Exciting news from our parent company, mediabistro: a new online course, Social Marketing Boot Camp, will be offered that will teach you how to use social media – including Facebook, Twitter and more – to market your business. And this course will tap into some of the biggest names in social media for live lessons, including Kara Swisher, Brian Solis and Mari Smith.

The course will run eight weeks, beginning March 23rd and ending May 11th. It is completely online, so you can access it from anywhere with an internet connection.

This is an comprehensive course that will teach you to maximize your social media presence through both practical application and lessons from respected guest speakers. You’ll learn how to use a variety of social media tools throughout the eight weeks, by completing weekly lesson plans, hearing from thought leaders, understanding case studies and participating in group strategy session with others from top media companies.

If you’re looking for insight into how to create and implement a Twitter marketing plan, I’ll be running a live tutorial during the course which will teach you how to manage your business’ Twitter account, set up a tweet schedule and keep an eye on the competition.

Other tutorial leaders and guest speakers include All Things D’s Kara Swisher discussing new ways to think about your content and Brian Solis covering how to find new business using social media.

If you want to create and implement a social media strategy for your business, this course is a must-do. Enrollment is open now.