- Curriculum
“How To” Tutorials on Social Media
Screenshot lessons show you how to master the most important features of relevant web products.
| 21 lessons | 26 minutes |
| 19 quizzes | 2 certifications |
| # | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Twitter Follow People | ||
| 1. | What is Following and What are Followers? | Learn how the Twitter social network is connected. |
| 2. | Who is Follow Worthy? | Learn how you should judge other Twitter users before you decide to follow them. |
| 3. | Following Rules | Understand Twitter’s rules before you start following people. |
| 4. | Understand Twitter’s Follow Recommendations | Find different types of follow recommendations. |
| 5. | Browse Users by Interest | Find the most popular Twitter users sorted by interest. |
| 6. | Find Personal Friends and Business Contacts | Search your email contacts for Twitter users. |
| 7. | See Who Another Person Follows | View the followers of other Twitter users to find new people to follow. |
| 8. | Unfollowing People | Stop following people that you don’t want updates from. |
| 9. | Block Followers | Stop certain people from following you or mentioning you in a tweet. |
| Twitter Getting Started | ||
| 1. | What is Twitter? | Learn about Twitter, the instant social networking and communication platform. |
| 2. | How Twitter Works | Understand the structure and workings of Twitter. |
| 3. | Why is Twitter Valuable? | Learn what people use Twitter for, and some of the reasons it has garnered over 200 million users. |
| 4. | Choose a Username | Decide on a unique Twitter handle that will also be your URL. |
| 5. | Understand the Home Layout | Navigate the two panel layout of Twitter. |
| 6. | Understand the Profile Layout | Learn where everything is located on your Profile for more efficient use. |
| 7. | Adjust Account & Notification Settings | Customize your Twitter settings. |
| 8. | To Protect or Not to Protect Tweets | Weigh the pros and cons of protecting your tweets. |
| 9. | Customize Profile | Make your Twitter profile your own with custom templates and colors. |
| 10. | Create a Custom Background | Make your Twitter profile truly unique with a custom made background. |
| 11. | What are Direct Messages? | Learn what Twitter Messages are and where you can find them. |
| 12. | Send a Direct Message | Message one of your followers via a private message. |
Animated Concepts and Strategy
Fully animated lessons teach you the facts and concepts you need to know before you use a product.
| 16 lessons | 22 minutes |
| 15 quizzes | 2 certifications |
| # | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Social Media | ||
| 1. | History of Social Media | Gain an understanding of the history of social media. |
| 2. | Reach | Harness the efficiency of social media to communicate with a wide audience of potential customers. |
| 3. | Targeting | Target the people most likely to become customers and evangelize your business. |
| 4. | Desire | Get people to want to do business with you by creating a positive impression online. |
| 5. | Tracking | Keep track of consumer opinions and of how well your social media pages are performing. |
| 6. | Integration | Make your organization more tightly integrated. |
| 7. | Social Media Management | Set up internal structure and process for governing social media. |
| 8. | Create Social Media Policy | Establish protocols and methods to standardize handling of Social Channels. |
| 9. | Social Media Design Strategy | Preserve your branding across social media channels. |
| 10. | Social Media Response Plan | Nail down a plan of action for responding to negative comments. |
| Social Media Professional Etiquette | ||
| 1. | What is Social Media Etiquette? | Learn what social media etiquette is and why you should be concerned with it. |
| 2. | Etiquette of Privacy Settings | Adhere to standard privacy settings so that your connections can maintain their desired privacy. |
| 3. | Tagging Etiquette | Learn the best practices that you should follow when tagging someone. |
| 4. | Cross Posting Etiquette | Understand why you shouldn’t share everything on all social networks. |
| 5. | Control Update Frequency | Learn how to find the balance in post frequency. |
| 6. | Content Best Practices | Understand best practices for publishing posts via social networks. |
Tips, Tricks and Techniques from Experts
Internet experts show you the secrets of how they get the most of the cloud-based applications.
