NISM Blog
Conference Content: It’s Showtime!
Lights! Camera! Content! What some conference presenters miss out on is the opportunity to take their content offstage! If you find yourself presenting, know that your impact and content can live on long after your hour is up. How do you do that? Well, it’s showtime! ...
8 Essential Visualization Tools For Social Media Marketers
As a social media marketer, communication is your stock-in-trade. From weaving just the right words to make an irresistible post to crafting the perfect images that your audience can’t turn away from, capturing your audience’s attention is the mission. But...
Conference Content: How to Bring Your Best!
Not dissimilar to a big game, vacation, or even Christmas, the time leading up to a conference can be filled with anxiety (the good kind hopefully) and excitement! Say sponsoring a session, presenting, or setting up shop behind a booth just isn’t your thing. Hey...
Twitter Lists and Your Social Strategy
Twitter lists are a very helpful organizational tool which allows you to filter accounts by the categories that you've assigned them to. For example, if I have connected with individuals that I know value education, I can add them to a list labeled: Education. Then...
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....