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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.


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Popular Social Media Marketing Courses and Certifications


  • C

    Coursera

    Einführung in Marketing Design mit Canva

    Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Social Media Content, Social Media Marketing, Marketing Design, Social Media, Content Creation, Graphic Design, Brand Awareness, Color Theory, Marketing, Branding

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • C

    Coursera

    Build social awareness content for Facebook with Canva

    Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Facebook, Advertising, Graphic and Visual Design, Video Production, Social Media Content, Graphic Design, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Content Creation, Event Marketing

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    7 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    U

    University of Colorado Boulder

    Network Analysis for Marketing Analytics

    Skills you'll gain: Network Analysis, Social Network Analysis, Marketing Analytics, Unstructured Data, Semantic Web, Statistical Methods, Text Mining, Data Structures, JSON, Natural Language Processing, Data Visualization Software, Python Programming

    Build toward a degree

    2.8
    Rating, 2.8 out of 5 stars
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    6 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    S

    Simplilearn

    ROI-Driven Digital Marketing Analytics

    Skills you'll gain: Search Engine Marketing, Google Ads, Marketing Analytics, Web Analytics, Google Analytics, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Marketing Effectiveness, Performance Measurement, Business Metrics, Marketing Budgets, Performance Metric, Performance marketing, Pay Per Click Advertising, Paid media, Marketing Strategies, Search Engine Optimization, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Marketing Automation, Digital Marketing, AI Personalization

    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    U

    University of Minnesota

    Social Determinants of Health: Data to Action

    Skills you'll gain: Social Determinants Of Health, Health Equity, Health Disparities, Health Systems, Community Health, Public Health, Health Informatics, Healthcare Ethics, Health Policy, Maternal Health, Systems Thinking, Statistical Software, Data Analysis, Box Plots, Data Ethics, Substance Abuse, Research Methodologies, Correlation Analysis, Scatter Plots, Environmental Monitoring

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    21 reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    C

    Coursera

    Event Marketing Design in Canva

    Skills you'll gain: Event Marketing, Marketing Design, Canva (Software), Marketing Materials, A/B Testing, Promotional Materials, Event Management, Design Strategies, Logo Design, Email Marketing, Social Media Campaigns, Branding, Drive Engagement, Experience Design, Graphic and Visual Design, Typography, Color Theory

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Preview
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    U

    University of Pennsylvania

    Ethical Decision-Making in a Social World

    Skills you'll gain: Trustworthiness, Business Ethics, Personal Integrity, Professionalism, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Organizational Leadership, Empathy & Emotional Intelligence, Decision Making, Empathy, Emotional Intelligence, Social Skills, Strategic Leadership, Leadership, Compassion, Social Impact, Culture Transformation, Influencing, Sociology, Social Sciences, Psychology

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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    7 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: New
    New
    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    E

    EDUCBA

    Digital Marketing Dynamics: Strategy & Case Studies

    Skills you'll gain: Campaign Management, Social Media, Digital Marketing, Performance marketing, Social Media Marketing, Case Studies, Target Market, Marketing Strategies, Marketing, Strategic Marketing, Consumer Behaviour, Competitive Analysis, Integrated Marketing Communications, Marketing Effectiveness, Marketing Planning, Marketing Strategy and Techniques, Advertising Campaigns, Performance Analysis, Target Audience, Business

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    21 reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: New
    New
    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    E

    EDUCBA

    Digital Marketing Strategies: Analyze & Apply

    Skills you'll gain: Marketing Strategies, Digital Marketing, Competitive Analysis, Marketing Effectiveness, Marketing Planning, Performance Analysis, Case Studies, Business Strategies, Digital Advertising, Market Analysis, Advertising Campaigns, Consumer Behaviour, Mobile Banking, Analysis

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    F

    Fundação Instituto de Administração

    Machine Learning Aplicado ao Marketing

    Skills you'll gain: Big Data, Data Mining, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Marketing Automation, Marketing Strategies, Customer experience strategy (CX), Digital Transformation, Marketing Analytics, Ggplot2, Marketing, Data Visualization Software, Plot (Graphics), Data Modeling, R Programming, Analytics, Data Science, Data Analysis, Innovation, Business Analytics, Data Manipulation

    4.3
    Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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    59 reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    U

    Unilever

    Customer Understanding and Digital Marketing Channels

    Skills you'll gain: Customer Insights, Digital Marketing, Digital Advertising, Customer Analysis, Marketing Strategies, Customer experience strategy (CX), Marketing, Online Advertising, Strategic Marketing, Marketing Planning, Content Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Marketing Channel, Email Marketing, Target Audience, Persona Development, Marketing Analytics, Brand Marketing, Goal Setting, Smart Goals

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    238 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: New
    New
    Status: Preview
    Preview
    U

    University of Maryland, College Park

    Marketing in the Age of AI

    Skills you'll gain: Marketing Automation, Online Advertising, AI Enablement, Marketing Analytics, Natural Language Processing

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

  • Einführung in Marketing Design mit Canva: Coursera
  • Build social awareness content for Facebook with Canva: Coursera
  • Network Analysis for Marketing Analytics: University of Colorado Boulder
  • ROI-Driven Digital Marketing Analytics: Simplilearn
  • Social Determinants of Health: Data to Action: University of Minnesota
  • Event Marketing Design in Canva: Coursera
  • Ethical Decision-Making in a Social World: University of Pennsylvania
  • Digital Marketing Dynamics: Strategy & Case Studies: EDUCBA
  • Digital Marketing Strategies: Analyze & Apply: EDUCBA
  • Machine Learning Aplicado ao Marketing: Fundação Instituto de Administração

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