| 95 chapters |
| # | Name |
|---|
| Andy Dunn - Vertical Retail and Social Media | ||
| 1. | Trailer: Retail and Social Media | |
| 2. | Building a Brand Online | |
| 3. | Customer Acquisition | |
| 4. | The World of Online Shopping | |
| 5. | Differentiation | |
| 6. | Leveraging Social Media | |
| 7. | Social Media Successes and Failures | |
| 8. | Connection and Authenticity | |
| 9. | The Evolution of Commerce | |
| Joshua Waldman - Ultimate Guide to Personal Branding | ||
| 1. | Ultimate Guide to Personal Branding | |
| 2. | Personal Branding, Defined | |
| 3. | Importance of Introspection | |
| 4. | What is a Professional Profile? | |
| 5. | Compelling Headlines | |
| 6. | Effective Profile Summaries | |
| 7. | Eye-catching Profiles | |
| 8. | Consistency Across Platforms | |
| 9. | Offline Networking | |
| 10. | Network Reach | |
| 11. | Online Networking | |
| 12. | Ask for an Introduction | |
| 13. | LinkedIn Groups | |
| 14. | The 7 Deadly Sins | |
| David Tisch - Building a Successful Startup | ||
| 1. | Building a Successful Startup | |
| 2. | Becoming an Angel | |
| 3. | Building the Accelerator | |
| 4. | Choosing Companies | |
| 5. | What Makes a Winning Team | |
| 6. | Mentorship and Community | |
| 7. | The NY Tech Scene | |
| 8. | "The Normals" | |
| 9. | Using Twitter | |
| 10. | Opportunity in Social Media | |
| 11. | Being More Productive | |
| 12. | TechStars on Bloomberg | |
| Mike Edelhart - The PC and Social Revolutions | ||
| 1. | The PC and Social Revolutions | |
| 2. | Recognizing a Revolution | |
| 3. | The PC Revolution | |
| 4. | Steve Jobs' Disruption | |
| 5. | Young Jobs & Gates | |
| 6. | The Social Revolution | |
| 7. | Social's Disruption of Traditional Media | |
| 8. | The Nuclear Winter of Social | |
| Mike Edelhart - Creating Value and Attracting Capital | ||
| 1. | Creating Value & Attracting Capital | |
| 2. | Competitive Advantage | |
| 3. | Defining a Purpose | |
| 4. | Understanding the Market | |
| 5. | How I Choose Investments | |
| 6. | Selecting Advisors | |
| 7. | Board Construction | |
| 8. | Deal Terms | |
| 9. | 49er Style Leadership | |
| Jordan Franklin - Facebook Split Testing for Success | ||
| 1. | Facebook Split Testing For Success | |
| 2. | The Social Effect | |
| 3. | Who Should Advertise | |
| 4. | Facebook v. AdWords | |
| 5. | Defining Goals & Target Audience | |
| 6. | Value of Split Testing | |
| 7. | Split Testing Strategy | |
| 8. | Allocating Budget | |
| 9. | Long Term Split Testing | |
| 10. | Cross Channel Audience Segmentation | |
| 11. | The Future of Facebook Ads | |
| Jordan Franklin - Fighting Ad Fatigue and Leveraging Fans | ||
| 1. | Fighting Ad Fatigue & Leveraging Fans | |
| 2. | Identifying Ad Fatigue | |
| 3. | Facebook's Quality Score | |
| 4. | Freshen Up Your Ads | |
| 5. | Leveraging Sponsored Stories | |
| 6. | Converting Fans | |
| 7. | Measuring Social Impact | |
| 8. | Targeting Friends of Fans | |
| Tom Critchlow - Master Video SEO | ||
| 1. | Master Video SEO | |
| 2. | Why is Video Valuable? | |
| 3. | Creating Videos | |
| 4. | Video Keyword Research | |
| 5. | YouTube v. Self Hosting | |
| 6. | YouTube SEO Groundwork | |
| 7. | Advanced YouTube SEO | |
| 8. | Self Hosting SEO Groundwork | |
| 9. | Advanced Self Hosting SEO | |
| 10. | Easiest Distribution Channels | |
| 11. | Video Linkbuilding | |
| 12. | Link Outreach | |
| 13. | Mastering Video Analytics | |
| 14. | Video SEO Case Studies | |
| Greg Rivera - Viral Branding | ||
| 1. | Making a Viral Brand | |
| 2. | Mishka History | |
| 3. | Creating A Web Presence | |
| 4. | Moving From Wholesale to Direct Sales | |
| 5. | Cult Following | |
| 6. | The Power of E-Commerce | |
| 7. | Driving Traffic Through Social Media | |
| 8. | Dealing With Negative Comments | |
| 9. | Social Media Editorial Calendar | |
| 10. | Staying True to Your Brand | |
| Related Education | |
| Social Media | Facebook Pages |
| Facebook Ads | |
| YouTube | |
| Foursquare | WordPress |


