Professional Diploma In Social Media Marketing – London School of Digital Marketing

Professional Diploma in Social Marketing

Social Media Marketing Course (Professional Diploma)

The Social Media Marketing Diploma explores different specialisms such as, Social Media Research, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Social Selling. Receive practical skills from industry practitioners in creating engaging content and Ads.

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Why London School of Digital Marketing?

Because we’re here, we thrive to ensure digital marketing is a profession that works to the very highest standards and transforming the skills of digital professionals to help build successful careers and promote continuous learning, to meet the future challenges of our economy. London School of Digital Marketing is the leading global digital marketing institute dedicated to Teaching, Training and Transferring digital skills knowledge to enhance individuals, professionals, and businesses to meet the challenges of our economy. Great course for non-marketing teams or individuals building their digital careers or awareness.

Globally recognized

24 hours and project-based training course that has helped thousands of students launch new careers in digital marketing.

Modular Immersive Learning

Our industry-leading ratio of students to instructors, and our small, focused class sizes, we can take the time to ensure every one of our students truly succeeds.

Industry Validated

We collaborate with a panel of industry professionals from Facebook, LinkedIn, Google, Microsoft etc. who act as our Content & Syllabus Advisory Council.

Payment plans available

We offer competitive and flexible payment options for our Professional Diploma courses.

Flexible private training courses to individuals or businesses on any date, at any location

What are The Learning Outcomes in The Professional Diploma in Social Media Marketing Course?

This global certification will be awarded to participants who successfully attend the course. On completion, students will have a comprehensive understanding of social media marketing techniques, skills to increase business awareness and leverage social media advertising. Certified students will gain the confidence needed to create a social media strategy for a business. A professional badge will also be available for you to display upon on your LinkedIn profile.

There are 10 Modules Covered in The Professional Diploma in Digital Marketing

This globally recognized Professional Diploma in Social Media Marketing explores different specialisms such as, Social Media Research, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Social Selling. Receive essential practical skills training from industry practitioners in creating Social Media Strategies, Research and Content Creation.

Social Media Content Creation and Planning

Module Overview

How do you plan, create engaging social media content, generate more revenue, improve your customer experience and position your business as a thought leader? This module will practically explore the different techniques of creating content your audience want to see, like and share. Participants will be taken through methods of content planning and targeted scheduling. This means, getting the right content in front of your targeted audience is no longer a shot in the dark!

KEY SKILLS:

Social Media Research

Module Overview

This module takes you through the journey of understanding just who your target audience are, what social platform they hang around, what they love, hate and feel. This module provides you with the social media marketing research practices and techniques to know your audience better and gather data for building your social media strategy based on factual basis.

KEY SKILLS:

Analyse social media data
Understand how audiences relate to topics
Data extraction techniques
Social tools for research
Planning and Scheduling
SWOT Analysis
Building a research plan
Understanding the market research process
The steps of market research
Developing descriptive research methods

Facebook and Instagram

Module Overview

Want to learn the best practice, tools and techniques of how to advertise your business with Facebook and Instagram ads? This module is designed to help participants navigate the Facebook ads platform and train you how to create and run successful advertising campaigns. This module will help participants understand how advertising works and learn what good creative work looks like.

KEY SKILLS:

Create live Facebook and Instagram ads
Keywords and social analytics
Key components of Facebook and Instagram
Deeper understanding of your audience
Competitor analysis
Strategy planning
Stories, live, hashtags
Creative way to promote your Instagram

LinkedIn for Business

Module Overview

This module will practically show participants how to generate unique content to reach their target audience who are ready to do business. Whether you are looking to be the next influencer, searching for a job or tidying-up your profile to participate in your company employee advocacy program, — your LinkedIn profile is key to success.

