EMFAD Courses

Digital Marketing

Social Media Marketing Strategy

Build a social media strategy that grows a real audience, keeps a consistent content engine running and turns followers into paying customers.

  • Beginner
  • About 6 hours
  • 4 modules
  • 15 lessons
  • Certificate of completion

About this course

Grow real audiences on social. Create a content strategy, build community, and turn followers into customers across major platforms.

What you will learn

  • Choose the right platforms for a business using evidence about customers, goals and capacity.
  • Build audience personas and run content and competitor audits that reveal clear opportunities.
  • Set SMART goals that connect social activity to enquiries, bookings and sales.
  • Plan content pillars and a calendar, and create posts and short videos that stop the scroll.
  • Manage a community, work with creators and customers on content, and handle negative feedback professionally.
  • Measure results with the metrics that matter and report them clearly to stakeholders.

Curriculum

Module 1Strategy Foundations4 lessons
  1. 1Choosing the Right Platforms Free preview
  2. 2Audience Personas for Social
  3. 3Competitive and Content Audits
  4. 4Goals: From Followers to Revenue
  5. QModule quiz (4 questions)
Module 2Content Engine4 lessons
  1. 5Content Pillars and Calendars
  2. 6Creating Thumb-Stopping Content
  3. 7Short-Form Video Strategy
  4. 8Community Management
  5. QModule quiz (4 questions)
Module 3Growth and Engagement4 lessons
  1. 9Platform Algorithms Explained
  2. 10Hashtags, Timing and Frequency
  3. 11Collaborations and UGC
  4. 12Handling Negative Feedback
  5. QModule quiz (4 questions)
Module 4Results3 lessons
  1. 13Social Analytics That Matter
  2. 14Reporting to Stakeholders
  3. 15Course Project: 30-Day Content Calendar
  4. QModule quiz (4 questions)
PFinal project: 30-Day Content Calendar

Who this course is for

  • Small business owners and online sellers who want customers from social media, not just likes.
  • Marketing assistants and junior marketers responsible for a company's social accounts.
  • Freelancers and beginners who want to offer social media management to clients.

Requirements

  • A smartphone with a camera and access to at least one social media platform.
  • A real or example business to plan for; a business account on one platform is helpful.
  • No prior marketing experience needed; basic spreadsheet skills are useful.

What is included

Written lessons

15 lessons, each with a practical exercise and key points to remember.

Module quizzes

A short quiz at the end of each module. Pass mark 70%, and you can retake it.

Final project

30-Day Content Calendar. A practical brief with steps and a way to check your own work.

Certificate

A certificate of completion from EMFAD Courses with a unique code anyone can verify.

How the certificate works

Complete every lesson and pass every module quiz with 70% or more. Your certificate then appears in your learner area, ready to print or save as PDF. It shows your name, the course title, the completion date and a unique code. It is a certificate of completion from EMFAD Courses, not an accredited qualification.

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