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About the Course

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)...

Top reviews

FF

Oct 6, 2016

Great course. Looking forward completing whole specialization.

Additionally, the course shares and recommends tools which are helpful if you are doing social media marketing or eager to become one.

CC

May 12, 2016

A really great introduction to Social Media Marketing and an opportunity to gain access to really useful tools that make me competitive in the job market. Very excited to begin MOOC 2 of this program.

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By Silvana B

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Jun 14, 2016

This MOOC bring many relevants social media issues and offers very good insights about how to handle with market demmands.

By Dixie R

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Mar 13, 2020

This was an excellent course. I gained a great deal from it. Even if only to reinforce strategies I am already utilizing.

By Sharon N

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Mar 26, 2018

There were a few too many acronyms I had to look up. Maybe they could be mentioned at least once before used repeatedly.

By Eleanna .

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Nov 22, 2020

i really think that there is a subject that offers you a plenty of advantages but sometimes the content was too simple.

By José A S H

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Oct 27, 2017

This course was intresting, i learn new tools and a lot of amazing data and information about the social media.

By Yara S M E

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Nov 8, 2021

this course is very well to all beginners as me.

I think that it suits anyone who wants to begin this career.

By Siddharth b

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Aug 14, 2019

It was informative and few points were new and helpful. I am sure it is going to be exciting in new modules.

By Mayra B

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Mar 27, 2023

I loved the course, and the information given is very valuable and so valid these days. Thank you so much!

By Melissa L

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Nov 24, 2015

Very interesting course, with many description but not enough examples that why I give only 4 stars not 5.

By Aizhana S

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Apr 23, 2020

It was a very interesting and brief course, what I liked there are updates for trends and information.

By Mohadeseh N

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Oct 12, 2021

it was for beginner but i liked it. point outed lots of important things that it's better to know! :)

By Aldrin J

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Feb 28, 2020

This course was really useful for me to understand what is social and how to use social for business.

By Leah A

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Mar 20, 2019

Great intro to the basics. Gave me a good perspective from which to view social media in the future.

By Akash G

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Aug 23, 2017

Earns lot of Experience of how social work in the world.

Thanks coursera and Northwestern University

By Isha p

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Jun 30, 2019

Faculty does not go through the assignments

which makes the credibility of the assignment grades low

By Brian M

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Jan 4, 2016

I enjoyed the course material and instruction, I'm looking forward to the next section. Thank you

By Alexandra B

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Aug 16, 2018

There is a small part at the end that has to be updated because klout.com does no exist an more.

By Sergio Q S

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Jun 5, 2018

This part was a lot talking about what we will talk on the next parts but not much of new info.

By Michael B

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Feb 16, 2018

Excellent overview and introduction, however some of the stats referenced need to be updated.

By Rivière M

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Oct 24, 2015

Very interesting class with a lots of learning regarding the change of social media nowadays.

By Idan L

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Mar 11, 2017

Really just an intro, but seems like a good one. I feel prepared to dive to the next level.

By Mohamed C

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May 5, 2016

I like this MOOC because it gave me a complete and clear picture of Social Media Marketing.

By Rahim h

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Mar 21, 2019

i think the course is nice , however i would personally think it need to be more dynamic

By Shivangi c

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Oct 23, 2019

This course is very useful for me because i have learned so many thing from this course

By Barbara R G

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May 2, 2024

Some of the resources presented are no longer current or available to use for free