Amazon.com description: Product Description: Are you constantly checking your Facebook status or posting a comment about anything from the latest restaurant you visited to the newest pairs of shoes you bought or how your favorite sports team did last weekend, or anything else to do with your favorite hobby. If you are one of those social media addicts that can go five minutes without checking in with Facebook. This is definitely the course for you. It will teach you how to turn your social media addiction into cash. You will learn how to “put on a happy face for profit” and use your social media skills to make either a full-time or part-time living using Facebook or other social media outlets. You will learn things such as how to use a fan page to generate a profit or how updating your status could lead to financial gain or the proper way to use social media to build a network of loyal customers or how blogs and back links can be used to generate new customer leads and so much more… What you will learn: 1) You will learn how to use how to use a Facebook fan page to generate profit in a given market niche. 2) You will learn how to update your Facebook status for a gain in your profits 3) you will learn how to use a blog to generate positive feedback as well as new customer leads for your business. 4) You will learn how to artfully write postings that will catch and hold your customers attention while simultaneously calling them to action (purchasing a product or service). 5) You will learn how to avoid and the importance of never spamming anyone’s wall or comments. 6) You will learn how to conduct proper research into your given market niche as well as keywords and other search engine triggers. 7) You will learn how to artfully link your social network together to build a solid customer base. 8) You will learn the pros and cons to using professional content writers for your business, and so much more… Who this class is for: this class is for anyone from college students to retirees and entrepreneurs as well as social media addicts who are interested in making money using social media platforms and networks as they are one of the most popular purposes for logging on to the Internet. Students should be at least 18 years of age or have parents’ permission before registering for this course. They should also have a significant command of English and a working knowledge of social media outlets and the Internet as this will make coursework for less difficult. By the end of this course you gain sufficient knowledge to run a successful full-time or part-time social media based business. Although there is no guarantee on behalf of the publisher and/or academic institution as to the significance of a student’s financial gain. This is because, as with all businesses. The markets are prone to fluctuate social media businesses are also the type of endeavor in which you get out exactly what you put in, meaning that this is not a get rich quick scheme or a turnkey operation. It will take a significant amount of time and effort on the part of the entrepreneur to build a reliable customer network. Who this class is NOT for: this class is not designed for anyone that does not have a basic understanding of the Internet and how to use various social media outlets or a student that does not have a working commander of the English language as this could make coursework extremely difficult. It is suggested that if a student is lacking in either understanding of the Internet and social media or command of the English language that some intermediate courses in these areas should be pursued before registering for this course is also not designed as a get rich quick scheme, and will take considerable effort on the part of the entrepreneur to achieve a significant financial gain.