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8 Best Content Strategy Courses for Beginners

We compared 8 Content Strategy courses currently listed on Udemy, edX and Coursera, priced from $9.99 to $268.20. 1 comes from a named university or institution, including The University of Edinburgh. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.

Courses compared
8
Price range
$9.99 – $268.20
Providers
Udemy, edX, Coursera
Last updated
18 Sep 2026
How these 8 courses were chosen

Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Udemy, edX, Coursera, matched to "content strategy" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.

The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.

There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $9.99 to $268.20, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.

  1. 1
    Udemy MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    Google Business Profile For Beginners + Google Maps SEO

    This is how to become a leader in your area, in your industry and build a wildly successful & profitable business. This is the ultimate guide to building and scaling your local business so that you can make more than...

    $149.99
    listed price
  2. 2
    Udemy Certificate Grade B

    Blogging With AI - WordPress Content Creation For Beginners

    Unlock the power of blogging as a dynamic content marketing tool with this complete course designed for beginner bloggers, small business owners, and content creators wanting to learn how to blog correctly for content ma...

    $29.99
    listed price
  3. 3
    edX MOOC / Non-credit Grade C University-backed

    Digital Marketing Fundamentals

    Offered by The University of Edinburgh

    The Digital Marketing Fundamentals course caters to professionals looking to enhance their understanding of online marketing strategies. It explores key concepts in digital marketing, helping learners develop skills to e...

    $268.20
    listed price
  4. 4
    Udemy Certificate Grade C

    Facebook Video Ads For Complete Beginners

    Video Ads Traffic Blueprint Turns Newbies Into Facebook Video Ad Creators Step By Step. How to start a campaign from scratch and follow along with us as we show you every click. We will set up simple campaigns and all y...

    $19.99
    listed price
  5. 5
    Udemy Certificate Grade C

    Introduction to SEO & Keywords Research with Mangools SEO

    Your website not ranking or don't know where to start ? Here is the all-in-one SEO tools for you for in-depth keyword research. But not only that we take a look how to acquire keywords from your competitors. Figure the k...

    $19.99
    listed price
  6. 6
    Udemy Certificate Grade C

    Beginners guide to SEO for medical writers

    Want to learn about search engine optimisation (SEO)?As a medical writer, SEO can help you gain a deeper understanding of how content on the internet can rank on Google so your ideal audience can find it and benefit...

    $44.99
    listed price
  7. 7
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade C

    SEO Masterclass With AI SEO: Beginner To Advanced - 2026

    Offered by Alex Genadinik

    All the knowledge you need for SEO, even if you are new to SEO. The specialization will introduce you to beginner SEO topics, and quickly show you advanced and cutting-edge SEO techniques that are relevant today. The spe...

    $49.00
    listed price
  8. 8
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade C Lowest price here

    Make.com for Beginners: LinkedIn Post Automation With GPT-4

    Offered by Coursera

    Did you know that automating LinkedIn posts can streamline your content strategy and save valuable time? This Guided Project is designed to help social media managers and marketers effectively use Make.com for automating...

    $9.99
    listed price

Best Content Strategy Courses for Beginners compared

Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.

What the prices here tell you

The 8 priced courses on this page run from $9.99 to $268.20, with the middle of the range around $44.99 — a spread of $258.21. That is a wide gap for one subject. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.

Who is behind these courses

These courses come from Udemy, edX and Coursera. The platforms differ in how they sell: some charge once per course, others expect a subscription, and the listed price is not always what you pay at checkout after a promotion. 1 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including The University of Edinburgh — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.

Before you enrol

Open the provider’s own page and check three things this comparison cannot tell you: when the course was last updated, what the syllabus actually covers in its later sections, and what recent learners say. Prices shown here are the provider’s listed price when we last rebuilt this page on 18 September 2026 — they change often, and a promotion can move them substantially. We earn a commission if you enrol through our links, which costs you nothing and never affects the order courses appear in.

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