Employee Activation

The attitudes and motivations of today’s consumers are a world apart from previous generations. While it used to be enough to have a great product and a solid marketing plan in place to achieve success, these days it’s more about how your brand is seen to the world. The Mille

Whether you are in marketing, social media, or recruiting, you’ve probably found yourself hearing about “employer branding.” The term and strategy is not exactly new, but the value of it has increased dramatically in the digital age and with social media platforms. Typically

The opportunity to foster an engaged employee starts from the minute they arrive for their first day at work. Let me walk you through a scenario. Brenda arrives on time for her first day at The Company. Her immediate supervisor is not in the office yet. Her new coworkers are kind

Influencer marketing is a hot topic these days. Businesses around the world, some of them huge, are turning to people on social platforms like Instagram, Pinterest and Facebook to tout their products and get their sometimes millions of friends to buy their product or service.  It

Those of you who follow our posts regularly know I’m a big believer in setting your talent free to promote your brand and the work you do with an employee activation program. As you can see by our posts, we practice what we preach here as well. Many of our best posts don’t

20 years ago, the responsibility of building a company’s brand fell solely on the shoulders of the marketing department. The role of the marketing team is to build a strong brand, increase awareness of that brand, and to manage its reputation. This is still the case, but the resp

Has our devotion to work and hustle turned into the UnAmerican Dream? Some of the hardest working people I know are in sales and marketing. We often read success stories about how hustle and grit drove fantastic success. That said, the relentless pursuit of success can lea

You may or may not realize it, but half of your employees have likely mentioned your company, policies, products or other employees in some form of social post, unsolicited. According to Weber Shandwick, 98% of employees use at least one social media site for personal use, of whic

Employee engagement is traditionally a concern of the HR department rather than the marketing department. Employees who are fully engaged at work deliver benefits, including improved productivity, higher retention, and increased employee loyalty. All these things are great for

“What does employee engagement have to do with marketing? Isn’t that HR’s department?” managers and business owners often ask me. Before you go off into your siloed compartments, head shaking at such a crazy idea, hear me out. What is the number-one goal of market