Marketing is one of the areas where AI adoption is fastest, because it directly supports visibility, customer engagement, and revenue growth. For SMEs with small teams and limited budgets, AI offers a way to produce professional-quality campaigns without the cost of an agency.
This course introduces how SMEs can use free AI tools to generate ad copy, visuals, and branded layouts. Learners will walk through a complete campaign workflow: from generating a product image, to writing text, to finalising a branded social media post.
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
Generates unique visuals for products, ads, and campaigns from simple text prompts.
Allows SMEs to create branded designs, layouts, and social posts with AI assistance, even with no design background.
You are launching a new eco-friendly reusable coffee mug for your shop. You need a full Instagram campaign: an attractive product image, a catchy caption, and a branded design.
Activity 1 – Generate a Product Image with Bing Image Creator
Activity 2 – Design a Social Media Post with Canva AI
Activity 3 – Final Tweaks
Outcome: By the end of this activity, you will have produced a full campaign asset: a product image, a marketing caption, and a branded design, using only free AI tools.
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them. [Project number: 2024-1-AT01-KA220-VET-000245796]