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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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    Social Listening

    Skills you'll gain: Social Media, Social Media Strategy, Customer Engagement, Market Trend, Business Strategy, Customer Insights, Brand Management, Strategic Thinking, Strategic Decision-Making, Competitive Analysis, Trend Analysis, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Analytical Skills

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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    14 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Gemini for Beginners: Develop a Social Media Marketing Plan

    Skills you'll gain: Timelines, Google Gemini, Calendar Management, Organizational Skills, Scheduling, Google Sheets, Project Management Software, Spreadsheet Software, Social Media Marketing, Social Media Strategy, Content Management

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Coursera

    Social Media Campaigns with AI: From Strategy to Design

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Canva (Software), Social Media Campaigns, Instagram, Social Media Marketing, Social Media Content, Social Media Strategy, Content Creation, ChatGPT, Brand Management, Digital Content, AI Enablement, Data Import/Export

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    6 reviews

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Tecnológico de Monterrey

    Marketing en Redes Sociales Proyecto Final

    Skills you'll gain: Persona Development, Performance Metric, Smart Goals, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Social Media Strategy, Target Audience, Social Media, Active Listening, B2B Sales, Marketing Strategies, Marketing, Content Strategy, Content Creation, Calendar Management

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    100 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Erstelle Social Media Anzeigen in Canva

    Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Social Media Content, Social Media, Collaborative Software, Social Media Marketing, Video Editing, Instagram, Graphic Design, Advertising Campaigns, Animations, Design, Brand Awareness

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Coursera

    Flick Social for Beginners: Accelerating Social Media Output

    Skills you'll gain: Social Media Campaigns, Social Media Management, Social Media Content, Instagram, Social Media Marketing, Social Media Strategy, Keyword Research, Content Creation, Scheduling, Target Market, Driving engagement, User Accounts

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Coursera

    Crea Gráficos para las Redes Sociales con Canva

    Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Instagram, Social Media Content, Graphic Design, Graphic and Visual Design, Social Media Marketing, Organizational Skills, Marketing Design, Typography, Color Theory, Business Strategy

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    12 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Digital Marketing Strategy: Navigating Emerging Media and AI

    Skills you'll gain: Customer experience strategy (CX), Strategic Communication, Marketing Communications, Marketing Strategies, Digital Media Strategy, Marketing Analytics, Digital Marketing, Marketing Automation, Marketing Channel, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Integrated Marketing Communications, Personalized Service, Consumer Behaviour, Data Ethics, Social Media, Emerging Technologies, Target Audience, Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality

    Build toward a degree

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Crea una cuenta de negocio en Instagram

    Skills you'll gain: Instagram, Social Media, Social Media Management, Social Media Marketing, Advertising, Target Audience, Social Media Content, Facebook, Social Media Campaigns, Social Media Strategy, Online Advertising

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    14 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Northwestern University

    The Business of Social

    Skills you'll gain: Social Media Marketing, Social Media Strategy, Social Media, Marketing Effectiveness, Marketing, Performance Measurement, Business Metrics, Customer Engagement, Business-To-Consumer, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Integrated Marketing Communications, Program Management, Marketing Budgets, Law, Regulation, and Compliance, A/B Testing, Information Privacy, Data Security

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    821 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Creating Social Media Posts with GenAI: Mastering ChatGPT

    Skills you'll gain: Content Performance Analysis, ChatGPT, Social Media Content, Content Strategy, Prompt Engineering, Target Audience, Social Media Campaigns, Social Media Marketing, Content Creation, Drive Engagement, Social Media Strategy, Market Research, Copywriting, Storytelling

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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    14 reviews

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Introducción a PicsArt para Redes Sociales

    Skills you'll gain: Photo Editing, Instagram, Social Media Content, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Content Creation, Marketing Design, Graphics Software, Graphical Tools, Marketing

    4.1
    Rating, 4.1 out of 5 stars
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    21 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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

  • Social Listening: Coursera
  • Gemini for Beginners: Develop a Social Media Marketing Plan: Coursera
  • Social Media Campaigns with AI: From Strategy to Design: Coursera
  • Marketing en Redes Sociales Proyecto Final: Tecnológico de Monterrey
  • Erstelle Social Media Anzeigen in Canva: Coursera
  • Flick Social for Beginners: Accelerating Social Media Output: Coursera
  • Crea Gráficos para las Redes Sociales con Canva: Coursera
  • Digital Marketing Strategy: Navigating Emerging Media and AI: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Crea una cuenta de negocio en Instagram: Coursera
  • The Business of Social: Northwestern University

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