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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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    Emory University

    Survey analysis to Gain Marketing Insights

    Skills you'll gain: Customer Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Target Market, Marketing Analytics, Market Research, Data Analysis, Data Analysis Software, Marketing, Exploratory Data Analysis, Marketing Strategy and Techniques, Consumer Behaviour, Brand Strategy

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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    IBM

    Generative AI: Accelerate your Digital Marketing Career

    Skills you'll gain: Responsible AI, Digital Advertising, Email Marketing, Data Ethics, Generative AI, Marketing Automation, AI Personalization, Advertising Campaigns, Marketing, Marketing Strategies, Content Creation, Keyword Research, AI Enablement, Prompt Engineering, Search Engine Optimization, Social Media Marketing, Copywriting, E-Commerce

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Kennesaw State University

    Strategies for Planned Social Change with Jagdish Sheth

    Skills you'll gain: Social Impact, Corporate Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Business Ethics, Environmental Issue, Sustainability Standards, Consumer Behaviour, Marketing Psychology, Marketing, Innovation

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Google

    Marketing digital e e-commerce do Google

    Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Email Marketing, Google Ads, Digital Advertising, Paid media, Social Media Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Google Analytics, Customer Retention, Digital Marketing, Marketing Budgets, Loyalty Programs, Order Fulfillment, Search Engine Marketing, Web Analytics, Marketing Analytics, Online Advertising, Email Automation, Marketing, E-Commerce

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    Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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    Emory University

    What Can AI Do for Marketing?

    Skills you'll gain: Marketing Analytics, AI Personalization, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Marketing Strategies, Marketing, AI Enablement, Marketing Effectiveness, Responsible AI, Customer experience improvement, Artificial Intelligence, Customer Insights, Data Collection

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    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Board Infinity

    Build Your Marketing Insights Google Analytics Foundations

    Skills you'll gain: Google Analytics, Data Storytelling, Data Presentation, Marketing Analytics, Web Analytics, Data Validation, Dashboard, Customer Insights, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Predictive Analytics, Analytics, Information Privacy, Data Collection, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Real Time Data

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

    Social Science Approaches to the Study of Chinese Society Part 1

    Skills you'll gain: Social Sciences, Science and Research, Research Design, Surveys, Qualitative Research, Research, Research Methodologies, Sociology, Political Sciences, Experimentation, Anthropology, Economics

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    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Google

    Design a User Experience for Social Good & Prepare for Jobs

    Skills you'll gain: User Experience Design, Persona (User Experience), Responsive Web Design, Human Centered Design, Design, Design Research, Design Thinking, Usability Testing, Prototyping, Generative AI, Storytelling

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Optimize Campaigns: Data-Driven Marketing

    Skills you'll gain: Google Analytics, Web Analytics, Marketing Analytics, Cross-Channel Marketing, Customer Analysis, Target Audience, Content Performance Analysis, Marketing Effectiveness, Campaign Management, Data Presentation, Advertising Campaigns, Digital Marketing, Performance marketing, Marketing Strategies, Consumer Behaviour, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Performance Analysis, Marketing Budgets

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of California, Irvine

    Mobile Marketing, Optimization Tactics, and Analytics

    Skills you'll gain: Marketing Analytics, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Marketing Effectiveness, A/B Testing, Web Analytics and SEO, Digital Marketing, Customer experience improvement, Performance Metric, Performance Measurement, Marketing Strategies, Mobile Security, Process Optimization, Marketing, Web Applications, Sales

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    SkillsBooster Academy

    ChatGPT, Midjourney, Gemini, DeepSeek: Marketing Tools

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Generative AI, Content Marketing, Marketing, ChatGPT, Content Creation, AI Personalization, Strategic Marketing, Persona Development, Digital Marketing, Web Analytics and SEO, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Social Media Campaigns, Automation, Creativity, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Graphic and Visual Design, Analytics, Natural Language Processing, Personal Development

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Alex Genadinik

    Affiliate Marketing For Passive Income - 2026

    Skills you'll gain: Search Engine Optimization, Generative AI Agents, Video Production, Email Automation, Sales Strategy, Advertising, Inside Sales, AI Orchestration, Online Advertising, Marketing Channel, Marketing, Performance marketing, Product Promotion, AI Workflows, Marketing Strategies, Content Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Web Analytics, New Business Development, Agentic systems

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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

  • Survey analysis to Gain Marketing Insights: Emory University
  • Generative AI: Accelerate your Digital Marketing Career: IBM
  • Strategies for Planned Social Change with Jagdish Sheth: Kennesaw State University
  • Marketing digital e e-commerce do Google: Google
  • What Can AI Do for Marketing?: Emory University
  • Build Your Marketing Insights Google Analytics Foundations: Board Infinity
  • Social Science Approaches to the Study of Chinese Society Part 1: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  • Design a User Experience for Social Good & Prepare for Jobs: Google
  • Optimize Campaigns: Data-Driven Marketing: Coursera
  • Mobile Marketing, Optimization Tactics, and Analytics: University of California, Irvine

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