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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...
Social Relationships will Fuel Change in 2018
What’s your goal for 2018? “Focus” is a good word to describe how I will approach my personal goals. I am an Assistant Professor teaching in Organization Development, Change, Marketing, Strategic Leadership, Management and Cultural Communications and Team...
Asking the Magic 8 Ball – Stepping into 2018
Making plans for the upcoming year, and sometimes even just for a week, can feel like an impossible task. At times it is hard to predict what lies ahead and what might happen. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a crystal ball to show us what lies ahead? Or even just a...
Professional Goals and Predictions: NISM’s December Blog Series
We received such great feedback about our #AllHallowsReadNISM series (October’s blog posts about the marketing mistakes that scare our SMS community), we decided to try another theme for December – goals and predictions. We asked our SMS community to share both! 2018...
Get Social at Work
Social technology use in the workplace often includes goals of enhancing productivity, influencing efficient collaboration and fostering a rich environment of communication. According to recent research by McKinsey & Company, 72% of all companies use social...
YouTube vs Facebook and The Future of Online Video
Video is the future of content marketing! Those have been the words of many mainstream media companies[1] and new age entrepreneurs[2] for the past couple of years. In a world where visual representation keeps growing these words have increasingly become reality. With...
Green Bean Casserole: Side dish or epic marketing plan?
The Sunday before Thanksgiving I darted into a local grocery store to grab the dozen-or-so items I still needed for Thursday’s big dinner. On the list were all the ingredients for Green Bean Casserole. I knew where to get to everything I needed – with the exception of...