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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


  • C

    Coursera

    Marketing with Zapier & ChatGPT: Automated Content Calendars

    Skills you'll gain: Marketing Automation, Application Programming Interface (API), Digital Media Strategy, Content Scheduling, Content Development and Management, Google Sheets, Calendar Management, ChatGPT, Digital Marketing Tools, Content Creation, AI Integrations, Prompt Engineering, Automation, Content Strategy, Brand Management, Branding, Project Management

    3.5
    Rating, 3.5 out of 5 stars
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    6 reviews

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Preview
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    C

    Coursera

    CMO Excellence: Leading Marketing Teams for Impact

    Skills you'll gain: Data-Driven Marketing, Marketing Operations, Customer experience strategy (CX), Marketing Effectiveness, Growth Strategies, Marketing Analytics, Customer Insights, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Strategic Marketing, Marketing Strategies, Strategic Leadership, Leadership Development, Business Leadership, MarTech, Marketing Management, Brand Marketing, Marketing Planning, Initiative and Leadership, Brand Strategy, Data-Driven Decision-Making

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    Skillshare

    AI for Business: Branding, Creative Content, and Marketing

    Skills you'll gain: Visual Storytelling, AI powered creativity, Prompt Patterns, AI Workflows, Multimodal Prompts, Photo/Video Production and Technology, Prompt Engineering Tools, Education Software and Technology, Cinematography, AI literacy, AI Integrations, Ideation, Blogs, LLM Application, Graphic and Visual Design, Scripting, Graphic Design, Color Theory, Color Matching, Marketing

    3.7
    Rating, 3.7 out of 5 stars
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    66 reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    F

    Fundação Instituto de Administração

    Transformação Digital: Marketing na Era dos Dados

    Skills you'll gain: Data-Driven Marketing, Marketing Automation, Digital Transformation, Marketing Strategies, Marketing, Innovation, Digital Brand Strategy, Marketing Effectiveness, Digital Marketing, MarTech, Culture Transformation, Business Transformation, Customer experience strategy (CX), Customer Engagement, Automation, Business Modeling

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    C

    Coursera

    Optimize Persona-Based Content for Marketing Success

    Skills you'll gain: Content Performance Analysis, Persona Development, Content Marketing, Driving engagement, Content Scheduling, Customer Insights, Target Audience, Content Strategy, Content Optimization, Data-Driven Marketing, Customer Analysis, Persona (User Experience), Social Media Content, Data Storytelling, Performance Analysis, Marketing Analytics, Social Media Analytics, Marketing, Scheduling, Continuous Improvement Process

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    I

    IE Business School

    Positioning: What you need for a successful Marketing Strategy

    Skills you'll gain: Product Marketing, Value Propositions, Target Market, Marketing, Strategic Marketing, Product Strategy, Market Analysis, Market Research, Marketing Strategy and Techniques, Marketing Strategies, Target Audience, Market Trend, Market Dynamics, Market Intelligence, Competitive Analysis, Customer Insights, Consumer Behaviour

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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    986 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    I

    IBM

    Developing Interpersonal Skills

    Skills you'll gain: Constructive Feedback, Interpersonal Communications, Social Skills, Active Listening, Trustworthiness, Conflict Management, Assertiveness, Communication, Professionalism, Rapport Building, Professional Development, Communication Strategies, Influencing, Empathy, Emotional Intelligence, Personal Attributes, People Management

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    3.3K reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free
    Free
    C

    Coursera

    Einführung in Marketing für soziale Medien mit Visme

    Skills you'll gain: Instagram, Social Media Marketing, Social Media Content, Marketing Budgets, Social Media, Marketing Materials, Graphic and Visual Design Software, Graphic Design, Organizational Skills, Graphic and Visual Design, Brand Awareness

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    F

    Fundação Instituto de Administração

    Marketing e o Consumidor no Ambiente Digital

    Skills you'll gain: Marketing Strategies, Digital Marketing, Data Visualization, Data-Driven Marketing, Performance marketing, Marketing Planning, Marketing Analytics, Strategic Marketing, Digital Analysis, Data Visualization Software, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Consumer Behaviour, Customer Analysis, Performance Measurement, Target Market, Performance Analysis, Customer Insights, Market Analysis, Data Analysis, Journey Mapping

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    A

    AI Business School

    Practical AI and prompting for marketing professionals

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Prompt Engineering Tools, Personalized Campaigns, AI Personalization, Generative AI, Project Design, Artificial Intelligence, AI literacy, AI Integrations, Brainstorming, Ideation, Content Creation

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    U

    University of Maryland, College Park

    Digital Marketing Tools: Machine Learning and AI

    Skills you'll gain: Model Evaluation, Apache Hadoop, Machine Learning Methods, AI Personalization, Digital Marketing Tools, Data-Driven Marketing, Customer Analysis, Marketing Automation, Marketing Analytics, Digital Marketing, Marketing Strategies, Applied Machine Learning, Big Data, Marketing, Customer Insights, Personalized Campaigns, Machine Learning, Artificial Neural Networks, Machine Learning Algorithms, Deep Learning

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    C

    Coursera

    Build, Evaluate, and Perfect Marketing Dashboards

    Skills you'll gain: Dashboard Creation, Dashboard, Data Storytelling, Data Presentation, Marketing Analytics, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Driving engagement, Data Visualization, Google Analytics, Performance Reporting, Business Reporting, Performance Measurement, Stakeholder Engagement, Performance Metric, Data Integration, Decision Making

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

  • Marketing with Zapier & ChatGPT: Automated Content Calendars: Coursera
  • CMO Excellence: Leading Marketing Teams for Impact: Coursera
  • AI for Business: Branding, Creative Content, and Marketing: Skillshare
  • Transformação Digital: Marketing na Era dos Dados: Fundação Instituto de Administração
  • Optimize Persona-Based Content for Marketing Success: Coursera
  • Positioning: What you need for a successful Marketing Strategy: IE Business School
  • Developing Interpersonal Skills: IBM
  • Einführung in Marketing für soziale Medien mit Visme: Coursera
  • Marketing e o Consumidor no Ambiente Digital: Fundação Instituto de Administração
  • Practical AI and prompting for marketing professionals: AI Business School

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