate Google Analytics (GA4) dashboards for campaign reporting.
- Analyze drop-off points in funnels and user flow.
- Calculate and interpret ROAS, LTV:CAC, and revenue vs spend.
- Understand the basics of cohort analysis for lifecycle marketing.
In this lesson, you will learn how performance marketers use testing to improve ad efficiency. You’ll learn structured A/B testing, frequency control, and creative iteration frameworks.
Learning Outcomes
- Design hypothesis-driven A/B tests for campaigns.
- Detect and manage ad fatigue using frequency benchmarks.
- Implement optimization routines based on data signals.
- Distinguish between vertical and horizontal scaling strategies.
In this lesson, you will learn how to manage and scale ad budgets strategically. This final module covers how to forecast spend, allocate by funnel stage, and use simplified media mix modeling to guide investment decisions.
Learning Outcomes
- Create funnel-based budget plans aligned to campaign objectives.
- Forecast ROAS and determine break-even points.
- Develop scaling plans across multiple platforms.
- Understand and apply basic principles of media mix modeling.
Where our Facilitators work
Learn live with industry experts
Performance Marketing Expert

Growth Marketing Expert

Performance Marketing Expert

Chiedozie Ike
Lifecycle Marketing Expert
Precious Dahunsi
Product Marketing Expert for SaaS Products
Princewill Akuma
Marketing Leader
Ebuka Chidube
Growth and Digital Marketing Expert
Bukayo Ewuoso
Performance Marketing Expert
Oluwole Adeosun
Performance Marketing Expert
Oluwapelumi Oyetimehin
Marketing Leader
Olumide Adaramoye
Lifecycle Marketing Expert
Everest Nwaigwe
Data Driven Marketing Expert
Seun Adeola
Growth Leader & Operator
Key Stats
Alumni Reviews
Projects from Previous Cohort
Success Metrics
Program KPIs
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💼 Job promotion rate within 6 months:
25%
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🎉Average skill assessment improvement:
60+ points
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💸 Salary increase within 12 months:
15% average
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😍 Alumni referral rate:
40%
Participant Outcomes
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🔥 Completion rate
90%
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🥳 Satisfaction score
85%
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👏🏾 Implement learnings within 30 days
75%
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🎯 50% achieve measurable ROI improvement
within 90 days
FAQs
Having some foundational marketing experience will help you fully benefit from the course and apply the strategies effectively. This course is designed for marketing professionals who want to deepen their expertise in paid advertising, analytics, and campaign optimization to drive measurable business results.
Definitely. The course focuses on strategies that deliver measurable results and improve ROI for your existing campaigns or client work.
The program requires approximately 10 – 12 hours of commitment weekly (mostly on weekends.
You’ll gain technical skills in marketing analytics, attribution modeling, performance tracking, marketing automation with tools like Google Analytics (GA4), Meta Ads Manager and more.
You can reach out to the team via [email protected] or drop message via WhatsApp
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