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Social Ready: social media management course: become a social media manager
Six lessons: the role, strategy and calendars with AI, branded content and review rules, community management, account security, and reporting, pricing and first clients. Australia, UK and US. Self-paced, not an accredited qualification.
About this course
social media management course: become a social media manager.
Starter · About 1 hour of learning · 6 lessons · 12 quick checks · 1 download
Who it's for
Career changers, hospitality and retail workers, and freelancers in Australia, the UK, the US and elsewhere.
How it works
6 guided lessons in your browser, with worked examples, exercises and a quick check after each lesson. Progress is saved in this browser only, and you can restart at any time.
Sources we rely on
16 published sources, mostly regulators and official bodies, listed below so you can check the original guidance yourself.
By the end you can
- Describe the social media manager role and the skills it needs
- Turn a client brief into pillars, a voice guide and a calendar
- Run influencer posts, claims and review requests within the rules
- Moderate comments and protect client account access
- Report honestly, package services and spot SMM-targeted scams
Downloads
- Social media manager toolkit .xlsxSkills audit, client brief, voice guide, content calendar with approvals, house rules and escalation, access log, monthly report and post rules check, with Rosa’s example.
Rules by country
Learning time
About 1 hour of learning. May count towards your CPD or professional development; check your professional body's rules. Estimated from reading time, exercises, quick checks and downloads.
Sources
Check the originals.
Drafted with AI assistance and run through automated quality and source checks. How these courses are made. Spotted an error or out-of-date rule? Send a correction.
Education only. We make no earnings or income claims: results depend on your skills, effort, market and many other factors, and most new ventures earn little at first. We don't teach investing, crypto trading, network marketing or dropshipping schemes, and we don't use affiliate links.
- Guidance on privacy and the use of commercially available AI products · Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC)
- About branded content on Facebook, Instagram and Threads · Meta Business Help Center
- How to use the paid partnership label to tag organic branded content on Instagram · Instagram Help Center
- FTC’s Endorsement Guides: what people are asking · Federal Trade Commission (US)
- 16 CFR Part 255: Guides concerning the use of endorsements and testimonials in advertising · eCFR, Federal Trade Commission (US)
- Influencers’ guide to making clear that ads are ads · ASA and CAP (UK)
- Social media promotions · ACCC (Australia)
- False or misleading claims · Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)
- FTC announces final rule banning fake reviews and testimonials (14 August 2024) · Federal Trade Commission (US)
- Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, Schedule 20, paragraph 13 (fake reviews) · legislation.gov.uk (UK)
- Online reviews for products and services · ACCC (Australia)
- About AI-generated content · TikTok Support
- Password managers: using them to remember your passwords · National Cyber Security Centre (UK)
- Social media: how to use it safely · National Cyber Security Centre (UK)
- How to spot and avoid task scams (14 August 2025) · Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Advice (US)
- Report Fraud: the place to report, prevent and learn about cyber crime and fraud · Report Fraud, City of London Police (UK)
Publisher
Who publishes this course.
Published by trainyourself.org, a trading name of Combine TRS Pty Ltd (ABN 42 112 983 678), Brisbane, Australia.
How it's made: drafted with AI assistance from published official, regulator and platform guidance, then run through automated quality checks against our course depth standard and automated source checks that match each rule to its official source, listed above. The course guide is an AI presenter and is labelled as one. Read how these courses are made.
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