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.

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Strategic Communication, Target Audience, Public Relations, Marketing Communications, Advertising Campaigns, Media Strategy, Communication Strategies, Campaign Management, Integrated Marketing Communications, Branding, Earned Media, Brand Management, Paid media, Owned Media, Business Strategy, Shared Media, Employee Engagement
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Brand Strategy, Logo Design, Branding, Style Guides, Brand Awareness, Graphic and Visual Design, Marketing Materials, Typography, Design Elements And Principles, Color Theory, Asset Management
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Content Performance Analysis, Instagram, TikTok, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Growth Strategies, Social Media Strategy, Pinterest, Keyword Research, Drive Engagement
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Drive Engagement, Social Media Marketing, Social Media, Social Media Content, Social Media Strategy, Growth Strategies, Marketing Design
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of Alberta
Skills you'll gain: Art History, Storytelling, Cultural Diversity, Social Justice, Intercultural Competence, Socioeconomics, Sociology, World History, Social Sciences, Land Management, Governance
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Facebook, Web Analytics, Social Media Marketing, Customer Analysis, User Accounts, Social Media, E-Commerce
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Michigan State University
Skills you'll gain: Fundraising and Crowdsourcing, Grant Writing, Fundraising, Digital Media Strategy, Proposal Writing, Campaign Management, Social Media, Social Media Strategy, Stakeholder Engagement, Brand Marketing, Content Strategy, Content Creation
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: User Research, User Experience Design, Design Thinking, User Centered Design, Usability, Persona (User Experience), User Interface (UI), Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Wireframing, Prototyping, Sprint Retrospectives, Sprint Planning
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Web Analytics and SEO, Search Engine Optimization, Search Engine Marketing, AI Enablement, Generative AI, Marketing Strategy and Techniques, Blogs, Digital Marketing, Content Marketing, Content Creation, Web Content, Semantic Web, Keyword Research, Content Strategy, Growth Strategies, Artificial Intelligence, Web Analytics, Competitive Analysis, Performance Measurement
Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Content Performance Analysis, Google Gemini, Generative AI, Content Strategy, Content Marketing, AI Workflows, ChatGPT, Google Analytics, AI Product Strategy, Responsible AI, Content Creation, Metadata Management, Customer Insights, Market Intelligence, Ethical Standards And Conduct
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Brand Strategy, Storytelling, Branding, Prompt Engineering, ChatGPT, Brand Awareness, Cross-Channel Marketing, Content Creation, AI Personalization, Consumer Behaviour, Email Marketing
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Social Media Content, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Instagram, Brand Loyalty, Content Creation, Customer Engagement, Graphic and Visual Design Software, Graphic Design, Digital Marketing
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours