Social media strategy
How to choose the right platforms, create content that works, and build an audience without spending all day posting.
31 min · 13 pages · practice task · quiz · part of Growth marketer
Sponsor this courseWhat you will be able to do
Skills you add to your Herizon profile when you finish: Social Media Marketing.
- One goal for the month, with a number and a deadline
- One or two platforms chosen, with a reason for each
- Content pillars and a first-week calendar
- A way to read your results and change the next month
Who it is for
Time per page: 10 to 15 minutes Whole course: about 3 hours (13 pages, at your own speed) This is for you if you are: - A marketer or founder who runs the social media of a small brand - About to start, or posting without knowing if it works - Working with a few hours a week and no designer You do not need social media expertise. If you have ever posted anything online, you have enough background. ---
The situation you work through
Noora, the only marketer at Pannu, a made-up coffee roastery in Tampere, runs one month of social media on 5 hours a week: a goal of 30 web shop orders, two platforms, a calendar of 20 posts, a small ad test and the results.
Your practice task
Plan one month of social media for your own business or project: set one goal as a number and a deadline, choose one or two platforms with a reason for each, define your content pillars with the split between giving and asking, and write a one-week calendar. Submit the goal, the platforms with reasons, the pillars and split, and the first-week calendar.
What is inside
- Choosing platforms
- Setting goals
- Understanding algorithms
- Content pillars
- Content formats by platform
- Content calendar
and 7 more pages
Finish with a short quiz to earn your certificate.
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