Social Media Marketing Level 3

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Our Social Media Marketing Level 3 online course will equip you with the skills and knowledge required to begin achieving success with your social media marketing campaigns. An outstanding resource for business owners, aspiring social media marketers, and those seeking a deeper understanding of the social media marketing landscape.

Social Media Marketing Level 3

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About This Course

Discover the world of Social Media Marketing with our Level course, which provides comprehensive introduction to the discipline’s foundational concepts. 
This course equips small business owners and entrepreneurs with the ability to develop their own social media strategy and integrate it seamlessly into their business plans.

Social media has transformed business-consumer interactions in the digital age. This course is your guide to mastering the art of social media marketing, whether you aspire to become a social media marketer, wish to expand your online business presence, or are simply fascinated by the ever-changing digital marketing landscape.

From refining effective strategies and curating captivating content to cultivating online communities and leveraging the insights from social media analytics, you will emerge well-versed in the tools and methods that drive effective campaigns.

Course Benefits

Split into 6 units, every element of this course seeks to expand your understanding of social media marketing, so you can achieve the theoretical knowledge you need to apply these skills within real and practical settings.

This course will:

  • Help you to develop a strong foundation of knowledge and competency that can be transferred into your work.
  • Enable you to study on your own terms – no classrooms, no strict deadlines and no exams.
  • Allow you to study from home – all course materials will be sent straight to your door, enabling you to fit your studies around your obligations.

Course Units

Unit 1: Requirements for Social Media Marketing

  • Benefits of social media marketing
  • Differences between traditional media and social media
  • Top social media platforms available
  • Laws and legislation relating to social media

Unit 2: Your Business and Social Media

  • Defining your business vision, aims, objectives and goals
  • The positive and negative effects of social media on business
  • Psychology and social media
  • Selecting appropriate social networking tools

Unit 3: Developing your Social Media Strategy

  • Social media policy and your business
  • Key steps to developing a social media strategy
  • Analysing risk and developing a contingency plan
  • Measuring the success of social media

Unit 4: Implementing Social Media Tools

  • Current social media landscape and business trends
  • Explore social media campaigns
  • Benefits of various social media tools
  • Integrating social media tools into your business plan

Unit 5: Monitoring Social Media Tools

  • Measuring business performance
  • Social media monitoring tools
  • Digital marketing media tools and your business

Unit 6: Evaluating your Business Strategy

  • Reviewing your business plan
  • Using strategic analysis tools
  • Identifying key changes within your business plan
  • Implement changes in your business plan

Assessment

This course is assessed using a series of written assignments that are designed to test your knowledge of the course materials. These will need to be sent to your personal tutor for marking, whereupon they will supply you with helpful tips and feedback. No external examinations are required.

Required Knowledge

No prior knowledge or skills in this area are needed in order to enrol onto this course, making it ideal for those just starting out in this career field.

Awarding Body

Upon successful completion of this course, you will receive certification from National Institution of Qualifications (NIOQ).

This course has been designed to meet the requirements of specific learners or employers. It is endorsed by National Institution of Qualifications, meaning the course has undergone external quality checks to ensure that they are maintained and delivered to an excellent standard.

National Institution of Qualifications are a national certificating organisation. Endorsement of our courses ensures learners have access to high quality materials that cover all learning outcomes, helping them to achieve their potential.

Support

From the guidance of our personal tutors whose industry experience will help to support and mentor your studies, to our comprehensive study guide and course materials; from day one we will go above and beyond to help you succeed in your studies. With twelve months tutor support, you have the option of completing in as little as three months, or using the full twelve months.

You too can take advantage of the extensive knowledge base of our personal tutors and use their experiences to get all of your questions answered. Similarly, our student support team are readily available to lend you their advice and guidance as they help you to decipher your course materials and answer your questions.

Only one click away, you can trust that help will be there when you need it.

Frequently Asked Questions

This is a question that our team are often asked, there are many reasons but here are the main reasons to choose Association of Learning:

  • No hidden charges, the price you see includes everything, from tutoring to certification.
  • Our average tutor marking time is 3 working days (most providers are 10+).
  • Our customers have rated us ‘Excellent’ on Trustpilot.
  • Our courses are up to date. Many providers create course content and fail to keep it up to date.
  • We are open later than any other home learning provider.
  • As many submissions as you need to complete, many providers cap how many times you can submit work.
  • All courses are fully endorsed by external awarding organisations.
  • 14 day money back guarantee or course switch.

If you need any more reasons to choose Association of Learning, contact our team!


You have 12 months to complete your course, however you can complete at a faster pace without any additional costs. Some of our students have managed to complete in as little as 3 months!


There are two payment options, pay in full for your course or monthly. Our monthly payment option allows you to spread the cost of your course over a 10 month period.

If you choose to pay using a payment plan, to apply you must be able to answer yes to the following:

  • Your billing address is based in the UK
  • You have a UK based bank account
  • Bill payer must be 18 or above.

No, this course is assignment based, which means you will not have to complete any exams. If your assignment doesn’t pass first time, you can retry as many times as you need within your 12 months support period.


No, all of our courses are distance learning which means your tutor will mark your work and send it back to you via email or by using our online portal.


Unlike other providers, Association of Learning use a fast-track system to get your certificate to you within six weeks (our average is two weeks).


There are no requirements to have completed any courses or have any knowledge of the subject area to enrol on the course. There is no application process and no questions asked when you sign up, it is accessible to anybody.


Your course will start as soon as you sign-up. You could start your journey of learning today!


This course is an endorsed certification, not a regulated qualification.

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