NISM Blog
Battling Imposter Syndrome as a Social Media Professional
Since NISM brings together an international community of social media professionals who learn from one another in live webinars and virtual chats, it’s no wonder there’s one topic we see come up time and time again – Imposter Syndrome. Chances are you’ve clicked on...
Recruiting Top Candidates Using Social Media
What does it take for a job post to grab one’s attention? When it comes to recruiting for your company, where are you finding qualified applicants? It seems as if so many companies are struggling to find long-term, qualified, and reliable candidates. Everyone wants to...
Getting Inspired by Social Listening
“Even when you love social listening, you find those moments where you are tired or and want to take pause, or you feel like it can be the task that you put off for another day. And one that never comes unless it must, unfortunately. Social listening is really no...
A Solid Strategy is What Takes Teams to the Super Bowl
On Super Bowl Sunday the objective is clear. To score more points than the opponent and walk away with the trophy. Just like a business owner wants more customers, a medical office wants to be able to serve more patients, education institutions want more students and...
NISM in Paradise
The opportunity to become a certified social media strategist through the National Institute for Social Media (NISM) is exciting on its own, but then being able to train for the certification in sunny Florida, especially during the winter months that are bitter cold...
Crisis Communication Best Practices
Time-sensitive. Not planned. Stressful. These are a few words that come to mind when I hear the term “crisis communications.” No matter what type of organization you work for or even if you own your own business, chances are you’ve experienced a time-sensitive,...
Barracuda PR Meet and Greet
To close out an amazing 2018, the social media team at Barracuda PR, in El Paso, Texas, dedicated themselves to additional training and certification. We are proud to announce that this fantastic organization recently became the first agency in Texas to achieve the...
3 Effective Ways to Manage Multiple Clients
Congrats! You've landed multiple clients for your business. After the initial excitement wears off, the reality of what this actually means soon sets in. How will you manage this? What tools can available to help you feel less overwhelmed? I spent the first 10+ years...
5 Steps to Gaining C-Suite Approval for Social Media
A few years back, I was nearly through a 60-minute presentation on social media with a room full of directors from across the organization when one lone voice finally asked the question on everyone’s mind: What will all of this [social media focus and work] do for us?...