Posts Tagged ‘social media internship’

Thursday, September 15th, 2011

As we talked about in our post last week, ‘Back-to-School’ season is a good thing for business owners. Not only is it the start of what tends to be a busy time for most business owners, but between all the college students looking for experience and recent grads still looking for a foot in the door, there are tons of people out there who are ready for work and willing to work. Plus, with the rise of virtual internships, an intern can be sitting just … read more

Monday, March 14th, 2011

Looking to get hired as a social media intern? If you love engaging and evangelizing online, you can turn your skills into a resume worthy social media internship or part-time job.

Here's how to go from playing with your personal accounts to managing professional online profiles:


Put Yourself Out There – As a social media intern, your social media profiles are just as important as your resume. Double-check that your social media profiles are public so that employers can get an idea of read more
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
Social media is no longer a questionable business strategy. In fact, you'll most likely be questioned if colleagues and customers can't find you hanging out online. And while social media is now socially acceptable for businesses and entrepreneurs, creating and maintaining a social media strategy requires considerable time and effort. As we’ve written about before, many business owners are finding interns as a great source of social media help. How do you know if you’ve found the right fit for your company? Here are … read more
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

Urban Interns was recently featured in an article by Crains NY Business about this increasingly popular trend.

“When husband-and-wife team Robard Williams and Amanda Allen founded NewlyWish.com in 2009, they needed a savvy social-media strategy to promote the online gift registry. But given their background in banking and risk management, creating such a plan wasn’t their strong suit….NewlyWish’s part-time intern—who’d worked in marketing before enrolling at Fordham University Graduate School of Business—helped with tasks including devising a Facebook and Twitter strategy and creating an e-mail … read more

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
Urban Interns was recently featured in an article by Crains NY Business about the  increasingly popular trend of businesses hiring social media interns.

“When husband-and-wife team Robard Williams and Amanda Allen founded NewlyWish.com in 2009, they needed a savvy social-media strategy to promote the online gift registry. But given their background in banking and risk management, creating such a plan wasn’t their strong suit….NewlyWish’s part-time intern—who’d worked in marketing before enrolling at Fordham University Graduate School of Business—helped with tasks including devising a Facebook and … read more