KEY SKILLS:

Specific LinkedIn features
Optimizing your Personal Page
Optimizing Company Page
Showcase page strategy
Social selling
Creating engaging content
Marketing yourself on LinkedIn
Expanding your network and business
Stories to emphasize your company
Using sponsored updates and video

Twitter and Pinterest

Module Overview

Delivered by our Social Media Skills experts, this module focuses on developing your brand identity, creating advertising campaigns to engage with your target audience to increase sales and drive business activity on these powerhouse social media platforms. Overall, participants will gain a broad understanding of how Twitter as a social media platform operates and the value it brings to businesses as a marketing and promotion tool and an integrated part of a social media marketing strategy.

KEY SKILLS:

What you will learn

Twitter and Pinterest features
Product Tagging, Pins and Geo-tagging
Create different ad formats for campaigns
Twitter Analytics for social activities
Build content strategy
Twitter community management
Twitter Ads Creation
Best Practices of Posting

YouTube and Social Media Video Marketing

Module Overview

If you’re a business still considering if you should be on YouTube, your competitors are already leading the way and raising awareness with video advertising and marketing. This module will help participants in gaining knowledge of the platform’s functionality, build a sustainable target audience for your business as this is crucial for your video marketing strategy.

KEY SKILLS:

Optimize video for your business
Video content development
Social Platform Selection
Promoting a YouTube Channel
Engaging and converting using video
Video and social media mix
Video Ad Creation
Video Ad Targeting

Setting Social Media Advertising Budget

Module Overview

Do you know how much you should be spending on your social media ads? Setting your ad budget is very important and it defers from business to business mainly depending on products or services price points. Participants will learn the best practices on how to approach social media Ads in particular Facebook and Instagram budget optimisation and where to set up ad budget including some key settings that will give you a good return on ad spend.

KEY SKILLS:

Process of setting advertising budget
Optimise the budget settings on social media
Budget spend and segments
Budget approach to social media campaigns
Setting you advertising budgets
Campaign budget optimisation
Getting the most out of social media ads
Optimize budget settings

Social Media Advertising

Module Overview

It can be challenging knowing which social media app is best for your business. After all, there are several competitors currently utilizing various social apps to gain the attention of customers, it can be difficult choosing between them all.

Participants will learn how to advertise on different social platforms that are suitable to their business. Our social media skills expert will practically show you how you create campaigns on social media platforms such as, Meta, Instagram, Snapchat, LinkedIn, TikTok and Pinterest.

KEY SKILLS:

Social Advertising
Display Advertising
Ad Copywriting
Boosting vs Advertising
Advertising Optimization
Custom Audiences
Creative testing and tactics
Split testing and Ad Creative

Social Media Strategy & Planning

Module Overview

Participants will understand how to adopt a structured approach to creating a formal social media marketing strategy for a business. You’ll learn a structured approach on bringing together all the modules of the Professional Diploma in Social Media Marketing course, to create a Social Media Marketing Strategy which ensures that social media is implemented across the marketing processes of a business and is built into every business operation.

KEY SKILLS:

Customer Segmentation
User Personas Customer
Journey Mapping
Social Research
Social Content Strategy
Social Media Listening
Defining your target audience
Understanding your customer’s journey
Selecting social media channels
Optimise your channels
Organic vs. paid social media marketing
Creating and repurposing content
Building a following
Measuring success

Social Media Customer Service

Module Overview

This module focuses on the important role that social customer service plays in today’s digital world. It begins by introducing the concept of Customer Experience or CX and explaining why it’s important that CX is managed effectively in organizations. The module then sets out the best practices to follow when engaging in social customer service, and how to plan, implement, and manage a social customer service strategy.

KEY SKILLS:

Audit your customers
Set up monitoring streams
Systems to answer questions
Set up social channel
Best practices of responding
Measure customer service efforts

About Course

£2,559.00

Who is the Professional Diploma in Social Media Marketing aimed at?

The Professional Diploma in Social Media Marketing course is for anyone at any level of skills or experience with an interest in creating engaging social content, using social apps to promote a business, advertising on different platforms and an interest in pursuing a social media marketing career.

