NISM Blog
Instagram SEO: Improve Your Visibility
Instagram serves more than 1 billion users –– in this ocean of massive audiences posting diverse content every second, how do you stand out? This question triggers a lot of bloggers, influencers, and of course social media marketers. The answer is pretty simple,...
The Resurgence of QR Codes
Left for dead about ten years ago, the QR code has made a strong comeback, largely in part, due to the pandemic. Did you know that QR codes predate social media and smartphones? In fact, they came into being around the time the World Wide Web, and the internet started...
5 Tips to Identify Fake News
As social media and the internet consumes our lives more, we tend to use them as a way to know the news. Unfortunately, you can’t be confident that news online is truthful. In this day and age, fake news has become more prevalent. Fake news is defined by...
Skittles in the Rain: Social Listening Offers Unique ROI Opportunity
If a brand is going to spend advertising dollars, no matter how insignificant it may be to the overall advertising budget, isn’t it important to monitor? This case study highlights how one brand missed a potential opportunity by not engaging in an organically driven...
Changing of the Seasons
As I drove to Duluth over the holiday weekend, I found myself wondering where the summer went. I started lamenting over the fact that I didn't spend nearly as much time outdoors as I had envisioned, while at the same time, feeling a little excited by the promise of a...
Meet and Greet: Patricia Diaz
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....
The Elusive “Best Day & Time” May Be Lurking in Plain Sight
Looking for the best day & time has been an age old hunt for marketers, dating back to the days of email marketing and cold calling. While efforts have been made to provide this information, whether it’s through articles touting the “best day & time” to post...
Meet and Greet: Sarah Willey
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....
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...