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Mobilizing Employees To Become Brand Journalists

Mobilizing Employees To Become Brand Journalists | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

We love to hear good stories. You probably know “that guy” who commands the attention of everyone around him during a dinner party when he’s telling a story. He’s always with an entourage of people laughing and agreeing with just about everything he says. This might explain why when someone is telling you a good story, you may not even realize it. You are too fascinated with the actual story itself. That’s the power of a well-told story.


From a brand standpoint, storytelling allows a company to be “human” and being human is about having a real, honest connection with people, being transparent, responsive and above all accessible. We can all thank social media for that.Your brand must empower employees to become storytellers, or rather brand journalists. Here’s why:...

Jeff Domansky's insight:

Brand journalism is much more than employees tweeting or sharing company news on Facebook.

Mr Tozzo's curator insight, November 19, 2013 9:48 AM
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Two Ways to Motivate Employees to Do Content Marketing

Two Ways to Motivate Employees to Do Content Marketing | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

Most businesses need employee participation to create quality content. Two methods to leverage the content marketing potential of employees....

 

In order for most businesses to create a lot of high quality content, employee participation is necessary. I’ve said many times, no marketing department is big enough to produce all the content it needs. Additionally, consider that in most businesses the marketing team is not comprised of domain experts.

 

Here’s what Forrester Research says on this topic: “Today’s B2B buyer will find three pieces of content about a vendor for every one piece that marketing can publish or sales can deliver. They are finding this content in an ever-expanding number and variety of channels.” The way I see it, there are two primary methods to harness employee involvement in a social business. One involves a carrot and one involves a stick....

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Will it be the carrot or a stick when it comes to getting employees to help your business do better content marketing?

CIM Academy's curator insight, May 20, 2013 4:59 AM

Don't forget the internal stakeholders.