Employees Make The Best Brand Advocates
When employees are motivated, happy at work and supportive of a company's mission they can make the best brand advocates. In the age of social media, 24/7 news cycles and constant media messages
, it is important to have brand advocates that will evangelize your brand and its mission. Since brands don't have social capital, you need people working for you, willing to put their social capital behind your brand. Employee brand advocacy can provide a variety of social benefits including:
How Much to Invest in Employee Recognition Programs?
Thank you Incentive Magazine for highlighting this paper from
Dittman Incentive Marketing. We are happy to work with customers like Dittman Incentives, as they help provide employers with one of the most coveted employee rewards and recognition incentives – gift cards. Dittman Incentive's white paper
How Much Should You Invest in an Employee Recognition Program discusses how an HR manager might estimate the cost for employee recognition and rewards, based on their experience with programs which are tailored for individual client’s needs, across major industries. Their estimating “rules of thumb” should be of interest for our customers and those strategizing, updating or improving their recognition programs for 2014. Their paper states “Companies can recognize employees with loyalty-inspiring engagement programs at an annual cost that is a fraction of other employer-provided benefits”.
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Feedback Motivates Employees
10 Ideas for 2014: Employee Incentives to Increase Productivity
Not sure if you need to freshen your employee incentives program to increase productivity for 2014? With 61% of employed workers staying open to or looking for a new job
1, employee satisfaction and fulfillment are keys to employee retention. The right employee incentives help hold on to your workers and they can also help increase productivity. The HR Writer offers their help in this area with their top 10 picks for “new perks to help maintain a high performance work environment.” Their number one pick includes handing out gift cards, at any time, and often – in gratitude for hard work. Perks shouldn't feel stale or expected; gift cards put the control in the hands of the recipient…the ultimate gift. And best of all, when companies purchase gift cards as employee incentives in bulk, they save. Check out more great ideas and perfect your perks for the new year.
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3 Signs of a Truly Loyal Employee
- They dissent and disagree: This seems counter-intuitive to employee loyalty, but an employee who can give honest opinions for the sake of building the team and making it better is more valuable than an employee that keeps quiet. Reward employees for making bold statements if it helps the company. Spot rewards for taking the risk, like a small denomination gift card to Speedway, 1-800-Flowers or
The Limited is a great way to reinforce important, but perceived high risk behavior. - They support the company in public: Everyone wants their fights and disagreements to stay behind closed doors. No matter what an employee thinks and says internally, to the outside world they show their appreciation with praise for the work environment and share knowledgeable facts about the company and products.
- They praise their peers: Peer-to-peer recognition programs are important and empowering. Peer recognition helps employees get to know each other and bond, while helping each other be and do the best they can. Encourage it by letting employees allot points to each other for later rewards.
