All over the internet and especially in the Social Networking arena like LinkedIn, Twitter, facebook, etc you will find bold claims of SEO {search engine optimisation} or SMO {social media optimisation} experts who are willing to lend their expertise to bring you upto speed in the latest development of Social Media.

The truth of the matter is that most are self taught!  And after countless hours on wiki’s, blogs, social networking sites and other social media have skillfully learnt how to utilise these tools to assist and help clients, friends and fellow bloggers/twitters how to harness the full potential of these tools.

But what difference would it make if you were actually had a qualification in Social Media? Not just a Qualification, but a Masters Degree? Not just a Masters Degree, but one of the first people in the world to recieve a Qualification, NO; a Masters Degree in Social Media!

Birmingham City University is delivering the Masters Degree in Social Media.  The course length is only 1 year and the University will provide the support you need to get a work placement.

What would the first thing you do?

You make it go viral! This is a massive opportunity.  Judging by the number of blogs I read today on this subject alone I know it has gone viral, the blogosphere is ignited and thrilled at this advancement.

I tell you what I would do.  A learning log, I would publish a blog that is a learning log of the entire journey.   I would tweet it daily, update the facebook live feed, get a facebook fan page, add it to my LinkedIn page, hell I would get a custom badge and add it to the LinkedIn Page.

In fact, you know what; I think I will!

I will contact Course Director Jon Hickman tommorrow and have a chat with him about this opportunity.   In fact here is the hashtag #masocialmedia that the tracking software can find this post.

I will give you an update some time this week once I have the conversation.  In the meantime I leave you with this youtube video’s:

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