NISM Blog
Celebrating Online Learning
These days, it’s nearly impossible to find an individual who never has sat down to watch an educational video or take a course online. From training videos for new employees to motivational Ted Talks, our access to information is limitless, thanks to digital learning....
How Live Streaming Contributes to Your Sales
Image credit: Pexels Live videos have become a massive trend in online retail. There are a few reasons behind this curious development. First, social media facilitates broadcasting in technical terms: it’s never been so simple to go live! Second, brands want to engage...
Valuable Social Media Tips for the PR Team
Having synergy with your PR team can maximize campaign success. In addition, social media channels can assist with public relations outreach. Facebook: Use Facebook Live to create a monthly discussion series to showcase your brand’s influencers. Create Facebook...
How Social Media has Changed the World of Sports Journalism
It’s been covered over and over again how much social media has changed our world the past few years. From communication to job searching to procrastination and time-wasting, social media leaves a mark. There’s also no doubt social has vastly changed the tasks for...
The Value of a Like for Your Brand
As a Marketing Director, I used the “Like” counts on our company social media posts to measure the power of the content shared on Facebook and Twitter. But does that really measure what we think it does? How do you measure a Like? Does a Like lead to a relationship...
Motivational Interviewing: Find Out What’s Really Keeping You from Getting Certified
My physical therapist told me about the concept of motivational interviewing – a technique he has quite a bit of use for. Motivational interviewing helps people overcome ambivalence and allows people struggling to change and develop (personally and professionally) and...
Is Self-Study Right for You?
There are many different options professionals pursue for continuing education – classroom learning, online education, and a variety of self-directed learning options. To prepare for the NISM Social Media Strategist (SMS) certification, we offer many of those options...
Marketing Don’ts & Why They (unfortunately) Work
As a certified social media strategist, it’s part of my job to look for patterns. Why do people respond to some posts and not others? Where’s the fine line between provocative and offensive content? How do you tell someone they should check out your product – because...
Why You Need A Content Marketing Strategy for your Brand
Without compelling content, it’s tough to get your business out there. Bill Gates coined the term “Content is King,” back in 1996 meaning that the whole point of content marketing is to increase visibility to attract your audience to your website as many times as...