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NISM Intern Wrap Up: Ben Rosenstiel

NISM Intern Wrap Up: Ben Rosenstiel

This summer, we were fortunate to have four talented interns join us virtually at NISM. Throughout the internship, they gained hands-on experience crafting content, engaging with our community, and applying social media strategies learned through our course materials....

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Meet and Greet: Jaime McKee, SMS

Meet and Greet: Jaime McKee, SMS

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...

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How a Market Map Can Elevate Your Business Strategy

How a Market Map Can Elevate Your Business Strategy

Photo by Karolina Kaboompics Arguably the most important aspect of marketing is finding out who to target. You can have an amazing online presence but if it is with the wrong segment of people, it will not perform as well and will not result in sales for your company....

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Social Retail: COVID-19 Changed How We Buy

Social Retail: COVID-19 Changed How We Buy

Consumer behavior has undoubtedly shifted to the use of digital tools in the last few years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. If you are like me, and you check out your list of purchases on your Target or Amazon app, there’s an upward trend in purchases. You’ve likely...

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Teaching Social Media to Adults

Teaching Social Media to Adults

Working as a social media professional is more than community management, strategy, and marketing. Most social media roles entail some aspect of education. This can be anything from educating leadership on the goals and fundamentals of social media to teaching team...

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Making the Argument for a Social Media Council

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...

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Meet and Greet: Chris Strub

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...

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Instagram Reels: Trendy and Targeted!

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...

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