NISM Blog
Significant Social Media Updates: Summer ’21
Being a social media manager means being on top of ever-changing trends, updates, and algorithms. We know it’s no easy feat to ensure that copy and graphics are perfect in addition to platform updates, so we’ve rounded up the most notable and significant changes by...
Creating a Fun, Beneficial Internship Program in Higher Education
In the world of higher education, there will come a day that you have to take on an intern. Typically, we charge interns with tasks like scheduling posts, creating keyword lists, sizing photos, or other research. Often, these entry-level tasks and assignments do not...
Three Ways to Create a Connection with Your Creative Team
Being a Jack or Jackie of all trades is something that comes naturally to a social media professional. Our daily tasks could include creating posts, editing videos, and composing graphics. Some of us are lucky enough to be able to collaborate with a creative team....
Check Off Your First 2017 Resolution This Week
I’ve enjoyed working with the National Institute of Social Media immensely lately. We’re putting out a series of new books in 2017 to help social media marketing professionals prep for the Social Media Strategist exam (and a career in social media in general) and the...
A Gardener, Your College Marketing Professor, and My Mom Walk Into a Bar
The NISM Anthology deadline is just weeks away – December 31st! And as people contemplate what they might contribute, I’m amazed how often I hear: “I don’t have any advice to share with social media professionals… what could they possibly learn from me?” Who’d take...
NISM 2016 Job Study Review
One of NISM greatest priorities is to actively listen to its audience. To become the best resource for our members and partners, we have to stay attuned to their needs and relevant to the trends of their workplaces. This is especially important in such a...
Twitter: A Powerful Tool
You can say a lot of things -- positive and negative about Twitter. For example: Positive: It’s the go-to source, oftentimes, for information about breaking, developing, or in-progress news. Negative: Whereas once it seemed the “cool” thing opposite Facebook, now it’s...
7 Ways to Avoid Ruining Your Reputation by Reposting Fake Content
In the past few months – and especially the past few days – there has been a surplus of fake photos, articles and quotes flying around social media. The reason they have moved so quickly is largely because well-intentioned people with no desire to spread...
Post and Ghost
What’s better than sitting around a campfire trying to scare the daylights out of your friends? Have you mastered the art of leaving people wondering what just happened? Good for you – unless you’re doing it to your followers on social media. Post and Ghost While...