 What is up everyone my name is Zesty Mike. Today I came across something that I think would benefit some of you guys who are looking to build your online business. Now we've all heard the phrase you have to go to college to succeed. Now although it does have some truth to it it's not necessarily all true. Although degrees do look good on paper there are some other good ways to show how talented you are. You can build an awesome demo reel, simply blow them away in your interview or be certified in the trade that they're looking to hire you for. For instance with YouTube you can go through their program and at the end of it you'll receive a certification saying you're certified in audience growth on YouTube. Now another certification that I found useful was to be social media certified. This will help you land many different marketing campaigns as well as any jobs that revolve around social media. Now there's plenty of different schools and online courses that you can go to or use to become certified. However yesterday I received an email from one of my favorite companies Hootsuite. They have a free online school called Podium that trains you in social media strategy. Now before we continue this is not a sponsored video this is just something that I found useful when building a business. In the past I made plenty of different videos around Hootsuite and how powerful it is. They have many different training opportunities but recently they brought to my attention that they have an online exam that will get you social media certified. So if you're a student or someone studying to try and build their own business this is a great certification to have in your arsenal and judging by the company it'll be a good and valuable course not to mention the course itself is free it just cost to take the certification exam. Now if you act today you can actually sign up for the certification at 50% off by entering in the code 50 off at checkout making the course $99. Now although this may sound like a lot to some people I think this is something really beneficial and they'll pay it back in the future especially compared to other different colleges or online courses this is pretty much nothing and if you don't have any money you can ask your friends your parents your boss or your friend Bill who secretly has a crush on you and then this could be a potential investment into your future. Now again this 50% off is only today unfortunately I just found out about it or else I would have let you guys know sooner but you don't have to take the exam today all you have to do is purchase the opportunity to take the exam and then you can study it up on podium and then once you feel ready then you could take the exam whenever you want but if you want the 50% off you do have to purchase it today. Now do keep in mind that this is something for your future this is something for your business this is something for what you want to build because to be able to say that you're certified in social media this looks really good for any company looking to work with you and build a marketing campaign. Now do keep in mind Hootsuite is not the only option you can go to many different schools or online courses to get your certification in social media but you need to start thinking about these types of things when you start to build your business you need to have something that shows that you are able to do what you say you're able to do whether that's a demo reel whether that's proof and analytics and stats or just be able to say you're certified in these different things these are things that you need to start thinking about when you start building your brand but anyways guys that's it for me today if you want to see more of me and my personal channel you can click the link up at the cards above or you can click the links on the description below and of course if you want to see more of my tips and tricks you can click the link in the sidebar and lastly be sure to leave some comments down below of what you'd like me to cover next week but anyways guys that's it and I'll see you next week see ya. Impulse is produced by the Freedom Network ever wanted to earn revenue from your videos? Freedom offers a great partnership program which includes access to hundreds of thousands of audio tracks, sponsorships with great partners and most importantly a no lock-in contract you can leave at any time for any reason we accept everyone both big and small for more information click here or visit the link in the video description