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...
Getting Started on Twitter
For the last 6 years, I have worked with job seekers and small business owners on how to better build their online presence. I am continually surprised by how many people are nervous about Twitter, or who, like me in the beginning, didn’t understand the professional...
Skol Marketing Meet and Greet
We’ve started introducing you to some of our individual Social Media Strategist professionals here at NISM, but we also would like to introduce you to an agency who chose to certify its social media team members. The social media team at Skol Marketing became the...
3 Meaningful Ways to Build Community Online
There are several different definitions of the word “community.” One definition of the word is “a group of people with a common characteristic or interest living together within a larger society.” If you think about it, the social media realm sounds an awful lot like...
Skol Marketing is the First Agency in Minnesota to be Certified by the National Institute for Social Media
When asked how Social Media Strategist certification through the National Institute for Social Media has helped his social media team, Ben Theis stated, “I think it really has done what I wanted it to do, and helps us stand out from the competition and give us that...
Changes to Continuing Education Credits
As we certified and then re-certified more and more social media professionals, we realized we needed to make a few updates to our social media strategist recertification process. As an organization committed to the training and certification of social media...
Forrest Flinn Meet and Greet
MEET AND GREET: Forrest Flinn INTRODUCTION Our SMS professionals serve as ambassadors for our certification program here at NISM. Not only are they knowledgeable about our curriculum, they also share our passion for social media. Best of all, their stories help shape...