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Semrush Academy

Social Media Marketing Crash Course

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Learn social media marketing fundamentals in this hands-on course. Discover how to develop audience insights, track competitors' social channels, and much more.

Syllabus

  • Social Media Marketing Fundamentals
    • In this lesson, you will gain an understanding of social media marketing fundamentals and how different social channels can be used to achieve certain marketing objectives.
  • Understanding How Social Media Algorithms Work
    • In this lesson, you will be introduced to Social Media Algorithms, how they work and strategic ways to create content that the algorithms will favor.
  • Audience and Competitor Insights
    • In this lesson, you will learn ways to gain a deeper understanding of your target market and competitors on social, so you can make a game plan that connects with your audience and stands out from the competition.
  • Building your Organic Social Media Strategy
    • In this lesson, we take a detailed step-by-step approach to conducting a social media audit along with diving into Semrush's Social Poster tool to ensure an effective plan is formulated for your organic social media strategy.
  • Influencer Marketing with Social Media
    • In this lesson, we look at the key factors in using influencers for a marketing campaign, from selection, management and measurement.
  • Measurement: Social Media Analytics
    • In this final lesson, you will learn how to measure your social media marketing efforts with key metrics and use Semrush Social Analytics tool to help make data-driven decisions to optimize your social media strategy.
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Taught by

Janet Machuka

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4.5 rating, based on 2 Class Central reviews

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    Muwonge Ibra
    this course opened my eyes on how to dive into different business social media platforms and engage with customers through the semrush dash board. though I have lost my certificate
  • Anonymous
    The course was good! I really enjoyed it! It was well paced and wonderfully informative. I 100% recommend it to whoever who love to understand more about social media marketing. Thank you so much!
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