NISM Blog
Digital Marketer’s Survival Guide to Avoid Falling Prey to Black Hat Marketing
Imagine you’re walking down a busy street in Brooklyn, New York, on a busy and rainy morning. As you walk to your social media marketing job, you bump into someone tall who is wearing an oversized black hat, paired with a long trench coat. They don’t know your...
The Importance of Your Organization’s Mission, Vision, and Values
Photo by fauxels A company’s mission, vision, and values are what make your brand communicate who you are, what you do, and why you can help someone solve a problem. Internally, it also paves the way for creating your goals and maintaining your image to your target...
SWOT Analysis: The Swiss Army Knife of Analytical Tools
Image from Pixabay “Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” Abraham Lincoln knew the importance of researching and developing a wide context before important decision-making. So today, instead of worrying that our...
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...
Making In-the-Moment Content STICK
Summertime, upcoming events, and an increase in outings mean one thing: more in-the-moment content for your social media pages! Content is everywhere so take advantage of these longer days, brighter colors, and warmer weather; this is what your audience wants to see!...
5 Musts When Creating a Content Strategy
Image source: Unsplash If you are a business or organization, you likely have one of these goals: Sell products Promote services Gain subscribers Acquire volunteers Collect donations Hire staff How do you sell yourself to your target audience to reach these...
Make Actionable Audits Work For You
Data-driven marketing, strategy, and social media; more than just buzzwords in thought leader Twitter threads. Strategy driven by accurate and actionable data analysis can help marketers, strategists, organizations, and individuals highlight opportunities for stronger...
Establishing an Online Community with Facebook Groups
Image source: Unsplash Gathering as a community. A concept we have not forgotten but have missed doing in the traditional sense during the Pandemic. Even before our lives were moved to an online or hybrid world, Facebook was providing ways to cultivate meaningful...
Maintaining Your Skills Through Continuing Education
In most professions, the learning doesn’t stop when you graduate. Having a career in social media, marketing or communications is no exception. However, the amazing thing about education in our world right now is that there are so many options to choose from, both...