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Branding Blind Spots Your Audience Sees But You Do Not
(photo credit: Microsoft Stock Images) A brand is not just the content a company posts or the promises it promotes. It is also what customers perceive, what they share with others, and what they silently decide after scrolling past a few posts. Social media has become...
Influencer Marketing’s Blindspot: FTC Regulations and How to Follow Them
Featured image by MART PRODUCTION Influencer marketing is booming, expected to reach $33 billion globally. It’s a space where everyone from budding influencers to major brands is looking to cash in (and yes, NISM even offers a webinar on influencer marketing basics!)....
Behind the Posts: A Look Back at My NISM Internship
When I started my internship with NISM, I wasn’t looking for a job. I was already running my own coloring book company (which, as anyone who has started a small business will know, was no small task). Time? I had none of it. Spare energy? Not exactly overflowing. But...
Beyond Reviews: Discover How User-generated Content Can Enhance Your Brand
If you’re trying to market your brand, chances are you’re already asking the people who use your products or services to write reviews. Endorsements like these are called “user-generated content” by marketing or technology professionals because they are created by...
Defamation And Social Media
Laws regarding defamation were created long before the internet was invented, thus causing a plethora of problems for judges trying to apply decades-old law to modern-day dilemmas. It is dysfunctional, creating a grey area when it comes to social media and defamation....
Social Media Crisis Management Planning
Social media community management can be challenging and rewarding for brands looking to build their reputation. Balancing content creation and curation, posting, social listening, and engagement can positively impact brand efficacy in engaging its audience. When...
What You Need to Know to Stay Afloat on Instagram: 2024 Edition
With the advent and disappearance of once-popular social media platforms MySpace, Vine, and Google+, Instagram has sustained its power over the years since its birth on October 6, 2010. By being able to drive better conversions, boost your engagement, increase brand...
Five-Star Strategies: The Art of the Customer Review
In 2019, I wrote a blog post for the National Institute for Social Media about How to Write a Meaningful Review Quickly, but in honor of National Leave a Review Day, we’re going to take a deeper look at reviews – why they should be part of your strategic plan and what...
Is YouTube Shorts the Long-Game Winner?
Over the past few years, short-form videos are in and longer content is out. Due in large part to the growth of TikTok, social media users have grown accustomed to videos that are sixty seconds or less. In July of 2021, YouTube launched their own version of this with...