
Master a simple four-step method to audit, develop, execute, and measure a social media strategy for any brand, boosting your ability to pitch and drive online results.
The class overview introduces three divisions of social media marketing, emphasizes disciplined strategy, and outlines a four-step audit, development, execution, and measurement process with platform deep dives.
Develop a practical social media strategy through a one-page swot analysis, competitor insights, and content pillars with hashtags, then create mobilizable content aligned with time and resource constraints.
Explore essential social media marketing concepts through a top ten glossary of terms. Access a three-page glossary and e-book materials with practical reading homework to build foundational knowledge.
Explore how the attention economy shapes social media strategy, showing how to craft distinctive brands, gain client trust, and navigate crowded platforms like Facebook in a post-COVID era.
Master the social media funnel by assigning paid media objectives—awareness, engagement, or leads—and guiding the journey to conversion. Create personas through market research to tailor content and platforms.
Explore how paid media models use bidding to optimize campaigns across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, and compare CPC, CPM, and cost per lead for awareness and engagement objectives.
Explore how evolving social media trends across Facebook and Instagram reshape marketing, including reels emphasis, Instagram shops, guides, audio features, and practical strategies to stay updated.
Learn how short-form video on YouTube shorts, live audio on Twitter spaces, and LinkedIn product pages and newsletters drive engagement, e-commerce, lead generation, and community building.
Explore mobile and web trends shaping social media marketing, including privacy updates, messaging app shifts, and the Google Analytics 4 migration, plus top resources from Social Media Examiner and Hootsuite.
Explore a positive, personal take on life online and how social media marketing offers a fulfilling career path, highlighting growth mindset, self-regulation, and strategies to balance benefits and mental health.
Discover how to turn social media into a tool for scaling your purpose, building a content diet, and monetizing hobbies through platforms like YouTube and AdSense.
Build a professional online presence through personal branding, Lancton or a personal website, and YouTube to showcase talent, attract opportunities, and enable location independent work.
Develop a social media strategy through an audit of competitors, identify gaps, and map content pillars, digital persona, and platform focus, then execute with a plan and measure results.
Wraps up the audit by translating competitor insights and SWOT findings into a spider diagram centered on digital, guiding platform prioritization and objective-aligned tactics.
Develop a data-informed social media strategy by translating audit insights into content, branding collateral, persona-driven pillars, and platform optimizations like Instagram bio, Link Tree, and Canva.
Define smart objectives and track action-based KPIs like sales, leads, and conversions. Monitor reach, engagement, and impressions across platforms using insights and analytics to optimize and inform reporting.
Join social media marketing strategy 101 to leverage frameworks, templates, and tools that build confidence, stay ahead of trending topics, and follow my YouTube channel for free content and resources.
SLIDES Social Media Marketing 101 Slides are attached.
GLOSSARY The glossary of terms are attached.
BONUS: Please check out my mini ebook which is designed to accompany my Udemy classes and help you nail your social media! I have attached it.
Together we will focus on the concepts and trends you'll need to be aware of, and then move into a simple, four step methodology to produce your own strategy.
Audit your digital presence
Develop a social media strategy
Execute a social media strategy
Measure and optimize your strategy
This course is a fun and exciting introduction to digital strategy - on the most fun corners of the internet - social media! I have mentored many strategists and aspiring strategists to tackle questions like "what should our business be doing online" or "how do we fare against our competitors" with simple steps that provoke both thought and action!
My teaching style is informal and packed with a variety of content formats which include Google Slides Templates, Google Sheets templates, software suggestions, free hacks and - a copy of an ebook which covers all the nuances of each social media platform.
There's nothing worse than someone who doesn't walk the walk - so I provide actionable steps and suggestions that are currently working for my clients, in the hopes that we can learn in the most collaborative way possible.
I have a Youtube channel helping people to #DoDigitalBetter - and this course is absolutely no different! I share all my secrets to help you become the best strategist you can be.