Pitman Training

Business IT Diploma with Social Media

Diploma Outline

Build your social media business knowledge.

Nowadays most understand how to use social media in personal life, but using social platforms for business is very different and needs to be done correctly, otherwise it could be a business PR disaster! 

This diploma covers each social media platform in detail and gives advice and guidance on how best to maximise the business potential on each. On top of this, you’ll gain fantastic Microsoft Office and office administration skills, a winning combination!

With the flexible method of study available, you can study this Diploma whenever suits you in any of our handy local centres.

  • Flexible training which fits around your commitments
  • Support on hand from our friendly course advisors

Get the skills and confidence you need to achieve your career goals!

Make yourself a socially indispensable!

Our Business IT Diploma with Social Media is great if you’re looking to give yourself a niche in your role as social media is fast becoming one of the main ways a business communicates with customers, colleagues and communities. 

So, if you’d like to set up your own business, or take on the challenges of managing a business’s social media channels, this diploma will give you a fantastic in-depth look at each social media platform, from a business point of view. You’ll also cover topics such as Microsoft Office and Effective Business Communication to give you all the skills required to confidently undertake a wide-range of tasks.

There are fourteen core courses in our Business IT Diploma with Social Media which are: –

  • Social Media Strategy for Business
  • Facebook for Business
  • SEO for Business
  • LinkedIn for Business
  • Twitter for Business
  • Google+ for Business
  • Blogging for Business
  • Video for Business
  • Typing (choose from a selection)
  • Effective Business Communication
  • Microsoft Word or Word Expert
  • Microsoft Excel or Excel Expert
  • Microsoft PowerPoint or Access
  • Microsoft Outlook

You can study this course at times to suit you and there are many sections of the Diploma which may be studied from home. The estimated duration for this Diploma is 170 hours which is equivalent to 6 weeks full-time study.

Our Business IT Diploma with Social Media is part of our distance learning range – which can be accessed online. 

This means that you have the flexibility to study our Business IT and Social Media Diploma:

  • In centre, with our friendly course advisors available for support and guidance as and when you need it.
  • At home or from work – with support via email or telephone during working hours.
  • On a blended mix – in-centre for the modules you need help with, at home or from work for those you are gliding through.

Once you’ve decided to go ahead, all you’ll need to do is contact your nearest Pitman Training centre that offers and supports the distance learning platform, and they will arrange for you to have an induction to show you around the system and talk you through how our online training works. After this, you can learn in your own time and at your own speed, but with the knowledge you have support at hand if required. 

To find your nearest centre that offers and supports our online Business IT Diploma with Social Media training, /training-a-z/”>


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