
Aptly
Learn how to manage and grow your online presence across Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp Business, and Meta Business Suite. Build optimized profiles, create high-quality content, and apply proven engagement strategies to grow your audience. Master customer communication tools, automate interactions, and use analytics and scheduling features to run your social media channels efficiently and effectively.
This course teaches you how to confidently manage your online presence across Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp Business, and Meta Business Suite. You will begin by exploring Instagram's value for businesses and learning how to set up and optimize an Instagram business account. By understanding Instagram's key tools and best practices, you will create a fully optimized profile that reflects your brand identity and supports audience engagement. Next, you will learn how to create high-quality, visually appealing Instagram content. You will explore different content types, study the principles of mobile-first design, and analyze what drives engagement on the platform. Through hands-on practice, you will apply best practices for posts, stories, and reels, ultimately creating content that aligns with your brand and resonates with your audience. The course then guides you through strategies for growing and engaging an Instagram community. You will learn how to leverage interactive features, participate authentically in trends, and apply structured community-building practices that foster genuine connection and sustained engagement. From there, you will shift into customer communication tools, beginning with Messenger. You will explore how Messenger supports customer service, sales, and conversational experiences. By analyzing real business use cases, you will learn how to manage conversations effectively, automate responses, and create a Messenger strategy that improves customer satisfaction and response times. You will also gain hands-on experience with WhatsApp Business. You will learn its core features, understand how businesses use it to strengthen customer relationships, and apply best practices for automation and engagement. By the end of this section, you will develop a WhatsApp communication strategy tailored to your business goals and audience. Finally, you will explore Meta Business Suite as a central hub for managing your social media presence. You will learn how to schedule content, manage messages, review analytics, and organize your workflow for greater efficiency. You will apply what you've learned to create a structured content and engagement plan that unifies your activity across Facebook and Instagram. By the end of the course, you will be able to manage your brand’s online presence with clarity, confidence, and strategic intention. 3b
Anke Audenaert
CEO & Co-Founder Aptly, Adj. Professor, UCLA Anderson School of Management