Social Media Award

Our Social Media Award takes you through a vast amount of content, in a short space of time.

Whether you’re in the first stages of your career, and/or are looking for a career in marketing, event management or as an Exec PA, you can’t hide from social media. A fantastic addition to your Event Management Diploma or Executive PA Diploma, the practical nature of this course is great for all.

A complete award, split into four core courses, covering social media skills across Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, using video within your social media plans, using social media to boost your SEO including Blogging, and creating an effective business strategy for social media engagement.

As it’s an online course you can work on it at a time that suits you, and your course advisors are also on hand to support you, should you need their help.

You can start when you like and our flexible learning system means you can fit your studying around your existing work and home commitments. There will also be a course advisor on hand to help, should you need additional support

Invest in yourself:

Acquiring these significant social media skills – and your Pitman Training Award to prove it – will repay the cost in improved employment opportunities and job satisfaction. What better investment in your own future? The sooner you start, the sooner you will benefit.

Why Pitman Training?

• We are registered with CPD, so you can count our training towards your Professional Qualifications and memberships
• No one has helped more people gain valuable business skills than Pitman Training. That unbeatable experience is your guarantee of success.
• Our teaching methods are proven; our course materials are the best of their kind.
• There are no hidden costs. The Diploma package includes certification fees and all training.
• A Pitman Training Diploma is an industry standard; your passport to a better career.

This course is designed for individuals who wish to learn how to effectively use social media in a variety of forms, to achieve career-boosting results.

Testimonial:

“I had dabbled with social media but really needed to understand its role strategically. This course is jam packed full of great information and the practical exercises made it really easy to pick up and use in my existing role. I found it hugely valuable” - Lisa

Course Content, choose any four of the following:

• Social Media Strategy for Business – an overview of 15 tools that a business can use for it’s social media marketing, and tools for measuring social media success

• Twitter for Business – a complete guide to setting up and using a Twitter profile, best practice, Twitter language, finding followers, and HootSuite

• LinkedIn for Business – learn how to set up an optimised LinkedIn profile, and connect/engage with contacts, improve your credibility and measure your success with your company profile

• Facebook for Business – guide to Facebook apps, personal and business profiles, competitions and advertising, and how to measure success

• Google+ for Business – learn what Google+ is, why it should be used, creating a profile, circles and security, +1s, events, hangouts and communities, as well as Authorship and Local and measurement

• Video for Business – reasons why you should use video to market, the audience and scheduling content, storyboarding, capturing and editing, and measuring success.

• SEO for Business – the important of SEO, how search engines work, focusing on Google and typing this into SEO, identify key words and where to use them in websites, blogs and social media, and the important of link building.

• Blogging for Business – exploring and using other blogs to gain exposure, creating and managing your own blog, producing and distributing posts and building a network of followers.

Pitman Training’s Social Media Award is suitable for anyone keen to develop their social media strategy and skills, whether for personal or business use. One of the most important skills you can learn to keep up with this day and age, social media is here to stay.

Upon completion of this Social Media Award you will be armed with the ‘Pitman Training Award’ certificate; recognised standards that will be attractive to employers looking for your skills. Employers can trust CVs that have these qualifications as they know you have been trained to a high level.

Being up to speed on all the latest in social media marketing, you’ll become knowledgeable and savvy in the best ways to market yourself or your business - the opportunities are there for the taking.

No prerequisites

Marketing Assistant > Digital Marketer > Marketing Manager > Department Manager > Marketing Director