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Social Media Marketing Courses

Social media marketing courses can help you learn content creation, audience engagement strategies, analytics interpretation, and campaign management. You can build skills in crafting compelling posts, optimizing ad spend, and measuring ROI on various platforms. Many courses introduce tools like Hootsuite for scheduling, Google Analytics for tracking performance, and Canva for designing eye-catching visuals, showing how these skills are applied in real campaigns.

Popular Social Media Marketing Courses and Certifications


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    University of Pennsylvania

    Wharton Business Foundations Capstone

    Skills you'll gain: Peer Review, Project Design, Business, Marketing Planning, Analysis, Strategic Marketing, Business Planning, Marketing Strategy and Techniques, Marketing, Business Analysis, Strategic Thinking, Constructive Feedback, Business Strategy, Accounting, Writing, Finance, Financial Accounting

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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    The Expert Academy

    Persuasive Sales Pitching: Value, Influence And Storytelling

    Skills you'll gain: Sales Presentations, Persuasive Communication, Sales Presentation, Selling Techniques, Oral Expression, Verbal Communication Skills, Communication, Public Speaking, Concision, General Sales Practices, Presentations, Storytelling, Value Propositions, Driving engagement, Drive Engagement, Target Audience, Digital Communications

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Michigan

    Advanced Styling with Responsive Design

    Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, HTML and CSS, Web Design, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Bootstrap (Front-End Framework), Web Frameworks, Wireframing, Front-End Web Development, Browser Compatibility, Usability, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Javascript

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Tecnológico de Monterrey

    Credenciales Alternativas: el futuro de las certificaciones

    Skills you'll gain: Knowledge Transfer, Quality Assessment, Program Implementation, Blockchain, Verification And Validation, Workforce Development, Adult Education, Training and Development, Program Standards, Training Programs, Employee Training, Digital Assets, Program Evaluation

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    Designing Navigation and Search for Digital Experiences

    Skills you'll gain: Information Architecture, User Experience, Experience Design, User Experience Design, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, UI/UX Strategy, Usability, Interaction Design, User Flows, User Interface (UI) Design, Web Design, UI/UX Research, AI Enablement, Web Development, Artificial Intelligence

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Anthropic

    AI Fluency for nonprofits

    Skills you'll gain: Responsible AI, AI literacy, Prompt Engineering, AI Workflows, Artificial Intelligence, Anthropic Claude, Data Ethics, AI Integrations, Decision Intelligence, Information Privacy, Data Analysis, Research, Policy Development

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Microsoft

    Using Microsoft Copilot to Understand Your Customer

    Skills you'll gain: Customer Insights, Microsoft Copilot, Customer Analysis, Persona Development, Marketing Analytics, Data-Driven Marketing, Marketing, Marketing Strategies, Report Writing, Search Engine Marketing, Generative AI Agents, Target Audience, Prompt Engineering, Search Engine Optimization, Customer Data Management, Social Media Marketing

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Copenhagen

    An Introduction to Global Health

    Skills you'll gain: Health Systems, Maternal Health, Child Health, Public Health, Health Policy, Infectious Diseases, Health Equity, Health Disparities, Public Health and Disease Prevention, Water Resources, Health Promotion, Social Determinants Of Health, Epidemiology, Community Health, Environmental Policy, Sanitation, Environmental Issue, Family Planning, Nutrition and Diet, Injury Prevention

    4.8
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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    Build a mobile app with Google Sheets on Glide and no coding

    Skills you'll gain: No-Code Development, Mobile Development, Google Sheets, Application Development, Mobile Development Tools, Google Workspace, Application Design, Application Deployment, Development Testing, Spreadsheet Software, Data Structures, User Interface (UI), User Accounts, Persona (User Experience), Authentications, User Feedback, Web Development, Marketing

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    University of Rochester

    History of Rock, Part One

    Skills you'll gain: Music History, Music, World Music, Social Studies, World History, Electronic Media, Social Impact

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of California San Diego

    Mastering the Software Engineering Interview

    Skills you'll gain: Growth Mindedness, Technical Communication, Adaptability, Algorithms, Overcoming Obstacles, Software Engineering, Verbal Communication Skills, Communication Strategies, Social Skills, Interpersonal Communications, Communication, Problem Solving, Complex Problem Solving, Data Structures

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Madecraft

    Leading Through Challenges: Strategies for Executive Leaders

    Skills you'll gain: Crisis Management, Team Building, Executive Presence, Risk Analysis, Leadership, Proactivity, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Planning, Change Management, Workforce Development, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Diversity Equity and Inclusion Initiatives, Employee Engagement, Competitive Analysis, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Root Cause Analysis, Performance Metric, Talent Acquisition, Communication, Culture

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular social media marketing courses

  • Wharton Business Foundations Capstone: University of Pennsylvania
  • Persuasive Sales Pitching: Value, Influence And Storytelling: The Expert Academy
  • Advanced Styling with Responsive Design: University of Michigan
  • Credenciales Alternativas: el futuro de las certificaciones: Tecnológico de Monterrey
  • Designing Navigation and Search for Digital Experiences: Packt
  • AI Fluency for nonprofits: Anthropic
  • Using Microsoft Copilot to Understand Your Customer: Microsoft
  • An Introduction to Global Health: University of Copenhagen
  • Build a mobile app with Google Sheets on Glide and no coding: Coursera
  • History of Rock, Part One: University of Rochester

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