History of the Social Media Certificate Program

5 Years of teaching Social Media Managment

Over 5 years of training!

As of spring 2018 class, we have now trained over 240 students and have been offering this training program for over 5 years! The last 4 years have been offered at NC State University TTTS.

Social Media Management Class

By 2015 Spring at NCSU McKimmon Center
Class #9 & 10 we had over 100 graduates.

Martin Brossman and Karen Tiede offer the third and fourth instances of the Social Media Management Certificate Program, 14 weeks with 42 hours of classroom time, at the NCSU Technical Training Center. Students who complete all the work for the Social Media Certificate will have a comprehensive social media strategy and plan for the business or non-profit organization of their choice.

Social Media Management Certificate Program

Instructors Martin Brossman and Karen Tiede discuss the Social Media Certificate Program. See the FAQ for more questions and answers about taking this social media strategy training.

2013 – Fall – Central Carolina Community College

Martin Brossman and Karen Tiede offer the second instance of the Social Media Certificate Training Program at the Pittsboro Campus, CCCC. Students who completed all the work for the Social Media Certificate created a comprehensive social media strategy and plan for the business or non-profit organization of their choice. Students created social media plans for a brewery, a nightclub, a church in the Missionary Baptist Convention, a farmers’ market, veterinary practices, an alumni association, two different retail businesses, an event planning business, and a local government office.

2013 Fall Social Media Certificate Program Graduates

2013 – Spring – Central Carolina Community College

Martin Brossman and Anora McGaha developed and offered the first instance of the Social Media Certificate Training Program at the Pittsboro Campus, CCCC. Students who completed all the work for the Social Media Certificate created a comprehensive social media strategy and plan for the business or non-profit organization of their choice.

2013 Spring Social Media Certificate Program Graduates

Students created social media plans for a health food store, an online store selling vintage memorabilia, a concealed carry training business, a management consulting firm, a family-run construction business, a home inspection business, an art workshop business, a farmers’ market, a men’s fashion consultant, an art business, an eBay vendor, an organic farm, and three marketing professionals who took the class to augment their marketing skills.

Martin Brossman and Anora McGaha talk about the Spring 2013 Social Media Certificate Training:

2012 to 2013 – across North Carolina

Martin Brossman continued offered multiple sessions of social media training including Core Competency in Social Media and Super Charge Your Business with Social Media, as well as numerous keynote and other talks on the topic of how small business can compete successfully in the internet age by developing an effective social media strategy.

2011 – Social Media for Business book publication

Martin Brossman and Anora McGaha publish a book: Social Media for Business

Social Media for Business

2010 – Linking Into Sales book publication

Martin Brossman and Greg Hyer published their book Linking Into Sales. Listen to their podcast today at http://LinkingIntoSales.com

Linking Into Sale

2009-2010 – Team Nimbus Center, Raleigh, NC

Martin Brossman and Rob Laughter offer a 10 session in-person training course at the Team Nimbus Center. My Social Media Mastery covered the fundamentals of implementing a social media strategy for a small business.

Video if Martin and Rob – Video produced by Alex Ferguson: