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Course Description

Social media is crucial for business success, offering more than just digital ads. It helps build brand loyalty through authentic engagement and connections. This course focuses on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Nextdoor, teaching you how to grow your brand and track analytics effectively.

Course Outline

Unit 1
Which Platform Is Right For You

  • Identify which social media platforms work best for your business 
  • Overview of Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Nextdoor
  • What content works best on each platform
  • How platforms complement each other 
  • How social media directs customers to your website

Unit 2
Creating Your Social Media Presence

  • Identify a personality to represent your company 
  • Creating your brand
  • Authenticity behind the scenes  
  • Collboaration over competition 

Unit 3
Connecting With Your Customers

  • Human first approach 
  • How posts and stories create connections 
  • Creating a space for your people and connections
  • The trouble with engagement 

Unit 4
Targeting Advertising

  • Social media advertisments 
  • Increase direct traffic to your website
  • Email list
  • Affiliate links

Learner Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course you will:

  • Identify which social media platforms benefit them most
  • Create a social media presence 
  • Develop a content strategy plan to connect and interact with customers
  • Build effective social media targeted advertising campaigns
  • Track social media return on investment

Notes

Course objectives

  • Learn to identify social media platforms and their benefits 
  • Acquire the ability to balance an authentic and professional online presence
  • Learn to engage with customers to build relationships
  • Acquire the ability to build an advertising campaign
  • Learn to track social media return on investment

Testimonials

"I learned how much I wasn’t using LinkedIn after reading the materials and watching the presentation/videos! This section of the course was worth 10x what was paid for the class!" - Stephanie Long
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Section Title
Marketing Using Social Media
Type
Online-Self Paced
Dates
Jul 07, 2025 to Aug 01, 2025
Contact Hours
16.0
Course Fee(s)
Tuition non-credit $195.00 Click here to get more information
Section Notes

For further information on this course, please contact dlanpher@harpercollege.edu.

Technical Requirements: Access to Flash needed for audio and slide presentations.

 

Section Title
Marketing Using Social Media
Type
Online-Self Paced
Dates
Oct 06, 2025 to Oct 31, 2025
Contact Hours
16.0
Course Fee(s)
Tuition non-credit $195.00 Click here to get more information
Section Notes

For further information on this course, please contact dlanpher@harpercollege.edu.

Technical Requirements: Access to Flash needed for audio and slide presentations.

 

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