About Bristol
Social Media Academy
Your business has stories. Let’s help you tell them. We give business owners and teams the ideas, skills and confidence to create social media they’re proud of, whenever a story is worth telling.
Our mission: help businesses
build social media skills.
During almost a decade as a freelance social media manager, BSMA founder Thom Whitchurch (Thom Foodery) kept hearing the same thing: business owners and marketers wanted to grow through organic social media, but needed the skills and confidence to do it in-house.
Many weren’t ready for the cost or commitment of an agency or freelancer. Whether the hurdle was getting on camera, finding ideas or filming and editing, the request was simple: “I wish somebody could teach me how to do it.” So Thom created BSMA.
We’ve since trained hospitality businesses, schools, colleges, universities, marketing and PR agencies, construction companies, freelancers and marketing managers across a range of organisations.
Our training team’s
social media experience.
BSMA’s training experience spans hospitality, education, construction, marketing and PR agencies, freelancers and in-house marketing teams. Our training managers adapt each session to the business, roles and experience in the room.
Training brings together content strategy, storytelling, filming, editing and practical AI skills. We help teams find ideas in their everyday work and turn them into content they can keep creating in-house.
Course material is written and developed by founder Thom Whitchurch, a working content creator with almost a decade’s experience in social media management. His experience informs the methods our trainers teach, from building stronger hooks to producing video with a phone.
Thom has created social video since 2013, including a video with 80M+ combined views. His @thom_foodery Instagram has 36.5K followers. View his professional profile ↗
How we teach
social media storytelling.
The way you make something. A question customers keep asking. The people behind the work. We’re good at helping you spot the everyday things you might overlook and turn them into creative content ideas.
Then we help you put them into practice. Build a clearer social media strategy, learn to film and edit with your phone, or develop your video production skills.
Practical social media training
at your workplace.
Training happens at your workplace, using your business and real content ideas. We want you to leave knowing how to make the next piece yourself.
Use AI and marketing automation to make more time for the work, or build your skills through practice and feedback on the 3-Month Social Media Accelerator.
Enquire about
social media training.
Tell us about your business, what you want to achieve and where you’d like more confidence. We’ll help you choose the right training.