NISM Blog
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...
Missing Something? Social Media Research Is an Integral Part of Your Campaign
In this ever-changing world and economy, coupled with the frantic pace of life, businesses want to see results… and quickly! Clients’ requests and deadlines seem to come in on an hourly basis. Social media and technology platforms continue to launch, grow, or fail at...
How to Host a Virtual Event or Fundraiser
During the pandemic the world shifted. Organizations had to rethink the way they fundraised, hosted events (if they even did), and utilized volunteers. Due to the economic climate, some companies or individuals saw a need to pull back their annual contributions. We...
Don’t Write It Off Yet; Snapchat May Offer a Unique Opportunity to Humanize Your Brand
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, (no comma) is to blog on an area of social media that they found most interesting...
3 Must Have Tools for Remote Social Media Management
There are so many marketing companies that are hiring remote social media managers - it’s almost frightening. Finally, everyone is jumping on the social media bandwagon. It might look easy to manage social media remotely but it’s not a simple job. Remote social media...
Instructor Highlight – Dr. Jennifer Pollard, SMS
The team at the National Institute for Social Media (NISM) is excited to introduce you to one of our newly certified instructors, Dr. Jennifer Pollard, SMS. Dr. Pollard is an industrial an organizational psychologist and a developmental strategist who has worked with...
What’s the difference between a strategist and a fortune teller?
I would imagine fortune tellers see an increase in business at the end of each year. It tends to be when most of us stop and wonder about what the future – the next year and beyond – really holds. Fortune tellers oblige our curiosity and look into a crystal ball to...
A New Years Evolution
What is your goal for 2018? Every year, people take the opportunity of a new year to set new goals where they achieve something better or take an old habit to the graveyard. In the process however, they beat themselves up, fail to manage the level of stress and dwell...
Stay Green in 2018!
I patiently waited as the pear sitting on my kitchen counter turned the perfect shade of yellow. As I cut into it, my excitement turned to disgust as the inside was brown and mushy. Ray Kroc, owner of McDonald’s, once said “When you’re green, you’re growing. When your...