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Social Media: Strategy, Tools and Tactics (Virtual Classroom)
Data and Marketing Association UK Ltd

This two-day course gives practical advice that will help you boost your social media marketing results

Summary

Price
£999 inc VAT
Finance options

Invoice or credit card

Between jobs discount - 25%

Charity discount - 15%

Study method
Online + live classes
Duration
2 days · Full-time
Qualification
No formal qualification
CPD
14 CPD hours / points
Additional info
  • Tutor is available to students

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Overview

Two highly practical, hands-on days that give you the skills, tools and confidence to create and execute the very best social media strategy for your business

You will learn to:

  • Understand your social media landscape
  • Build your social media plan, define processes and determine KPIs
  • Implement effective social media activity that contributes to your business objectives
  • Innovate with content, tools, influencers and communities
  • Motivate and incentivise to achieve a social business

CPD

14 CPD hours / points
Accredited by The CPD Standards Office

Description

Day 1

An introduction to social media and engagement

  • Understand what social media marketing is and how it has developed.
  • Understand the impact of social media on engagement for brands.
  • Learn the importance of agile planning.

Developing a social media strategy

  • Understand the importance of a social media strategy.
  • Identify the types of social media campaigns.
  • Gain an introduction to the 8 steps of social strategy development.

Setting objectives and KPIs

  • Learn how to set SMART objectives for social media.
  • Understand the different types of KPIs and how to use them for your social media activities.

Social listening

  • Develop social listening to understand customer preferences and competitor actions.
  • Understand how to use the listening framework.

Identifying influencers

  • Understand who your influencers are.
  • Learn how to select influencers.
  • Learn how to work with influencers.

Day 2

Selecting a social platform

  • Understand the difference between paid, earned, and owned media.
  • Identify the hidden costs of social media.

Building a content strategy and implementing a plan

  • Learn to build a content plan.
  • Learn how to meet specific platform requirements.
  • Implementing a plan on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.

Optimising your social media campaign

  • Understand how to measure and optimise your social media campaigns.
  • Understand how to calculate social media ROI.

During this time when it’s essential to keep our physical distance, it’s just as important to maintain connections, education and ambition.

The IDM Virtual Classroom is face-to-face, peer-to-peer learning – in the digital world. It lets you keep learning, wherever you are, and to connect with others, no matter the distance.

The IDM’s Virtual Classroom offers:

  • An interactive classroom environment
  • Peer-to-peer collaboration
  • An engaging platform experience
  • Practical learning through hands-on exercises
  • Online access anywhere you can get an internet connection

Courses are structured in a time friendly format consisting of three to four sessions per day, broken up into 60 to 90 minutes of learning, instead of the conventional approach of listening to lectures and notetaking.

Before starting your course, you’ll receive joining instructions outlining any technical requirements, plus a unique login link via Zoom.

Who is this course for?

This course is ideal for marketers who need to gain a deeper understanding of the benefits and practicalities of generating content and how to build it into their digital strategy.

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