If you’re looking to progress in your career, undertaking a qualification can be an excellent way to open up opportunities.

The marketing industry has some of the best training around for those looking to break into the business or find a new role.

MMC Learning has been at the forefront of digital marketing education since 1996. We created the first ever qualification in digital marketing in the 2000’s and have pioneered online learning techniques with our high-quality distance courses.

Creating the best learning experience for students takes a village, and we’ve never shied away from collaboration, partnering with top organisations like the Chartered Institute of Marketing and Chartered Management Institute to deliver world class teaching.

We’re thrilled to reveal our latest partnership with the Digital Marketing Institute.

A leading awarding body of Digital marketing qualifications, DMI has helped thousands of digital marketers gain the specialist knowledge they need to thrive. Whether you want to specialise in digital strategy or become an expert in social media, DMI will get you where you want to be.

We’ll be working with them to offer four fantastic new courses including the Professional Certificate in Social Media Marketing.

Study for the DMI Professional certificate in Social Media and you’ll become a certified social media marketer.

The course is designed to help you develop valuable expertise in Social Media platforms including Facebook, LinkedIn, Snapchat, YouTube and Instagram. Across 10 modules taught via interactive content, you’ll gain relevant knowledge of social media strategy, research and content.

You’ll develop an understanding of the latest platforms including Tik-Tok, Twitch and WeChat, leaving your course as a skilled social media marketer, with a social strategy to apply to your organisation.

They say knowledge is power. Every day your potential customers are generating data, but it’s meaningless without the right tools to interpret it. This module will give you the techniques to know your audience so you have insight into who your audience is, what they want, need and ‘like’.

People can’t get enough social media content, but there’s so much available! Rapidly dwindling attention spans necessitate better content.

With planning and targeted scheduling, getting the right content to the right people stops being a shot in the dark!

This module covers various content formats across platforms, the power of scheduling content and how strategies can bring it all together. Using cutting-edge tools you can create content that captures audience’s attention and makes your channels stand out. 

These platforms are giants of the social media world but each have unique features, analytics, and quirks.

This module deepens your understanding of how these platforms work, and how to make your brand stand out, covering:

• Building an active, engaged and captive community across each channel.
• Creating compelling and clever ads that target your audience at the right time.
• Using analytics to understand what your audience is doing. Then tweaking your content to resonate in all the right ways.
• Mastering the key features of each channel to advertise, strategize and optimize.
• Managing each platform so you get the best reach and results.
• Reaching billions of social loving people every day! 

Twitter forges its own path in the social media world; focusing on right now, it allows audiences to see and comment on events in almost real-time.

Twitter typically appeals to younger, wealthier audiences.

This module shows you:

• What a successful Twitter account looks and acts like.
• How to use Twitter Ads Manager to advertise effectively.
• The right Twitter Ad format for your campaign.
• Using Twitter Analytics to react and connect better.
• How to create more Tweet-friendly content – snappy, shareable and short.
• When to post for maximum impact and engagement.