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 Maryland, College Park
Skills you'll gain: Customer Retention, Loyalty Programs, Marketing Budgets, Brand Loyalty, Customer Acquisition Management, Competitive Analysis, Customer Analysis, Customer Relationship Management, Customer Insights, Marketing Channel, Marketing Analytics, Customer Engagement, Marketing Effectiveness, Digital Marketing, Social Media Campaigns, Business-To-Consumer, Cross-Channel Marketing, AI Personalization, Data Ethics, Marketing Strategies
Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Northwestern University
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
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Instagram, Marketing Strategies, Content Creation, Marketing Strategy and Techniques, Marketing, Brand Marketing, Business Marketing, Social Media, Drive Engagement, Social Media Campaigns, Social Media Marketing, Influencing, Business
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Social Media Strategy, Social Media Campaigns, Social Media Marketing, Marketing Communications, Digital Media Strategy, Marketing Planning, Customer Insights, Content Performance Analysis, Driving engagement, Plan Execution, Earned Media, Content Creation, Content Strategy, Owned Media, Paid media, Goal Setting
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Timelines, Google Gemini, Calendar Management, Organizational Skills, Scheduling, Google Sheets, Project Management Software, Spreadsheet Software, Social Media Marketing, Content Management
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Social Media Marketing, Social Media, Facebook, Social Media Content, Online Advertising, Marketing, Digital Advertising, Graphic Design, Content Creation, Team Oriented, Digital Marketing
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Social Media, Social Media Strategy, Social Media Marketing, Marketing Communications, Target Audience, Media Strategy, Brand Strategy, Brand Management, Shared Media, Persuasive Communication, Integrated Marketing Communications, Stakeholder Engagement, Earned Media, Owned Media, Paid media, Content Creation, Consumer Behaviour, Digital Marketing, Content Performance Analysis, Customer Engagement
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Maryland, College Park
Skills you'll gain: Online Advertising, Digital Advertising, Advertising, Analytics, Big Data, Paid media, Social Media Strategy, Social Media, Data Ethics, Marketing, Digital Media Strategy, Social Media Marketing, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Social Media Campaigns, Return On Investment, Descriptive Analytics, Law, Regulation, and Compliance, Trend Analysis, Customer Engagement, Information Privacy
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Northwestern University
Skills you'll gain: Marketing Budgets, Peer Review, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Social Media Marketing, Strategic Marketing, Marketing Strategies, Marketing Effectiveness, Social Media, Social Media Strategy, Marketing Planning, Performance Measurement, Business Planning, Market Analysis, Customer Engagement, Planning
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Facebook, Corporate Communications, Customer Insights, Social Media Marketing, Marketing Analytics, Social Media, Content Performance Analysis, Marketing Strategies, Social Media Strategy, Marketing, Target Audience, Research
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Photo Editing, Instagram, Social Media Content, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Content Creation, Marketing Design, Graphics Software, Video Editing, Marketing
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours