LinkedIn Marketing: LinkedIn Essentials and Content Creation (FutureLearn)

Offered by Social Media College,
LinkedIn Marketing: LinkedIn Essentials and Content Creation (FutureLearn)

Learn how LinkedIn works and how to create effective and engaging content. Understand how LinkedIn works and how to design effective and engaging content. This is part 1 of a 4 part series which will teach you how to succeed with LinkedIn. LinkedIn is more than a social media platform. It can give you the chance to build useful network connections and present many job opportunities. Your LinkedIn profile is your first impression. Done right, and it can be the key to help you build trust and credibility, and stand out from the millions of users online.

Class Deals by MOOC List - Click here and see FutureLearn's Active Discounts, Deals, and Promo Codes.

In Part 1, you’ll learn the best practices for optimising your personal or business profile to ensure it gets noticed for the right reasons.
You’ll identify the key features of LinkedIn and learn from experts who have conducted extensive research to find out exactly what it takes to be successful.

Explore discoverability strategies
With over 630 million users on LinkedIn, one of your top challenges is standing out.
On the course, you’ll learn effective strategies for discoverability as well as ways to build and convey authority on your page.

Grow and engage your network alongside industry experts
Learning from the experts at Social Media College, Australia, you’ll identify ways to grow and engage your network as well as assessing the benefits of LinkedIn premium services.
You’ll understand how to leverage group memberships and how to match LinkedIn content types to different buyer stages to ensure you’re pushing out effective content.

What topics will you cover?

  • Understanding the LinkedIn landscape
  • Benefits and value of using LinkedIn
  • LinkedIn content and page types
  • Using LinkedIn search and algorithm
  • Building a LinkedIn content strategy
  • Effective content creation

Learning on this course
You can take this self-guided course and learn at your own pace. On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.

What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

  • Define the key features of LinkedIn as a professional network
  • Identify which types of people and businesses can benefit from marketing on LinkedIn
  • Describe the different types of content presented on LinkedIn
  • Explain the key features of LinkedIn search functionality and how the algorithm works

Who is the course for?
Professionals wanting to learn how to use LinkedIn effectively for their personal brand and organisation marketing. This course is not specifically for marketers, it is a useful starting point for anyone looking to harness the opportunities available through LinkedIn.

Go to Class
MOOC List is learner-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Related Courses

Estrategias de Redes Sociales (Coursera) Coursera
Universidad Austral

Estrategias de Redes Sociales (Coursera)

En este curso, podrás adquirir los conocimientos y criterios iniciales para crear los objetivos, estrategias y tácticas para las redes sociales de tu plan de marketing digital. Conocerás en detalle los códigos y técnicas de Facebook, Twitter, Instagram y LinkedIn; incluyendo estrategias de contenido, anuncios y estadísticas.

Oct 19th 2026
4 Weeks
Hotel Digital Marketing and Social Media Strategy (Coursera) Coursera
Starweaver

Hotel Digital Marketing and Social Media Strategy (Coursera)

This course is a beginner-level program that provides a comprehensive immersion into the world of digital marketing and social media strategies tailored specifically for the hotel industry. In this course, Learners will gain a solid understanding of how to effectively utilize digital marketing tools and social media platforms to enhance a hotel's online presence, engage with potential guests, and drive bookings.

Oct 12th 2026
4 Weeks
Social Media Marketing Strategy: Objective Setting and Strategic Planning Essentials (FutureLearn) FutureLearn
Social Media College

Social Media Marketing Strategy: Objective Setting and Strategic Planning Essentials (FutureLearn)

Learn how to build a comprehensive social media marketing strategy, conduct an audit and set objectives. Build a comprehensive social media marketing strategy. With this rise of mobile phones and connectivity, digital marketing through social media is now the single most important component of the marketing mix for many organisations. This is part 1 of a 4 part series. In Part 1, you’ll learn the step-by-step strategy setting tools and how you can get your message out and onto the screen.

Oct 18th 2021
2 Weeks
Digital Media and Strategic Planning in Technology Markets (Coursera) Coursera
University of Colorado Boulder

Digital Media and Strategic Planning in Technology Markets (Coursera)

An old phrase in business is "Build it and they will come". If heard at all today it will be ironically, as entrepreneurs too often make things that nobody really wants. Cryptocurrency became a trillion-dollar industry without anyone being able to name a clear use for it beyond illicit transactions. In this second course we take-up the research outputs perviously generated and apply to them strategic planning to include the most effective analytical tools and stress tests to challenge and improve business models.

Oct 12th 2026
5-12 Weeks
Groundwork for Success in Sales Development (Coursera) Coursera
Salesforce,SV Academy

Groundwork for Success in Sales Development (Coursera)

This is Course 1 in the Salesforce Sales Development Representative Professional Certificate. In order to successfully complete later courses, please ensure you have completed this course before moving on. This course is here to introduce you to the key role of a Sales Development Representative at a tech company. We want you to develop a winning professional mindset powered by emotional literacy, strategic thinking, time management, and task prioritization.

Oct 12th 2026
4 Weeks
Social Media and Social Content Strategy (Coursera) Coursera
Digital Marketing Institute

Social Media and Social Content Strategy (Coursera)

Digital Marketing Institute is the global standard in Digital Marketing Certification. Our mission is to give our students the confidence and knowledge they need to advance in their careers through this specialization. More than 3.6 billion people globally are using social media in 2021 so social is certainly popular. But with advertising spend on social expected to surpass $100 billion in 2021, clearly social media is as much about big business, competition, and profit as it is about connecting people.

Oct 12th 2026
3 Weeks
GetVirtual: How to Launch Your Online Business (Coursera) Coursera
University of California, Santa Cruz

GetVirtual: How to Launch Your Online Business (Coursera)

The GetVirtual (GV) online training series teaches future entrepreneurs how to launch their first online business by providing step-by-step guidance for launching a website, building a logo and understanding the basics of online social media marketing. Course participants will gain access to GV's project management templates designed to support basic business transactions from initial client intake to invoicing.

Oct 26th 2026
4 Weeks