Pearson Education Ltd · RQF Level 3

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma in Marketing

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  • LevelRQF Level 3
  • Guided learning1,080 hours
  • Units in this qualification13

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What each unit actually teaches you to do

BTEC Nationals are level 3 vocational qualifications that provide specialist, work-related learning in a range of sectors.

These are the units Pearson Education Ltd registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated, and every one you earn is yours to keep.

Activating a BrandReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
You'll investigate brand activation practices within an organisation and analyse different activation methods. They will create detailed brand activation plans for client briefs and respond to feedback to refine and improve their strategies.

What you'll be able to do

  • Investigate brand activation practice for a selected organisation, analysing different activation methods and their effectiveness.
  • Create a detailed brand activation plan for a specific client brief, including objectives, target audience, activities, and budget.
  • Respond to testing, feedback and reflection in the development of brand activation for a client brief, making necessary adjustments and improvements to the plan.
Applying Digital MarketingReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
This unit provides learners with an understanding of digital marketing principles and practices, including various digital channels and ethical considerations. You'll analyse a product's digital presence, develop a digital marketing campaign, and review its effectiveness.

What you'll be able to do

  • Explore the principles of digital marketing practice used in the marketing industry, including different channels, techniques, and ethical considerations.
  • Explore the use of digital marketing in a specific product or service, analysing its current digital presence and identifying opportunities for improvement.
  • Develop a comprehensive digital marketing campaign for a specific product or service, including objectives, target audience, channels, content, and budget.
  • Review the development and effectiveness of a digital marketing campaign, analysing key metrics and making recommendations for future improvements.
Branding Products and ServicesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
You'll investigate the role and purpose of branding within an organisation, analysing its impact on customer perception and loyalty. They will review branding strategies across platforms and recommend improvements for an existing product or service.

What you'll be able to do

  • Investigate the role of branding in a selected organisation, considering its purpose and impact
  • Review how branding is used by a selected organisation across different platforms and channels
  • Recommend improvements to a brand for an existing product or service, justifying the recommendations with reference to market research and competitor analysis
Careers in MarketingReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
It teaches you to examine the organisation and structure of the marketing industry in the UK, investigate various marketing careers, and undertake recruitment activities such as creating a CV and participating in interviews. You'll also reflect on their performance to prepare for a career in marketing.

What you'll be able to do

  • Examine the organisation of the marketing industry in the UK, including different types of organisations, roles, and responsibilities.
  • Investigate a range of careers in the marketing industry, researching job roles, required skills, and career pathways.
  • Undertake recruitment activities for a job role in the marketing industry, such as creating a CV, writing a cover letter, and participating in an interview.
  • Reflect on own performance in the recruitment process to prepare for a career in the marketing industry, identifying strengths and weaknesses and developing strategies for improvement.
Corporate Social ResponsibilityReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
This unit provides learners with an understanding of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) issues, initiatives, and their impacts on organisations. You'll explore benefits and limitations of CSR and plan an initiative to address selected organisational issues.

What you'll be able to do

  • Explore the various Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) issues that organisations face
  • Explore the different CSR initiatives that organisations can implement
  • Analyse the impacts of CSR on organisations and stakeholders
  • Explore the benefits for an organisation of implementing CSR initiatives
  • Analyse the limitations for an organisation of implementing CSR initiatives
  • Plan a CSR initiative for an organisation to address selected issues, considering resources, stakeholders and potential impact
Customer CommunicationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
This unit covers market segmentation, targeting, and positioning, alongside factors influencing customer decision-making. You'll investigate and document customer communication processes, then plan and create effective communications for a specific product or service.

