Comments on: Your Employees Can Help Your Social Media Marketing Efforts Too http://bluesuitmedia.com/your-employees-can-help-your-social-media-marketing-efforts-too/ Small Business SEO and Social Media Partners Sun, 02 May 2010 01:33:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Al http://bluesuitmedia.com/your-employees-can-help-your-social-media-marketing-efforts-too/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Al Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:46:58 +0000 http://bluesuitmedia.com/?p=67#comment-110 Hey Chris -- Yep, pretty much everyone is already on Facebook and tapping into that power is FREE and simple! As far as the corp "block" of all things social media... you are right, big companies do that because of two reasons: 1) they are afraid someone will slip and say the wrong thing and give away confidential info 2) they will vary from corp guidelines But both of these show that big companies don't value social media as they should. They just have not caught it yet! Big corps will spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to train drivers about safety in company trucks, but won't spend a dime when it comes to teaching employees online safety and responsibility. In addition, most big companies pay employees to "put in the hours" instead of "paying for performance." If you pay people for performance, you will get a lot more out of them and they will enjoy life. If you pay them to "put in hours" then that is exactly what they will do... fill the chair during business hours. I could go on-and-on, trust me.. but that is why I LOVE working with NWI small and medium sized businesses... they want it, and are willing to get it, and invest in it!!! Love that! Hey Chris — Yep, pretty much everyone is already on Facebook and tapping into that power is FREE and simple!
As far as the corp “block” of all things social media… you are right, big companies do that because of two reasons:
1) they are afraid someone will slip and say the wrong thing and give away confidential info
2) they will vary from corp guidelines

But both of these show that big companies don’t value social media as they should. They just have not caught it yet! Big corps will spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to train drivers about safety in company trucks, but won’t spend a dime when it comes to teaching employees online safety and responsibility.
In addition, most big companies pay employees to “put in the hours” instead of “paying for performance.”
If you pay people for performance, you will get a lot more out of them and they will enjoy life. If you pay them to “put in hours” then that is exactly what they will do… fill the chair during business hours.
I could go on-and-on, trust me.. but that is why I LOVE working with NWI small and medium sized businesses… they want it, and are willing to get it, and invest in it!!! Love that!

]]> By: Chris Hedges http://bluesuitmedia.com/your-employees-can-help-your-social-media-marketing-efforts-too/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Chris Hedges Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:12:34 +0000 http://bluesuitmedia.com/?p=67#comment-109 I'm almost thinking going with Facebook is very important in these days when the site is seeing as much search activity as the Big "G." If business people aren't on Facebook and aren't allowing their people to spread the message in an organic way, then they are missing out. The stats show Facebook isn't just kids posting about their lives -- it's also baby boomers and everyone in between. It's too bad that so many businesses are afraid of social networking. I read a snippet of an article about why businesses should have internet usage policies -- if they don't already have them in place -- and it was written in such a way that makes it easy for managers to just set the filters to "block" because of fear that someone will write something that gives away company secrets or varies from the corporate script. I’m almost thinking going with Facebook is very important in these days when the site is seeing as much search activity as the Big “G.” If business people aren’t on Facebook and aren’t allowing their people to spread the message in an organic way, then they are missing out.

The stats show Facebook isn’t just kids posting about their lives — it’s also baby boomers and everyone in between.

It’s too bad that so many businesses are afraid of social networking.

I read a snippet of an article about why businesses should have internet usage policies — if they don’t already have them in place — and it was written in such a way that makes it easy for managers to just set the filters to “block” because of fear that someone will write something that gives away company secrets or varies from the corporate script.

]]> By: Al http://bluesuitmedia.com/your-employees-can-help-your-social-media-marketing-efforts-too/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Al Sun, 25 Apr 2010 14:41:48 +0000 http://bluesuitmedia.com/?p=67#comment-85 Great ideas Steve, you def get it! It would be cool to buy tools for the employees that they can use both personally, and professionally for the biz! THAT's cutting edge! Great ideas Steve, you def get it!
It would be cool to buy tools for the employees that they can use both personally, and professionally for the biz! THAT’s cutting edge!

]]> By: Steve Sherron http://bluesuitmedia.com/your-employees-can-help-your-social-media-marketing-efforts-too/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Steve Sherron Sun, 25 Apr 2010 14:37:40 +0000 http://bluesuitmedia.com/?p=67#comment-83 Totally awesome concept. If you have a great employer, I don't think any employee would have a problem doing this. In this economy, employees should be very interested in staying employed and this could be very helpful. If you are a crappy employer, who does not embrace how Social Media can help your business, it's time to embrace it. I might add one more thing aimed at the employer. Go out and buy your employess a new iPod Nano with video as an employee appreciation gift. Simply ask them to occasionally post a video on their Facebook page using those Easy Seed products. I bet they would be surprised at the response. Totally awesome concept. If you have a great employer, I don’t think any employee would have a problem doing this. In this economy, employees should be very interested in staying employed and this could be very helpful.

If you are a crappy employer, who does not embrace how Social Media can help your business, it’s time to embrace it.

I might add one more thing aimed at the employer. Go out and buy your employess a new iPod Nano with video as an employee appreciation gift. Simply ask them to occasionally post a video on their Facebook page using those Easy Seed products. I bet they would be surprised at the response.

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