TOP 5 DIGITAL SKILLS TO LEARN IN 2020

Are you one of those people searching for any digital skill which can make you earn some handsome amount of money in the year 2020? Or are you the type of person whose main goal is to utilize time in a meaningful way? Or is your aim to show your talent to the world by acquiring and utilizing the skill which suits you best? Whichever category of people you are from, I've great news for you.

I know that in this digital era where electronic media has markedly captured the attention of the world's population and where technology is playing a vital role in the lives of the people, it has become considerably necessary for you to acquire some skill as it opens great avenues of success for people.

The list of top 5 digital skills which one should learn in 2020 is as follows:-

1. CONTENT MARKETING:-

Content Marketing is becoming increasingly important in the field of digital skills. It is the practice of generating appropriate and valuable content to attract the audience to buy a particular product or service. It has proved to be more productive than traditional marketing.

As shown by statistics, content marketing gets three times more precedence as compared to paid advertising, and according to 55% marketers, generating content for blogs is the most significant marketing priority.

Content marketing has an immediate relation with social media as it's feasible for everyone to post and share content through social media profiles, groups, and online business pages. It also gives the sellers the opportunity to interact with their customers through comments and direct messages. Moreover, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) plays a key role in content marketing as the better your site will rank on the search engine, the more chances you have to get your product or service sold.

Hence, the importance of content marketing skills in this digital era can not be neglected.

2. SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT:-

You may undoubtedly be familiar with the term "social media," but what is "SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT"? Let me tell you.

Social Media Management is a strategy of producing, analyzing, organizing, and engaging with content that is posted on social media platforms, such as Twitter, Linkedin, Facebook, Instagram, etc. There is now a huge scope of jobs for social media managers as they're now employed by different brands, companies, and individuals to drive more customers to their product or service and also to improve or maintain a good reputation.

The job of a social media manager is to control social media activity. They also have the responsibility for planning, implementing, controlling, and observing the company's social media strategy for growing brand awareness and expanding sales.

It will be a nice option to acquire the skill of social media management as it creates great employment opportunities for skilled workers.

3. GRAPHIC DESIGNING:-

I know that many of you love graphic designing, and the good news is that it is becoming increasingly significant as a digital skill in this digital era. Graphic Designing is an art of creating visual content to convey messages. By the application of visual hierarchy and page layout techniques, graphic designers use images and typography to meet the specific demands and needs of the users. They put special emphasis on the concept of using and displaying elements in interactive designs with the aim of maximizing the users' experience.

It covers a wide range of subskills, including logo creation, brochure designing, illustration designing, and much more. It fascinates people by the captivating combinations of colors and designs.

There's a wide scope of graphic designing in today's era of technologies and digitalization. So please have a try on this digital skill.

4. WEB APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT:-

Another digital skill that is constantly gaining importance in the present time is the skill of web application development. Web Application Development is the method of making application programs that reside on remote servers and are transmitted to the user's device, which is connected to the internet. A web app does not require downloading, but it needs to be accessed through a network.

A web application can be accessed by the end-user through a web browser like Safari, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox. The uniqueness of web applications is that it can be written in Javascript, HTML 5, and also in CSS. The tools which help in web development are bootstrap, jQuery, and Ruby on Rails as well as js.

I hope that you will like this skill too and will enjoy working with it. So please don't miss the opportunity of learning this super cool skill. It will be highly beneficial for you. 

5. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE:-

The next top-rated skill I'm going to discuss is the skill of "Artificial Intelligence (AI)." It is a highly in-demand skill in 2020 and is expected to produce 2.3 million jobs by this year. AI is related to digital computers, robots, and machines. It's the potential of digital computers or computerized robots to carry out tasks that are commonly associated with human beings. AI is designed to think like human brains and work as humans do. It is an interdisciplinary science that involves multiple approaches, but the most important part is the advancement in machine learning and deep thinking.

The demand for people possessed with AI skills has more than doubled since the last three years. The most in-demand AI jobs are for computer vision engineers, machine learning engineers, and data scientists.

This skill can make you earn much more than small pocket money as it is a skill which offers its experts with one of the most highly paying jobs. Learning this skill can bring a huge positive change in your lives and can open the doors of success, money, and employment for you. 

That's all for today, guys. I hope that this topic greatly helped you. Now you just have to choose a particular skill out of the above mentioned five digital skills, learn and master that skill, use it effectively, and there you go to your way to success.

IMPORTANT LINKS/ REFERENCES:-

• https://sanstonz.com/6-digital-skills-you-need-in-2020/

• https://w3-lab.com/marketing-for-businesses/content-marketing-trends-2020/#:~:text=Content%20marketing%20is%20one%20of%20the%20most%20effective%20marketing%20strategies,trends%20for%202020%20are%20numerous.

• https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.talentlyft.com/en/resources/social-media-manager-job-description%23:~:text%3DSocial%2520Media%2520Managers%2520are%2520responsible,Marketing%2520efforts%2520and%2520increase%2520sales.&ved=2ahUKEwj20O_Nk6LrAhVhShUIHZlnBZsQFjACegQIDxAL&usg=AOvVaw2Z7BRSo6pRXYH2wrxJKWWc

• https://searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com/definition/web-application-development

• https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/topics/graphic-design

• https://www.britannica.com/technology/artificial-intelligence

• https://www.techrepublic.com/article/here-are-the-10-most-in-demand-ai-skills-and-how-to-develop-them/

 

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