What you'll be able to do

  • Explore segmentation, targeting and positioning strategies used in marketing and analyse the influences that affect the customer decision-making process.
  • Investigate and document the customer communications process currently used for a specific product or service, identifying strengths and weaknesses.
  • Plan and create effective customer communications for a specific product or service, considering the target audience and marketing objectives.
  • Present customer communications for a specific product or service, using appropriate communication methods and justifying the choices made.
Customer Immersion ExperiencesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
You'll investigate how organisations market customer experiences across products and services. They will plan and deliver a customer experience aligned with objectives and reflect on its success by evaluating outcomes against set goals.

What you'll be able to do

  • Investigate the marketing of customer experiences for different products and services, analysing how organisations create memorable and engaging experiences.
  • Plan and deliver a customer experience to meet objectives, considering all aspects of the customer journey and touchpoints.
  • Reflect on the success of the customer experience in meeting set objectives, evaluating customer feedback and identifying areas for improvement.
Generating Customer LoyaltyReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
You'll examine the purposes and benefits of generating customer loyalty for an organisation. They will investigate the information required to implement loyalty strategies and review methods used to enhance customer loyalty and its impact on marketing costs.

What you'll be able to do

  • Examine the purposes and benefits to a selected organisation of generating customer loyalty, including increased sales, reduced marketing costs, and improved brand reputation.
  • Investigate the information required to implement customer loyalty strategies, including customer data, market research, and competitor analysis.
  • Review the methods of generating customer loyalty in a selected organisation, evaluating the effectiveness of different loyalty programmes and initiatives.
Influencer MarketingReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
It teaches you to investigate influencer marketing, including types of influencers and campaign metrics. You'll explore influencer marketing within a specific sector and develop an influencer marketing plan for an organisation.

What you'll be able to do

  • Investigate influencers and their associated marketing campaigns, analysing their reach, engagement, and impact on target audiences.
  • Explore the use of influencer marketing within a specific market sector, considering the different types of influencers and their suitability for various brands.
  • Develop an influencer marketing plan for a specific organisation, including identifying target influencers, setting objectives, and measuring results.
Market Research for a Start-up BusinessReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
This unit equips learners with skills to conduct market research for start-up businesses. You'll examine primary and secondary research methods, implement research activities to meet marketing objectives, and review findings to make informed recommendations.

What you'll be able to do

  • Examine different types of market research methods used by start-up businesses to inform decision making, considering both primary and secondary research techniques.
  • Implement market research activities to meet a specific start-up business' marketing objectives, including designing questionnaires, conducting interviews, and analysing data.
  • Review market research findings and make recommendations for a start-up business, presenting the findings in a clear and concise report with actionable insights.
Marketing PrinciplesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
You'll develop knowledge and understanding of fundamental marketing principles, including the marketing mix and market segmentation. They will apply these principles to scenarios such as launching a new product or entering a new market, and analyse marketing information to evaluate potential impacts.

What you'll be able to do

  • Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of fundamental marketing principles, including the marketing mix and market segmentation.
  • Apply knowledge and understanding of marketing principles to different situations and contexts, such as launching a new product or entering a new market.
  • Analyse marketing information and data, demonstrating the ability to interpret the potential impact and influence on marketing strategies and campaigns.
  • Evaluate evidence to make informed judgements about how marketing should be planned, developed and adapted to meet changing market conditions and customer needs.
Marketing an EventReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
You'll explore promotional strategies used to market events and how organisations target specific audiences. They will develop, implement, and evaluate marketing campaigns for events, assessing their success against set objectives.

What you'll be able to do

  • Explore how organisations utilise various promotional strategies to successfully market events to target audiences.
  • Develop a comprehensive marketing campaign, incorporating appropriate promotional channels, to effectively promote a specific event.
  • Market and promote an event, tailoring the approach to resonate with a clearly defined audience.
  • Evaluate the success of the marketing campaign by analysing key performance indicators and assessing the extent to which objectives were met.
Work Experience in MarketingReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
This unit prepares learners for work experience in marketing-related roles by identifying learning objectives, developing relevant skills, and researching organisations. You'll carry out work experience to meet objectives and reflect on their performance to inform career progression.

