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.

Northwestern University
Skills you'll gain: Social Media Strategy, Social Media Marketing, Social Media, Customer Engagement, Instagram, LinkedIn, Marketing, Facebook, Professional Networking, Content Strategy, Marketing Analytics, Target Audience, Emerging Technologies, Peer Review
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
Skills you'll gain: Sustainable Development, Pollution Prevention, Natural Resource Management, Environmental Policy, Environmental Resource Management, Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG), Land Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Environmental Regulations, Social Impact, Community Health, Stakeholder Communications, Labor Relations, Risk Management, Diversity Equity and Inclusion Initiatives, Cultural Diversity
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Loans, Higher Education, Student Services, Financial Policy, Education and Training, Public Policies, Policy Analysis, Return On Investment, Economics, Advocacy
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months
University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Digital Advertising, Online Advertising, Advertising, Advertising Campaigns, Contextual Advertising, Pay Per Click Advertising, Google Ads, Performance marketing, Marketing, Paid media, Digital Marketing, Data Ethics, Customer Data Management, A/B Testing, Consumer Behaviour
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Facebook, Target Audience, Social Media Marketing, Social Media, Customer Insights, Advertising, Digital Advertising, Marketing Analytics, Presentations
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Facebook, Social Media Marketing, Social Media, Social Media Content, Marketing Materials, Advertising, Marketing Design, Data Visualization, Content Creation, Graphic Design, User Accounts, Account Management
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Tecnológico de Monterrey
Skills you'll gain: Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Social Media Strategy, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Social Network Analysis, Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, Dashboard, Analytics, Target Audience
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Instagram, Content Creation, Social Media Management, Social Media, Social Media Content, Social Media Marketing, Social Media Strategy, Customer Engagement, Marketing, Business
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Vanderbilt University
Skills you'll gain: Email Automation, Prompt Engineering, ChatGPT, Prompt Patterns, LLM Application, Productivity, OpenAI, AI Enablement, Calendar Management, Organizational Skills, Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Modeling, AI Personalization, HubSpot CRM, Business Process Automation, Email Marketing, Google Sheets, Workflow Management, Automation
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Apache Hadoop, Apache Hive, Big Data, Database Design, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Databases, JSON, Data Processing, Data Warehousing, Distributed Computing, Data Analysis, Scalability, Case Studies, Analytics, Data Pipelines, Query Languages, Social Media, Data Cleansing, Data Integration, Social Media Content
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Copywriting, ChatGPT, Lead Generation, Social Media Content, Digital Publishing, Sales Process, Web Content, Sales Development, Marketing Materials, Content Creation, Digital Content, Advertising, Email Marketing, Prompt Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Persona Development
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Social Media Content, Content Creation, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Drive Engagement, Social Media Strategy, Concision, Target Audience
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours