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An Expert’s Guide to Executing a Winning B2B SEO Strategy
Whether it's SEO, content marketing, or social media, each digital marketing strategy should be tailored to fit its target audience. However, when considering how to execute the right approach to gaining brand awareness and organic search engine rankings, it's...
3 Ways To Create More Authentic and Meaningful Social Media Posts
It’s difficult to imagine a business without a solid social media strategy. Social media is such an important part of the digital marketing sector that some companies rely on it far more than traditional advertising methods. However, it’s not enough to put together a...
The Role of Social Media During and After a Major Natural Disaster: A Story Within a Story
Hurricane Ian was an unwelcome guest who left major portions of Florida destroyed, especially in the southwest area. His strength, size, and point of impact was not even close to what had been predicted. Some might say, Ian wasn’t what he appeared to be on his...
The Power of a Social Media Break: Lessons Learned When I Locked My Phone in a Box
Image Source: Katy Spencer Johnson The great outdoors. A stressed-out social media strategist. One box with a lock. Thus began my 96 hour social media break. After four years of being “on” as a full-time social media manager. I reached a moment of clarity: I needed...
5 Steps for Professional Recommendation Requests
There has, most likely been a point in your life where you have either asked for or have been asked to give a recommendation. In the not so distant past, this was done in a paper letter format. In today’s virtual work world, recommendations are online with the entire...
How to Incorporate Reddit Into Your Social Media Strategy
The Internet is huge, that much is a given. And the opportunities to reap it for marketing purposes are painfully obvious. Given that it’s teeming with millions of people that just a few years ago had an annual spending capacity of $61,224 on average, it’s practically...
Made you Click: The Clickbait Debate
In December 2006, Jay Geiger wrote a blog post that included a never-before-seen word: clickbait. The logic was simple — click referred to the click of a computer mouse while bait referred to something that lures in online users like a worm might lure in a giant...
How Are Your Phone Skills?
Does it sound too low-tech for a social media professional to talk about phone conversations in a virtual work environment? Not when you’re working to meet clients, coworkers, and team members where they are. You may find that connecting via phone is a welcome...
Meet and Greet: Katy Spencer Johnson
Get to know Social Media Strategist, Katy Spencer Johnson! 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...