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.

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Facebook, Social Media, Community Development, Social Media Marketing, Driving engagement, Content Management, Digital Marketing
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Starweaver
Skills you'll gain: Revenue Management, Customer experience strategy (CX), Service Design, Design Thinking, Change Management, Capital Expenditure, Financial Statement Analysis, Cost Control, Social Media Marketing, Hospitality Management, Social Media, Innovation, Financial Forecasting, Finance, Operations Management, Prototyping, Strategic Planning, Capital Budgeting, Search Engine Optimization, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Market Research, Market Analysis, Marketing, Research Methodologies, Research, Research Design, Quantitative Research, Consumer Behaviour, Market Trend, Surveys, Customer Analysis, Qualitative Research, Forecasting, Price Negotiation, Analysis, Product Testing, Data Collection, Sampling (Statistics)
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

LearnKartS
Skills you'll gain: Keyword Research, Advertising Campaigns, Pay Per Click Advertising, Performance marketing, Search Engine Marketing, Marketing, Advertising, Digital Advertising, Campaign Management, Bidding, Target Audience, Web Analytics, Target Market, Content Performance Analysis, Account Management
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Michigan State University
Skills you'll gain: Journalism, Media and Communications, Driving engagement, Electronic Media, Content Creation, Storytelling, Multimedia, Blogs, Photo/Video Production and Technology, Ethical Standards And Conduct
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Control Panels, Market Research, User Research
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

AI CERTs
Skills you'll gain: AI Personalization, Video Production, Media Production, Photo/Video Production and Technology, Video Editing, Videography, Image Analysis, Storytelling, Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, Real Time Data, AI Workflows, Image Quality, Editing, Deep Learning
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Email Automation, Lead Generation, Marketing Automation, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Copywriting, Web Analytics, Automation
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Simulations, Mathematics Education, Science and Research, Conceptual Design, User Feedback
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Georgia Institute of Technology
Skills you'll gain: Professional Networking, LinkedIn, Instagram, Writing, Concision, Social Media, Grammar, Business Writing, English Language, Branding, Vocabulary
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Target Audience, Social Media Marketing, Social Media Campaigns, Online Advertising, Social Media, Web Analytics
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