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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Recently the social media team members at Fourge Social became the first agency in Iowa to achieve SMS certification through the National Institute for Social Media. While there are many reasons for an agency to obtain certification and training for their team...
