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.

HubSpot Academy
Skills you'll gain: Sales Enablement, Persona Development, Technical Sales, Sales Training, Sales Strategy, Lead Generation, Target Audience, Sales, Sales Process, Customer Success Management, Marketing Materials, Content Strategy, Business Writing, Communication Strategies, Meeting Facilitation, Service Level Agreement
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: AI Product Strategy, Agile Product Development, Product Management, Generative AI, Responsible AI, AI Personalization, Product Lifecycle Management, Ideation, Data Ethics, Product Automation, Prompt Engineering, Market Analysis, Prototyping
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Brochures, Canva (Software), Graphic Design, Marketing Collateral, Marketing Materials, Presentations, Promotional Materials, Design, Design Elements And Principles, Content Marketing, Marketing
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP)
Skills you'll gain: Recruitment, Job Analysis, Consultative Approaches, Market Research, Recruitment Strategies, Talent Acquisition, Marketing Materials, Talent Sourcing, Compensation Management, Needs Assessment, Competitive Analysis, Branding
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: New Product Development, Product Development, Product Design, Design Thinking, Persona Development, Innovation, Prototyping, Market Research, Ideation, Target Market, Product Requirements, Wireframing, Customer Insights
Build toward a degree
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Marketing Materials, Promotional Materials, Graphic Design, Advertising, Organizational Skills, Design, Marketing Design, Target Audience, Design Elements And Principles, Marketing, Social Media Content, Business
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Instagram, Content Performance Analysis, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Marketing Analytics, Content Strategy, Strategic Decision-Making, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Brand Awareness, Competitive Analysis, Drive Engagement
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Social Network Analysis, Network Analysis, Graph Theory, Predictive Analytics, Predictive Modeling, Pandas (Python Package), Matplotlib, Probability Distribution, Algorithms
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
Johns Hopkins University
Skills you'll gain: Health Policy, Health Equity, Health Disparities, Epidemiology, Data Quality, Public Health, Health Assessment, Social Determinants Of Health, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Data Presentation, Data Visualization Software
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Pinterest, Advertising Campaigns, Digital Advertising, Performance marketing, Content Performance Analysis, Customer Insights, Social Media Campaigns, Campaign Management, Advertising, Performance Reporting, Web Analytics, Report Writing, Marketing Analytics, Digital Marketing, Marketing Management
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Constructive Feedback, Employee Performance Management, Performance Management, Team Motivation, Management Training And Development, Empathy, Coaching, Emotional Intelligence, Creativity, Communication
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Yale University
Skills you'll gain: Health Promotion, Media and Communications, Health Education, Program Evaluation, Content Creation, Patient Communication, Digital Communications, Behavioral Health, Persuasive Communication, Public Health
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months