NISM Blog
YouTube Video Ads: How to Capture Attention in the First 5 Seconds
With over 1 billion active users, YouTube is a powerful platform for video advertising. But with so much competition, it can be tough to capture a viewer's attention. For businesses, advertising on YouTube provides an excellent opportunity to connect with potential...
How to Optimize Your Google Ads Campaign
A Google Ads campaign is one of the best ways to reach your target audience. But as data grows and competition levels increase, it can be challenging to stand out from your competitors and convert leads into sales. For this reason, it's essential to keep your Google...
Should You Keep Copywriting In-House or Outsourced?
Knowing what areas to outsource and when is a massive part of being a business owner. Whether you’re a solopreneur or you’re building a team, outsourcing is inevitable. As a business owner, it’s your responsibility to either master a skill or outsource it to someone...
Micro-Influencers & Social Media Marketing
Through our partnership with St. Mary’s University of Minnesota, we meet extremely talented MBA students and social media marketing professionals. One of their assignments in our course is to blog on an area of social media that they found most interesting or learned...
Meet and Greet: Melissa Fransen
The NISM SMS professionals serve as ambassadors for our certification program. 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 do here....
How to Tag Others in Social Media Posts
The actual steps to tagging a person or business account on social media can vary slightly by platform. Here are a few techniques to get you started. When in doubt, check out the platform specific recommendations for tagging as things can change over time. Not sure if...
Meet and Greet: Marissa Shaffer
The NISM SMS professionals serve as ambassadors for our certification program. 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 do here....
Is There Value in Tagging Others in Social Media Posts?
Posting on social media has become a daily activity for many individuals and businesses across the globe. Often the goal is to engage or communicate with others. With this in mind, how do we know when to tag people or brands? And what’s the value of tagging others? ...
Meet and Greet: Rudy Vasquez
The NISM SMS professionals serve as ambassadors for our certification program. 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 do here....