NISM Blog
Liven up Your Holiday Social Media Posts
Photo by Felipe Santana Holiday posts are everywhere on social media, and often we ignore them. Meant as a way to bring us together outside of the usual grind, holiday messages can seem dull and generic in comparison to other posts. Yet, there is a way to enliven what...
The Share Effect: Revisiting Strategies to Grow Your Audience Through Sharable Content
Photo by Alexander Suhorucov Have you ever really thought about why creating content that others want to engage with and share with their audience is so desirable? Sometimes we get so focused on the terminology and the measurement, we don’t think enough about why it...
Case Study: Professional Association Content that Converts
Photo by Daniele Franchi Social media marketing for any business is challenging, but for a business in the process of rebranding, maintaining its brand identity while integrating its diverse offerings can seem daunting. Meeting that particular challenge is especially...
Making the Argument for a Social Media Council
Often at big companies, there’s an assumption that “the social media team does social media.” But this is not true. Your social media team works with groups throughout the company to ensure your social media is safe, effective, on-brand and compliant. Close...
Utilizing Social Media Marketing for Your Real Estate Business
Effective marketing has always been one of the key challenges for any real estate business. Yet, it’s undeniably an essential component to success. Fortunately, the rise of the digital landscape has provided realty businesses with some great tools here. Chief among...
Meet and Greet: Chris Strub
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...
Instagram Reels: Trendy and Targeted!
Last month, we broke down why Instagram Reels are so successful for reach and how to get started making them. If you haven’t read that blog post, we suggest you start there! Now, we’re diving into the fun side of IG Reels. From finding inspiration, to hopping on...
Social Media Storytelling for Business
Anyone in the social media industry will tell you that social media marketing can be quite simple: people want to see people on social media. And this is true, but it also needs to be done effectively. Oftentimes many accounts’ marketing campaigns can fail because...
Not Following the Crowd on Social Media
Every time we wake up and turn on the news there is a new must-have social media app. TikTok, Snapchat, LinkedIn, Instagram. Which one should you be on for your business or personal brand? Before you create a username for every social media platform out there, read...