Employee advocacy programs—the practice of giving employees the means to share content about your organization with their social networks—are great tools for companies to expand their reach, engage employees, and get valuable insight into how their content is doing.
But why should they have all the fun? Even organizations without employees can benefit from the reach and connections that employee advocacy programs can bring.
Take associations, virtual companies, or consortia, for example. Using the same principle and structure of employee advocacy programs, members can further the group’ causes as well as help market the work of other members. Some of the content that would work best includes:
- Member profiles, accomplishments, and original content
- Industry trends
- White papers
- Primary research results, and
- Invitations to meetings and events.
For nonprofit organizations, employee advocacy programs are natural and powerful ways to put your volunteers to work—many of whom are jonesing for ways to help out beyond writing checks. Provide them with meaningful content, and suddenly you have a massive chorus singing your praises and sending your message. Some of the content that would work best includes:
- Spotlights on people served
- Employee and volunteer profiles
- Cause-related content
- Fund-raising appeals
- Media attention, and
- Invitations to meetings and events.
For more information on bringing employee advocacy to your organization, contact Consultants Collective.
