# Digital Marketing certification: study guide vs. course

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/digital-marketing-certification-study-guide-vs-course/44537>\
**Category:** HubSpot Academy Support\
**Created:** [September 29, 2021, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/digital-marketing-certification-study-guide-vs-course/44537 "2021-09-29T12:19:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![LPerdahl](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/lperdahl/32/22307_2.png) [@LPerdahl](https://community.hubspot.com/u/LPerdahl)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2021, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/digital-marketing-certification-study-guide-vs-course/44537/1 "2021-09-29T12:19:54Z")

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Hello! I’ve followed the Digital marketing certification course and finished all lessons, and in preparation for the exam, as recomended I went through the study guide: [https://hubspot-academy.s3.amazonaws.com/prod/tracks/study-guides/117-en-1621618210498.pdf.](https://hubspot-academy.s3.amazonaws.com/prod/tracks/study-guides/117-en-1621618210498.pdf)  
The part 9 on the subject of E-mail marketing doesn’t exactly correspond to the lessons : the sheet and questions are very concentrated on strategy of e-mail marketing, whereas the lessons is focused on the creation of an e-mail successfully.

Is this correct ?

Thank you in advance & best regards

Linnéa

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**Author:** ![JenWeiss](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/jenweiss/32/93582_2.png) [@JenWeiss](https://community.hubspot.com/u/JenWeiss)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/digital-marketing-certification-study-guide-vs-course/44537/2 "2021-10-01T16:25:22Z")

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Hi @LPerdahl ,

Thank you so much for reaching out to us! Yes you have that correct. When looking over the sheet will be focused heavily on e-mail marketing strategy whereas the lessons themselves are focused on the creation and execution.

Best Regards,

@JenWeiss

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**Author:** ![LPerdahl](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/lperdahl/32/22307_2.png) [@LPerdahl](https://community.hubspot.com/u/LPerdahl)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 9:30am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/digital-marketing-certification-study-guide-vs-course/44537/3 "2021-10-04T09:30:22Z")

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Thanks @JenWeiss for your reply.

The question will now be for the exam itself, will it be corresponding to the lessons or the sheet, if the latter is there an additional lesson?

Thank you in advance & best regards

Linnéa