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Meta Social Media Marketing Professional Certificate
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Meta Social Media Marketing Professional Certificate

Launch your career as a Social Media Marketer. Build job-ready skills – and must-have AI skills – for an in-demand career. Earn a credential from Meta 5 months or less. No degree or prior experience required.

Anke Audenaert
Daniel Kob

Instructors: Anke Audenaert

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Flexible schedule
5 months, 10 hours a week
Learn at your own pace
Build toward a degree
Earn a career credential that demonstrates your expertise
4.8

(19,498 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

Flexible schedule
5 months, 10 hours a week
Learn at your own pace
Build toward a degree

What you'll learn

  • Establish an online presence, build a following, and manage your social media accounts

  • Develop effective social media posts and create a strong social media brand presence

  • Create Facebook and Instagram ad campaigns in Meta Ads Manager that drive business results

  • Learn to evaluate and interpret the results of your social posts and advertising campaigns

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Taught in English

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Prepare for a career in Social Media Marketing

  • Receive professional-level training from Meta
  • Demonstrate your proficiency in portfolio-ready projects
  • Earn an employer-recognized certificate from Meta
  • Qualify for in-demand job titles: Social Media Manager, Social Media Specialist, Social Media Coordinator
$50,000+
median U.S. salary for Social Media Marketing
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22,000+
U.S. job openings in Social Media Marketing
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Professional Certificate - 6 course series

Introduction to Social Media Marketing

Course 118 hours4.8 (14,842 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Understand the landscape of traditional, digital and social media marketing

  • Understand the major social media platforms, how they function, and what role they play in marketing

  • Create SMART goals, identify KPIs, and define your target audience and their customer journey

  • Choose the right social media platforms and learn how to create social media policies

Skills you'll gain

Category: Social Media Strategy
Category: Digital Marketing
Category: Social Media
Category: Instagram
Category: Marketing
Category: Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Category: Target Audience
Category: Marketing Strategies
Category: Social Media Marketing
Category: Facebook
Category: Social Media Management
Category: Marketing Channel
Category: Goal Setting

Social Media Management

Course 217 hours4.8 (5,557 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • How to establish and manage a social media presence

  • How to create a brand, tone, and voice for a social media presence

  • How to manage a content calendar for a social media presence

  • How to evaluate the performance of content on social media and how to iterate on that performance

Skills you'll gain

Category: Customer Engagement
Category: Content Management
Category: Content Creation
Category: Brand Management
Category: Social Media Management
Category: Social Media Strategy
Category: Generative AI
Category: Social Media Content
Category: Instagram
Category: Social Media Marketing
Category: Facebook

Fundamentals of Social Media Advertising

Course 311 hours4.8 (2,457 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • How to evaluate on which platforms to run social media ad campaigns and what makes an ad effective

  • How to craft compelling and effective visuals and copy for social media ads

  • Build an ad directly from your Facebook business page and your Instagram business account

  • Write a creative brief and create a social media ad

Skills you'll gain

Category: Advertising
Category: Social Media Marketing
Category: Copywriting
Category: Instagram
Category: Facebook
Category: Advertising Campaigns
Category: Marketing
Category: Data Collection
Category: Campaign Management
Category: Media Planning
Category: Content Creation
Category: Information Privacy
Category: Marketing Materials
Category: Target Audience
Category: Social Media
Category: Social Media Strategy
Category: Social Media Content

Advertising with Meta

Course 413 hours4.8 (2,640 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Structure campaigns in Meta Ads Manager

  • Build an ad that aligns with your marketing objectives and target it to your intended audience

  • Set a budget, placement, and schedule for your ads in Meta Ads Manager

Skills you'll gain

Category: Bidding
Category: Instagram
Category: Advertising
Category: Facebook
Category: Target Audience
Category: Digital Marketing
Category: Advertising Campaigns
Category: Social Media Marketing
Category: Campaign Management
Category: Performance Analysis
Category: A/B Testing
Category: Budgeting
Category: Social Media
Category: Performance Metric

Measure and Optimize Social Media Marketing Campaigns

Course 510 hours4.9 (1,856 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Apply different techniques used to optimize marketing campaigns, such as attribution and marketing mix models

  • Implement an A/B test to optimize your campaign

  • Analyze dashboards and evaluate the ROI from your social media marketing efforts

Skills you'll gain

Category: A/B Testing
Category: Marketing Analytics
Category: Social Media
Category: Advertising
Category: Return On Investment
Category: Social Media Strategy
Category: Marketing Effectiveness
Category: Advertising Campaigns
Category: Campaign Management
Category: Performance Reporting
Category: Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Category: Marketing Communications
Category: Data Presentation
Category: Social Media Marketing
Category: Facebook
Category: Business Metrics
Category: Statistical Reporting
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Marketing
Category: Quantitative Research

Meta Social Media Marketing Capstone

Course 66 hours4.7 (655 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Present and communicate campaign results to a team

  • Become certified as a Meta Digital Marketing Associate

Skills you'll gain

Category: Presentations
Category: Social Media Marketing
Category: Marketing Strategies
Category: Social Media
Category: Campaign Management
Category: Digital Marketing
Category: Marketing Effectiveness
Category: Public Speaking
Category: Communication
Category: Marketing Analytics
Category: Marketing

Instructors

Anke Audenaert
Meta
40 Courses846,128 learners
Daniel Kob
Meta
11 Courses176,848 learners

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Build toward a degree

When you complete this Professional Certificate, you may be able to have your learning recognized for credit if you are admitted and enroll in one of the following online degree programs.¹
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Degree credit eligible

This Professional Certificate has ACE® recommendation. It is eligible for college credit at participating U.S. colleges and universities. Note: The decision to accept specific credit recommendations is up to each institution.

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¹Lightcast™ Job Postings Report, United States, 7/1/22-6/30/23. ²Based on program graduate survey responses, United States 2021.