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.

Vanderbilt University
Skills you'll gain: Storytelling, Game Design, Video Game Development, Animation and Game Design, Multimedia, Media and Communications, Art History, Interactive Learning, Psychology
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Maryland, College Park
Skills you'll gain: Marketing Budgets, Competitive Analysis, Customer Acquisition Management, Digital Marketing, Marketing Strategies, Social Media Campaigns, Customer Retention, Marketing Analytics, Marketing Effectiveness, Advertising Campaigns, Performance Metric, Customer Analysis, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Peer Review
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Marketing Management, Marketing, Marketing Strategies, Consumer Behaviour, Marketing Channel, Global Marketing, Digital Transformation, MarTech, Case Studies, Digital Marketing, Business Strategy, Customer experience improvement, Business Transformation, Innovation
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Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Survey Creation, Interviewing Skills, Research Design, Data Collection, Qualitative Research, Research, Research Methodologies, Quantitative Research
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Newsletters, Email Marketing, Content Performance Analysis, Driving engagement, Digital Marketing, Campaign Management, Marketing Effectiveness, Marketing Materials, Business Metrics, Customer Engagement, Performance Metric, Content Creation, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Performance Measurement
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
Emory University
Skills you'll gain: Marketing Channel, Strategic Marketing, Business Marketing, Customer experience strategy (CX), Go To Market Strategy, Target Market, Customer Analysis, Market Research, Value Propositions, Market Opportunities, Case Studies, B2B Sales, Consumer Behaviour, Strategic Thinking, Innovation
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of California San Diego
Skills you'll gain: Social Network Analysis, Network Analysis, Graph Theory, Technical Communication, Data Structures, Algorithms, Analysis, Computer Science, Research
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Marketing Analytics, Marketing Effectiveness, Market Analysis, Competitive Analysis, Marketing, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Market Research, Return On Investment, Target Audience, Target Market, Dashboard, Value Propositions, Smart Goals, Business Strategy, Cross-Channel Marketing, Concision, Variance Analysis, Strategic Partnership, Data Collection, Strategic Decision-Making
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Marketing Analytics, Data Collection, Marketing, Analytical Skills, Data Analysis, Market Research, Quantitative Research, Analytics, Customer Insights, Brand Strategy, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Market Data, Consumer Behaviour, Statistical Analysis
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Tecnológico de Monterrey
Skills you'll gain: Web Analytics, Google Analytics, Social Media, Search Engine Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Marketing Analytics, Market Research, Digital Marketing, Marketing Effectiveness, Content Performance Analysis, Analytical Skills, Online Advertising, Social Media Strategy, Email Marketing, Customer Data Management, Analytics, Target Audience, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Social Network Analysis, Facebook
Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months
IE Business School
Skills you'll gain: Marketing Communications, Integrated Marketing Communications, Product Lifecycle Management, Customer experience strategy (CX), Peer Review, Advertising, Brand Strategy, Brand Management, Brand Loyalty, Branding, Marketing, Brand Awareness, Product Management, Public Relations, Product Strategy, Revenue Management, Retail Management, Marketing Channel, Strategic Marketing, Merchandising
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

University of Maryland, College Park
Skills you'll gain: Search Engine Marketing, Pay Per Click Advertising, Marketing Analytics, Search Engine Optimization, Web Analytics, Online Advertising, Web Analytics and SEO, Analytics, Model Evaluation, Digital Marketing, Digital Advertising, Apache Hadoop, Big Data, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Return On Investment, Data Ethics, Machine Learning Methods, Social Media Strategy, Marketing Automation, Predictive Modeling
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months