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How Messenger Can Boost Your Business and Customer Relationships
When I was invited to work for the largest vacation rental online marketplace company, I joined forces with one of the most dynamic customer support teams of my career. The job came with the daily responsibility to uphold the company's mission to provide world-class...
5 Digital Marketing Trends to Target Gen Z
Also referred to the iGeneration, this generation covers anyone born between 1995 to the mid-2000s. Ideally, this lot was born during the age of the internet. This particular customer base has completely changed or rather disrupted the way we market. This generation...
Strategic Planning. Think Tactically
Ahh.. the joys of assembling a strategic marketing communications plan. For those of us who have the ability to think big picture while executing at the daily level, this becomes almost as natural as breathing. It is a tool that we rely on, especially when there are...
National Institute for Social Media Partners with Argosy University to Offer Social Media Certification Course
This post has been updated - 2/18/2013. APPLE VALLEY, MINN. – Feb. 12, 2013 – Argosy University and the National Institute for Social Media (NISM) have signed an agreement to incorporate social media certification into undergraduate programs at Argosy University....
Social Media Certification – A Case of Success
The Situation Jason Schober started his career working in Sales with Financial Services firms in the Twin Cities market. In his work, he found social media to be a great tool for networking and lead generation. As he progressed in his career, he discovered that he was...
Future Jobs in Social Media and How to Get Them
Jobs in social media are becoming more and more common in companies both large and small. According to Simply Hired Job Trend Data (See Fig. A), the number of Social Media job posts have increased by 38% since October of 2011. An impressive growth figure considering...
Best Value Social Media Certifications – NISM vs Hootsuite
Hootsuite is an organization that offers its clients and customers a social media management system for businesses and organizations to collaboratively execute campaigns across multiple social networks from one secure, web-based dashboard. Hootsuite University, which...
10 Social Media Sites that are Most Important to Your Business
One of the most frequently asked questions that we get from the students of our courses is, "What social sites are the most important to social media success?" It is certainly a valid question. Who wouldn't want to know if there is a mix of social media platforms that...
NISM Launches Online Certification Preparation Course
In addition to the outstanding curriculum offered through our education network, NISM will launch its first fully online certification preparation course. This course will begin on November 12th and will run for 5 weeks. After completing this course, participants will...