NISM Blog
Conference Content: How to Plan & Perform
What are social media strategists best at? A lot of things, definitely! One of the strongest? Planning! Whether virtual or in-person, conferences are the place to form genuine, quality connections with like-minded professionals. They allow you to learn from...
Can AI Tools Create Good Blog Content: A Case-Study
AI is here and definitely making an impact in businesses today. We may not even realize we have been using forms of AI for years. Ever heard of Grammarly? That tool has been helping people double check their grammar for years now. And what about chatbots. These AI...
8 Tips to Nail Your HARO Pitch as an Expert Source
It’s no secret that media exposure is great for business. It increases your visibility and credibility, helps you reach new audiences, and drives traffic to your website. The good news is that today, getting some clout is easier than ever with services such as HARO,...
Actionable Metrics
A large part of using and managing social media is the use of metrics. Organizations use metrics as a way to track their KPIs, or for celebration when they hit a particular milestone, like 1,000,000 followers. A good social media strategist knows that there are...
Lessons Learned: To bot or not to bot?
It’s been just over 2 1/2 months since we launched a chatbot on our institutional website. Now I’m not here to sell you on whether or not a chatbot is right for you and your business or institution - that’s an answer that can only be found within your own goals &...
Meet and Greet: Bryan Welsh
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...
How to Use Social Media to Advocate for Good
Have you wondered how you can control the positivity of your social media posts? Create a goal of delivering good content that helps the common good. It is an opportunity to showcase your human values of connecting and conversing through social media. Social media...
The Future of Work: Top Marketing Tech Skills
Technology has taken over many industries, including Digital Marketing. Companies have to reach their audience on the platforms that they spend the most time on. For instance, a couple of decades ago, it was television, but today everyone is always on one digital...
Twitter Wants You to Read Before You Retweet
Twitter is taking a stab at ensuring its users engage in meaningful conversations. “To help promote informed discussion,” Twitter is testing a new feature that will ask users if they really want to retweet a link they haven’t actually taken the time to read...