Employee advocacy can affect your bottom line in a positive way! Sales and prospecting are shown to increase when employees are connected and use social media. 72% of salespeople that use social media as part of their sales process outperform their peers and exceed their quota 23% more often. Brand messages get re-shared 24 times more frequently when shared by employees vs the brand. 50% of employees that share content to social media post about their employer. 21% of employees are … [Read more...]

Creating professional looking videos for social media is no longer a job for the pros. In the fast-paced world of social media, videos need to be frequently posted. There are great tools available to do just that. Your team can create videos when and where you need them. 4 Easy-to-Use Social Media Video Tools If you are lucky enough to have an in-house video expert, use them. But often, we are creating videos on the go, or adapting existing content to video format. Here are some of our favorite … [Read more...]

Marketing and social media management are best tamed with useful project management tools. Whether you are a small business or a large corporation with several offices, project management tools help you stay on the same page, keep tasks from falling through the cracks, and keep projects organized. 5 Project Management Tools for Your Business Figuring out which project management tool will work for your business can be a daunting project itself. We've done the research for you. #1 Asana Asana … [Read more...]

Your social media feeds are full of colorful graphics and eye-catching videos. You'll find them coming from all kinds of businesses, and professionals, populating your social stream. Why is there so much to LOOK AT on social media? Because everyone is vying for your attention with their post. How can a business or professional, or your friend for that matter, get you to pause on their content? How can they get you to focus, even briefly, on their message? The answer is - through the use of sharp … [Read more...]

Teams have to communicate and, in 2017, they have to do it efficiently. No one has time to be switching between email, text messages, social media messages and the new app of the month. If your team needs an open line of communication that's both easy and useful, we've got 7 tools for you to consider. 7 Easy-to-Use Communication Tools Look, we used to be just like you! We communicated during the day using whatever we were in... email, text... and found that conversations were scattered and … [Read more...]