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What is Social?

The “What Is Social?" MOOC is for business owners, executives, and marketing professionals who want to significantly improve their abilities to grow their so...
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Platform: Coursera
Video: 2h 30m
Language: English

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Description

The “What Is Social?” MOOC is for business owners, executives, and marketing professionals who want to significantly improve their abilities to grow their social strategy using effective, proven methodologies. This hands on, “how to” program won’t just tell you how to grow your professional persona using social – you will actually do it! This course is the first in the six-course specialization, Social Media Marketing: How to Profit in a Digital World.

While the course can be audited for free, paid learners will receive additional content beyond the course basics. For MOOC 1, the toolkit includes a special video from Alessandro Acquisti on Big Data and a set of studies done by IBM on engagement and social marketing strategies with bottom-line profits.

This course has been designed to give you the tools, insights, knowledge, and skills to immediately impact your organization. In addition, we will help you network with thought leaders in social. After completing this course, you and your organization’s staff will be able to position, engage, and grow relationships with the consumers of highest value to you.

Today, we are living in a period of massive disruption. New technologies are changing the way people engage with each other and with the organizations that interest them. This course will start you on the path to growing your own social strategy using effective, proven methodologies.

Additional MOOC 1 faculty include:
* Judy Ungar Franks (President, The Marketing Democracy, Ltd. & Lecturer, Medill Integrated Marketing Communications, Northwestern)

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Are there any SCHOLARSHIPS for this course?

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Who is the instructor? Is Randy Hlavac a SCAM or a TRUSTED instructor?

Randy Hlavac has created 13 courses that got 384 reviews which are generally positive. Randy Hlavac has taught 206110 students and received a 4.7 average review out of 384 reviews. Depending on the information available, Randy Hlavac is a TRUSTED instructor.
Northwestern University
Randy Hlavac is an expert in digital marketing, social media marketing, and social analytics. He is a 20 year instructor of Digital, Social and Mobile Marketing and Content Curation and Digital Marketing at Northwestern University. His book – Social IMC – focuses on how to build effective social media marketing strategies and tactics for any size company located anywhere in the world. In addition to teaching, Randy is the CEO of Marketing Synergy Inc. [www.msinetwork.com] which consults with companies on developing effective, profitable digital marketing strategies and social media marketing programs. Randy is also the creator and “MC” on the Social Media Marketing and a participant in the Content Strategies for Professionals specializations on Coursera.

8.8

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8.4

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Platform: Coursera
Video: 2h 30m
Language: English

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