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Hiring in the Digital Age: Social Media in the Hiring Process
Featured image by Ketut Subiyanto In today's hiring landscape, resumes are just the beginning. Before even scheduling an interview, employers can quickly learn about who their candidates are outside of their resumes by conducting a “social media background check.” ...
Why Caring for Your Team is the Smartest Business Strategy
Featured image by Yan Krukau Treating your team well isn’t just good for morale; it’s good for business, too. In today’s world, it is easy to view the well-being of your employees as a bonus instead of an essential to your business. But the truth is, how you treat...
Mastering the Workflow: Essential Project Management Tools for Social Media Strategists
Photo by Daria Nepriakhina As a social media strategist, we know you wear multiple hats. You’re not just managing what is posted where, but whole teams, content creators, deadlines, results, creative, and more. With so many moving parts, staying organized and...
Unbottled Buzz: How Pantene Turned a Viral TikTok Into a Brand Win
Featured image by Mizuno K Picture this: your product gets casually mentioned by a mega-influencer. Suddenly, your brand is trending, your social mentions are exploding, and your product searches are skyrocketing. Every marketer dreams of this moment. But when...
People Are Tired of Being Sold To. Here’s What They Want Instead
Featured image by Andrea Piacquadio Marketing has a reputation problem. Ask the average person what they think of marketing, and chances are, you’ll hear words like manipulative, pushy, or deceptive. And honestly? I get it. Too many companies consistently overpromise,...
Can You Post That? A Social Media Marketer’s Guide to Likeness Rights
Featured image by Arnav Pratap Singh Have you given much thought to your likeness rights? If not, imagine this: You’re driving down the highway when a billboard catches your eye. It's an ad for a fancy new restaurant, nothing unusual. But then you do a double-take:...
Building Meaningful Online Communities on LinkedIn
Featured image by Ono Kosuki Among Social Media Marketers, social media marketing is also known as “many-to-many” marketing. Meaning that marketers do not hold much control…people do. Social media was not originally created for brands to market themselves. Since their...
The Only Equipment You Need to Start Doing Video for Your Business
Most people overcomplicate video. They buy fancy cameras, multiple lights, expensive microphones—and all of it ends up sitting in a closet because the setup takes too long to use consistently. The truth is much simpler: you only need one thing to start creating...
Chronically Online (and Proud): Why Marketers Should Embrace Their Inner Internet Addict
Photo by Rumeysa Demir When I started my 2025 summer as an NISM Social Media Strategist Intern, I didn’t expect to leave with an unofficial superpower. But as the internship wrapped up, I was honored (and a little amused) to receive the “News & Trend Tracker”...