What you'll be able to do

  • Prepare for work experience to support progression into a career in marketing, identifying learning objectives and developing relevant skills.
  • Carry out work experience in a marketing-related role to meet set objectives, demonstrating professional behaviour and contributing to the team.
  • Reflect on work experience in a marketing-related role to inform own career progression, evaluating skills developed and identifying areas for further improvement.

The honest bit

You’ve started things before

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Your passport

Every credit is a stamp you keep

Level 3 credits are regulated. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you’ve earned and what’s next.

Activating a BrandApplying Digital MarketingBranding Products and ServicesCareers in MarketingCorporate Social ResponsibilityCustomer CommunicationsCustomer Immersion ExperiencesGenerating Customer Loyalty

Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.

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Where this connects

Where these credits take you

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Where this can lead

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Your journey starts here, but where it goes is really up to you. We'll give you the tools, the training, and the opportunities, but your curiosity and drive will be the real fuel for your career. This role is a fantastic foundation for a long and rewarding career in marketing.

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How you’ll actually learn this

One-to-one, on your own real work

A qualification is usually something done to you: sit the class, sit the exam, hope it sticks. Here it’s the opposite. You learn it one-to-one with a companion, on your own real work, and you keep going until you can use it, not just recall it.

One-to-one, on your real workNo lectures, no past-papers. Every unit is practised on the actual tasks your job throws at you, a tutor beside you, not a video in front of you.
Taught to the top, not the testMost courses stop at remembering. Your companion keeps climbing: analysing, judging, creating. That’s the part a machine can’t do for you.
Credits you keep, a map that continuesEvery unit is regulated and yours for good. The day you finish, Zavmo already knows the next role your new credits open.
Activating a BrandLevel 3

Applied to your work in any of these jobs

Learners will investigate brand activation practices within an organisation and analyse different activation methods. They will create detailed brand activation plans for client briefs and respond to feedback to refine and improve their strategies.

How the thinking builds
  1. Remember
  2. Understand
  3. Apply
  4. Analyse
  5. Evaluate
  6. Create
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Built for Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma in Marketing

13 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Pearson Education Ltd.

  1. Activating a Brand
  2. Applying Digital Marketing
  3. Branding Products and Services
  4. Careers in Marketing
  5. Corporate Social Responsibility
  6. Customer Communications

and 7 more in the full unit list below.

These are the real units of this credential, in its own order. Nothing here is marked done, because this plan has not been started by anyone yet. Yours would fill in as you go.

One to one, not one to many

No two people run this the same way

A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.

  1. Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
  2. What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
  3. The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
  4. How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
  5. Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.

See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.

Why it sticks

Most courses stop at remembering

There’s a well-known ladder of how deeply you learn something, called Bloom’s Taxonomy. Most courses get you up the first two rungs: you remember some facts, you pass a test, you forget it. Real skill lives at the top. Judging, deciding, creating. And this isn’t a generic ladder: every rung has a named Zavmo tutor who walks you up it.

  1. 6CreateThe Creative Catalyst
  2. 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
  3. 4AnalyseThe Analyst
  4. 3ApplyThe Coach
  5. 2UnderstandThe Connector
  6. 1RememberThe Builder

Where most courses leave you Where Zavmo takes you

Why this matters: AI can already remember and understand for you. What it can’t do is take your real problem and judge the right call. So the only learning worth paying for is the learning that takes you to the top. That’s exactly what a tutor doing it with you, on your real work, is for.

The value

Why the companion is worth £70 a month

You’re not paying for the units. They’re regulated, and the same wherever you earn them. You’re paying for the one thing that decides whether you actually get there: a companion that makes them stick, on your real work.

That is one-to-one on this qualification, every day, on the work you already do, for £70 a month. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it. Billed monthly, cancel any time and billing stops.

Earned on your own work, taught to the top.

Everything you just read, learned one-to-one on the job you already do. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it.

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