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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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    Coursera

    How to Sell: An Overview of Fundamental Selling Techniques

    Skills you'll gain: Cold Calling, Selling Techniques, Closing (Sales), Overcoming Objections, General Sales Practices, Sales, Sales Process, Sales Presentations, Sales Strategy, Solution Selling, Lead Generation, Telephone Skills, Customer Relationship Building, Rapport Building, Active Listening, Communication Strategies, Customer Engagement

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Colorado Boulder

    Supervised Text Classification for Marketing Analytics

    Skills you'll gain: Supervised Learning, Applied Machine Learning, Statistical Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), Machine Learning, Tensorflow, Model Training, Machine Learning Algorithms, Transfer Learning, Text Mining, Model Evaluation, Predictive Modeling, Data-Driven Marketing, Data Preprocessing, Data Manipulation, Marketing Analytics, Python Programming, Feature Engineering, Embeddings

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Madecraft

    17 Critical Questions to Improve Your Marketing Strategy

    Skills you'll gain: Marketing Effectiveness, Marketing Strategies, Strategic Marketing, Marketing Budgets, Marketing Planning, Marketing Strategy and Techniques, Competitive Analysis, Data-Driven Marketing, Customer Retention, Marketing Automation, Marketing Channel, Marketing Analytics, Target Audience, Persona Development, Target Market, Personalized Campaigns, Campaign Management, Marketing and Public Relations, Brand Strategy, Customer Insights

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    Agentic AI Content for Practitioners: Marketing

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Data-Driven Marketing, Personalized Campaigns, Prompt Engineering Tools, Prompt Patterns, Marketing Automation, Marketing Operations, AI Personalization, Marketing Effectiveness, Content Marketing, Campaign Planning, Social Media Campaigns, Content Performance Analysis, Marketing Strategies, Agentic Workflows, Marketing Analytics, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software, Customer Relationship Management, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Driving engagement

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Benutze Facebook für Marketing von Kleinunternehmen

    Skills you'll gain: Facebook, Social Media Marketing, Content Scheduling, Social Media, Marketing Effectiveness, Social Media Content, Marketing Analytics, Content Performance Analysis, Social Media Management, Advertising, Online Advertising, Content Development and Management, Target Audience, Driving engagement, Advertising Campaigns, Business Marketing, Web Presence

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Digital Marketing Institute

    An Introduction to Digital Marketing and Digital Strategy

    Skills you'll gain: Marketing Budgets, Customer experience strategy (CX), Customer experience improvement, Cross-Channel Marketing, Digital Media Strategy, Campaign Management, Digital Marketing, Digital Transformation, Marketing Planning, Customer Engagement, Marketing Effectiveness, MarTech, Marketing Strategy and Techniques, Strategic Marketing, Digital Advertising, Integrated Marketing Communications, Marketing Channel, Digital Marketing Tools, Strategic Thinking, Social Media Management

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    8 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    EDUCBA

    Service Marketing and Relationship Strategies

    Skills you'll gain: Service Recovery, Customer Service, Customer experience improvement, Service Design, Customer Relationship Building, Experience Design, Brand Loyalty, Service Management, Customer experience strategy (CX), Customer Engagement, Service Level, Relationship Management, Service Improvement, Branding, Marketing Strategies, Strategic Marketing, Quality Management, Quality Improvement, Brand Management, Marketing and Public Relations

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Track Marketing Goals with Google Analytics

    Skills you'll gain: Google Analytics, Web Analytics, Marketing Analytics, Conversion Funnel Analysis, Google Ads, Marketing Effectiveness, Web Analytics and SEO, Smart Goals, Data-Driven Marketing, Customer Analysis, Digital Marketing, Customer Insights, Analytics, Goal Setting, Trend Analysis, Campaign Planning, Strategic Marketing, Performance Analysis, Data Analysis, Performance Metric

    Beginner · Course · 3 - 6 Months

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    Coursera

    Prompt Engineering Generative AI for Marketing & Advertising

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Marketing Design, Generative AI, A/B Testing, Marketing Materials, Copywriting, Advertising, Marketing, ChatGPT, Customer Analysis, Content Creation, Customer Insights

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    108 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Coursera

    Create a Business Marketing Brand Kit Using Canva

    Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Logo Design, Brand Marketing, Style Guides, Marketing Design, Brand Awareness, Branding, Marketing Materials, Marketing Collateral, Organizational Skills, Marketing, File Management, Graphic Design, Business, Digital Marketing

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    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    930 reviews

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    UBITS

    Introducción al marketing con Google Ads

    Skills you'll gain: Google Ads, Advertising Campaigns, Pay Per Click Advertising, Marketing, Marketing Effectiveness, Search Engine Marketing, Online Advertising, Digital Advertising, Campaign Planning, Advertising, Digital Marketing Campaigns, Campaign Management, Conversion Funnel Analysis, Digital Marketing, Marketing Strategies, Product Marketing, Promotional Strategies, Product Strategy, Product Planning, Product Promotion

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    GenAI for Personalized Marketing at Scale

    Skills you'll gain: Customer Analysis, Personalized Campaigns, AI Personalization, Customer Insights, Data-Driven Marketing, Marketing Analytics, Generative AI, Target Audience, Customer Data Management, Marketing, Marketing Strategies, Campaign Management, Marketing Effectiveness, Content Creation, Analysis

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    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

  • How to Sell: An Overview of Fundamental Selling Techniques: Coursera
  • Supervised Text Classification for Marketing Analytics: University of Colorado Boulder
  • 17 Critical Questions to Improve Your Marketing Strategy: Madecraft
  • Agentic AI Content for Practitioners: Marketing: Coursera
  • Benutze Facebook für Marketing von Kleinunternehmen: Coursera
  • An Introduction to Digital Marketing and Digital Strategy: Digital Marketing Institute
  • Service Marketing and Relationship Strategies: EDUCBA
  • Track Marketing Goals with Google Analytics: Coursera
  • Prompt Engineering Generative AI for Marketing & Advertising: Coursera
  • Create a Business Marketing Brand Kit Using Canva: Coursera

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