NISM Blog
How Can Your Community Contribute to Content Creation?
Photo Source If you are a community manager, you’ve probably felt the need to be the one who develops all the content. You may believe that blog posts, videos, or graphics need to come from you, and that line of thinking can lead to exhaustion and burnout. Minus a few...
Can Two-Way Conversations Help Build Your Brand?
Photo by: Miguel Á. Padriñán What is so vital about two-way conversations? In short, two-way conversation is the communication between an organization and its customers, which increases the organization's awareness and forges genuine connections with customers. If you...
Learning the Essential Basics of Social Media Channel Monitoring
Photo by Olesksandr P. With the ever-increasing popularity and ubiquity of social media, popular platforms like Facebook and Instagram have become significant tools for many companies, particularly for social media project managers and their teams. In this day and...
24 Sure-Fire Ways to Build a Strong Online Brand in 2024
Photo by Vlada Karpovich There’s one thing that new businesses need to “get” in 2024 and beyond. And it’s this: Your reputation, and by extension, your personal brand is a very valuable asset. It can be the difference between getting a flood of high-value clients or...
The Evolution of Influencer Marketing
Photo by Ivan Samkov Influencer marketing no longer simply refers to celebrity endorsements, it has evolved past that and now includes numerous collaborations with social media influencers, to leverage the different kinds of audiences across various platforms....
Disingenuous Marketing Isn’t Fetch: The ‘Mean Girls’ Debacle
Photo Credit: Jimin Kim/SOPA Images Paramount’s “Mean Girls” was recently queen bee at the box office, raking in $33 million through the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. Audiences were first introduced to the iconic clique known as 'the plastics' when Tina Fey...
How to Create and Integrate a Social Media Policy (and Why You Need One)
Photo by fauxels You’ve seen the articles. An employee is fired for badmouthing their employer on X or someone got the company in hot water by disclosing a customer’s private information. Social media can be an excellent tool for growing your brand’s online presence...
Meet and Greet: Charice Patterson
Our SMS professionals serve as ambassadors for our certification program here at NISM. Not only are they knowledgeable about our curriculum, but they also share our passion for social media. Best of all, their stories help shape our organization and the work that we...
Social Media Governance Strengthens Your Online Presence
Photo by fauxels For many organizations, strengthening their online presence is critical for fulfilling their mission. With an ever-expanding online marketing sphere, adopting formal guidelines around social media governance should be at the forefront of business...