Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube Marketing (Coursera)

Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube Marketing (Coursera)

Digital Marketing Institute is the global standard in Digital Marketing Certification. Our mission is to give our students the confidence and knowledge they need to advance in their careers through this specialization. YouTube is second only to Facebook in popularity as a social network in 2021, with almost 2.3 billion active users. Twitter has introduced new fact-checking tools in response to recent controversies and remains a key platform for businesses striving to serve and engage audiences in real-time. LinkedIn is critical for B2B marketing, both for organic and paid social content distribution. If you want to better understand the ever-shifting landscape and challenges marketers face to grow and sustain brands on social, this course will help you do so.

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You will learn the basic principles of advertising on Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube. After completing this course, you will be able to:
• Apply best practices for publishing tweets and using hashtags on Twitter
• Manage and optimize the performance of Twitter advertising campaigns
• Build a company’s presence on LinkedIn
• Measure the performance of LinkedIn advertising campaigns
• Recognize the key role of social video and YouTube for online marketing
• Create engaging advertising campaigns to run on YouTube

This course also introduces the concepts of social selling and personal branding for B2B sales and marketing. It covers the differences between traditional and social selling and why businesses are adopting social selling tactics to engage with buyers. This is the final course in the Digital Marketing Institute’s Social Media Marketing specialization.
In addition to the course, we would like to give you the opportunity to gain access to additional articles, toolkits, and webinars that can aid you in your studies.
On completion of all courses in your Specialization, you will also be awarded a Digital Marketing Institute Certified Digital Marketing Associate certification, along with three months of free Power Membership, allowing you to boost your career and unlock your next opportunity. 92% of DMI members have said their courses have had a positive impact on their careers, while 88% are now working at senior or manager level.

What You Will Learn

  • How to use Twitter's platform and advertising features to engage with an audience in real-time
  • How to use social selling tactics and LinkedIn's B2B advertising features to engage with prospects
  • How to use video and YouTube to reach an audience

Course 4 of 4 in the Social Media Marketing in Practice Specialization

Syllabus

WEEK 1
Twitter Marketing
This module begins by describing the value to digital marketers of using Twitter and by outlining the key Twitter terminology that marketers need to be familiar with. It goes on to show how to set up and customize a Twitter account, and how to take advantage of the platform’s key features. It teaches you how to use Twitter Ads Manager to run campaigns and outlines the different ad formats available on Twitter. Finally, it provides you with the knowledge to leverage Twitter Analytics to analyze and optimize your Twitter campaigns.

WEEK 2
LinkedIn and Social Selling
This module focuses on LinkedIn and shows how you can use the platform to build and develop professional connections with your target audience. You learn how to use LinkedIn-specific features, such as Company pages and Showcase pages, to build your company presence on the platform. The module goes on to cover the different ad formats available on LinkedIn, such as Text ads, Sponsored ads, Sponsored InMails, Display ads, and Dynamic ads, and outlines best practices for advertising on the platform. Finally, it teaches you how to use analytics with LinkedIn to measure the success of your campaigns.

WEEK 3
YouTube and Social Video Marketing
This module introduces the concept of social video marketing, focusing on YouTube. It begins by outlining the benefits of incorporating social video into your marketing campaigns, and provides best practices for doing so. It then teaches you how to set up, customize, and manage a YouTube channel, and how to use the platform’s features effectively. It also teaches you how to use enhancement features to improve your video content. Finally, it provides you with the tools and knowledge you need to build an audience for your videos, and to use YouTube Analytics to measure their performance.

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