This certification is delivered globally and aimed at;

Those who wish to change their career
PR professionals, marketing executives, those in charge of business branding, or anyone willing to learn the skills, techniques and practically apply these skills to promote a business on major social media platforms.
Individuals who are ready to change their careers and receive recognized qualification to further their career opportunities.
Those responsible for the planning, execution or measurement of social media marketing campaigns.
Brand managers, PR professionals, Marketing executives, or anyone wishing to expand their skillset and career opportunities with a sound appreciation of how to integrate social media marketing into a broader business strategy.
Participants with any level of skill or experience and will prepare them to engage specifically with social media marketing within the overall digital marketing domain.
Those that wish to receive recognized qualification to further their career opportunities.

Why Gain a Professional Diploma in
Social Media Marketing?

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I have had the pleasure of studying the Professional Diploma in Social Media Marketing with London School of Digital Marketing. As a multiple business owner, I used to pay consultants to create my social media activities including paid ads and being on this course I have gained valuable practical skills and experience and I'm now confident in implementing and aware of what to expect from anyone I hire going forward. ....

Many thanks to Marriott and The London School of Digital Marketing. From first contact and discussion about which course suited my needs, to delivery of the course. My expectations have been exceeded in all aspects of Digital Marketing. Marriott shares his wealth of knowledge freely, in an easily understandable and patience manner, making learning a pleasure. Thanks Marriott.

Really thorough and professional as well as welcoming and friendly, Super happy with my first consultation feel like I’m in the right hands for sure!

I've just finished 3 days of training for the Professional Diploma in Social Media Marketing. It was absolutely brilliant, Marriott was an excellent tutor & I felt engaged from start to finish. I learned so much in such a short space of time & am now looking forward to completing the assignment & putting into practice some of the things I have learned about social media marketing to my business. I highly recommend this if you're wanting to get a deeper understanding of Social Media Marketing.

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Who is the Professional Diploma in Social Media Marketing for?

The course is suitable for career changers, PR professionals, marketing executives, those in charge of business branding, or anyone willing to learn the skills, techniques and practically apply these skills to promote a business on major social media platforms.

Professional backgrounds of participants will vary and include individuals looking to upskill their social media marketing skills, entrepreneurs or business owners who want to learn how to market their brands, and sales professionals wanting to understand online selling and work more cross-functionally with their team.

Will the Professional Diploma in Social Media Marketing course help me get a job?

To be awarded an industry recognised professional diploma in social media marketing certificate from London School of Digital Marketing indicates you have strong social media marketing skills and now capable of building digital marketing strategies from scratch. These are two in demand essential qualities in the workplace and as an entrepreneur. Gaining this certificate opens more doors for you and helps in improving your chances of finding the job you want.

To an employer, a diploma in social media marketing will validate that you are trained on the most current possible digital marketing strategy, tools, methodologies, and best practices. Your certification will indicate that you have experience in all the various forms of social media marketing from content creation, social listening & monitoring, advertising on major social media platforms, video & display advertising and much more. These skills will most likely be required for a social media marketing job.

If you have no professional experience, this social media marketing certification should be enough on its own to get you a internship or entry-level job. Learning the fundamentals of social media marketing can also be valuable in related fields such as graphic design, sales or web development, so this social media marketing certification could potentially help to get you a job even if digital marketing is not your primary professional focus.

I have a job already and so will this course develop my career?

The professional Diploma in Social Media Marketing will help to improve your social media marketing knowledge, strategy & planning and content research delivered by industry skills experts. This will help you get promoted, or even increase your chances to start a whole new career.

How much is the Professional Diploma in Social Media Marketing?

The professional Diploma in Social Media Marketing costs £1,995 to study. The cost includes all course content and the examination/assignment fee.

Do I need to know or have experience in social media marketing?

Experience is not a must and anyone can apply for the Professional Diploma in Social Media Marketing.

The objective of this social media marketing course is to upskill you to reach your full potential with the aim to training you on the techniques of promoting or raising awareness of products or services of a business using social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, LinkedIn, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and Pinterest. This will certainly kickstart your exciting career in social media marketing.

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