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Behavioural Science for Digital Marketing

Behavioural Science for Digital Marketing Training

Learn the fundamentals of behavioural sciences and how to practically apply them to your digital marketing activity. A ticket to this course includes one day of training the day before the conference, plus two days entry to all the brightonSEO talks at the conference, plus extra perks.

David Somerville

David Somerville

Digital Marketing Consultant at David Somerville Digital

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David’s interest in human behaviour started with him obtaining a BSc (Hons) in Behavioural Sciences, where he majored in Psychology. Since then he has been nudging behaviour with marketing activity for a wide range of brands across different sectors. In his role as strategy director for Fresh Egg, David had the opportunity to help launch an award-winning digital mental health service for London. This saw him work with Public Health England’s Behavioural Insights Team and various clinical psychiatrists and psychologists. David has delivered numerous training sessions, as well as run workshops and presented at numerous events, including the CharityComms Digital Conference. He’s also written for the likes of Econsultancy and Smart Insights. David has recently set-out as an independent marketing consultant, using his experience to help several different businesses achieve their goals.

Why choose this course?

This course combines theoretical learning with lots of practical exercises, meaning you will finish the day with more knowledge around behavioural sciences but also the framework and practical tools that you can start to apply to your thinking and activity straight away.

Centred around a behavioural change process, attendees will be introduced to some of the key topics related to behavioural sciences, plus a series of recognised models that are used by governments, public health organisations and brands across the world to help shape behaviour.

Who should attend this course?

This course is essential for anyone that wants to increase the impact of their digital marketing. Learn how to properly understand your customers and their behaviour and how that knowledge can be practically applied to your marketing activity. Creating better results from your campaigns.

Attending this course will allow you to:

  • Understand how behavioural science and marketing work together
  • Learn more about human behaviour
  • Get introduced to some of the most popular behavioural science theories and models
  • Learn a practical behavioural change framework
  • Understand the differences between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ behavioural science applications.

Course Content

The day’s course content will include:

How humans make decisions

  • System 1/System 2 thinking
  • Cognitive Biases
  • Nudge Theory

What is behavioural science and why is it good for marketing?

  • Examples of good use of behavioural science in practice
  • A note on ethics

The behavioural change process

  • Identifying the behaviour to change
  • Understanding your audience with the COM-B model
  • Creating interventions and solutions with the COM-B and EAST models
  • Implementing, testing and refining

What's included in your ticket?

Book onto this training course and you will get:

  • A full day's training on your chosen topic the day before the main conference
  • Lunch included on your training day
  • Full access to both days of brightonSEO
  • Bag of merch
  • Video bundle to stream all the conference talks post event
  • Access to conference networking events and activities

We may cancel courses which don't have enough enrolments, and if so we’ll let you know and give you the opportunity to swap to an alternative course or have a refund.

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Brighton Oct 2025

Wed 22 Oct, 2025 | 10:00 AM - 04:30 PM

£560+vat£1060Prices rise 5th June
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