AMPlify is the companion podcast to AMPlify: The Employee Advocacy & Engagement Conference. The AMPlify podcast provides conversations with the leading practitioners and thought leaders around employee advocacy and engagement. Employee advocacy and engagement is essential to any successful corporate marketing effort. In this podcast, you will learn about best practices, trends and strategies that have made impact in the companies currently engaged in these efforts. The AMPlify Podcast and Co ...
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AMP Up Your Digital Marketing (formerly AMP UP Your Social Media) brings together the leading marketing practitioners to share how they are succeeding in today’s digital landscape. Each podcast focuses on providing you with the knowledge and strategies you need to be a successful marketer. Whether you focus on content, social media, advertising or any other aspect of digital marketing, this podcast has something for you.
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Starting a Successful Employee Advocacy Program with Kelly Shelton
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30:57Over the last four years, Boostability has developed and refined an employee advocacy program that has transformed their culture and business. In this session from the 2018 AMPlify conference, Kelly Shelton VP of Marketing with Boostability will share his findings, mistakes, and successes on how to engage, motivate and reward genuine employee advoc…
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Brian Basilico on How to Engage C-Level Employees in Your Social Media Marketing Efforts
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21:31This week on AMPUP Your Digital Marketing we pull another episode from the archives. In this episode from the vault host Glenn Gaudet sits down with Brain Basilico. Brian is an internationally recognized best-selling author and sought-after speaker on the topic of Social Networking, Relationship Marketing, and Internet Marketing for Business. With …
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Starting a Successful Employee Advocacy Program with Karin Aviles
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29:53Marketing is increasingly recognized as a strategic partner in driving leads for B2B organizations. One way to effectively generate leads is through employee advocacy, but for an employee advocacy program to succeed, three things need to be true: 1. Start at the Top! Leadership must buy in and participate 2. Content must have a purpose and address …
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Gareth Goh on Being Both Effective and Efficient with Your Social Media Campaigns
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23:30This week on AMPUP Your Digital Marketing we highlight an episode from the AMPUP archives where host Glenn Gaudet interviews Gareth Goh. At the time of the interview Gareth was the Content Marketing Manager at InsightSquared. He now works with DataRobot as Customer Marketing Manager. Gareth hails from Boston University with a degree in Journalism, …
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Benefits of Being Advocates with Steven Dickens
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33:28Clients are increasingly growing weary of how social channels are becoming push-based marketing mechanisms, where they are seen as adding the same value as billboard advertising. In an overcrowded Twittersphere people are gravitating towards subject matter experts as a trusted source of knowledge and experience and are keen to here from their fount…
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Justin Shriber on Integrating Marketing and Sales Across All Channels
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21:03On this episode, Glenn Gaudet sits down with Justin Shriber. Justin is Vice President of Marketing for LinkedIn Sales and Marketing solutions, where he helps buyers, sellers and marketers connect via the world’s largest professional network. For the past two decades, Justin has focused on helping companies accelerate growth and profitability by del…
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EP34: Benefits of Being Advocates with Sameena Kluck
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30:34The old world of law firms establishing decades-long relationships with clients who pay whatever invoice is sent and send repeat business to their long-trusted outside counsel is over. Today, competition for corporations’ work is stiffer than ever with long-time counsel fighting many entrants on the market. Additionally, the path to partnership is …
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Rand Fishkin on Proving Unique Value in the Digital Marketing Space
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20:11There is a lot going on in the digital marketing space day to day. It is noisy and forever changing. So, standing out amongst the crowd can be difficult but at the same time you can’t always be chasing the new trends. You have to prove your unique value says Rand Fishkin. Rand is the co-founder of Moz and SparkToro. He is also author of the book Lo…
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Making an Internal Change In Your Organization with Donald Jones
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30:51At Booz Allen, everything begins and ends with employees. They needed them to feel connected to a collective purpose and share the company story. This was easier said than done. The majority of their employees work within the Department of Defense or the Intelligence Community – making them highly risk-averse, difficult to reach during business hou…
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Ted Page on How to Stay Relevant in the Ever-Changing Marketing Landscape
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27:08As marketing professionals, it is crucial that we stay on top of new trends inside and outside the industry. But knowing when to get on board with the trends and when not to is also an important part of marketing success, especially over time. On this week’s episode of AMPUP, host Glenn Gaudet sits down with Ted Page. Ted is the co-founder of Capta…
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EP32: Making an Internal Change In Your Organization with Henry Bruce
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27:57Company rebrands and product launches are notoriously complex and lengthy projects that consume marketing and company resources. Success depends on achieving company-wide participation, buy-in, adoption, and flawless execution across all market facing departmental functions. At the 2018 AMPlify Conference, Henry Bruce, Contently’s SVP of marketing,…
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Josh Steimle on Creating Influence and Building Authentic Relationships with LinkedIn
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21:34It might seem obvious that people want to do business with someone they like and trust. But yet so many organizations lack a true influencer to represent them. On this episode host Glenn Gaudet works through this topic with Josh Steimle. Josh knows the importance having a face that your audience can relate to representing your brand. He is an autho…
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EP31: Making an Internal Change In Your Organization with Brent Korte
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32:11More than ever marketing organizations are taking on the responsibility to help companies innovate. Often, that requires transformation of capabilities within their organizations. From the digital imperative to mining deep insights and analytics, marketing teams are working hard to move through the change curve the industry is experiencing. However…
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Jerod Morris on The Impact and Value of Your Content to Your Social Media Strategies
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22:34This week on AMPUP Your Digital Marketing we are brining you another of our favorites from the vault. In this archive episode host Glenn Gaudet sits downs with Jerod Morris. Jerod is a professional podcaster and email newsletter author. Since 2011 he has published over 1,000 podcast episodes on a wide range of topics including podcasting, content m…
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EP30: Incorporating Employee Advocacy in Your Content Marketing Strategy with Michelle LeBlanc
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24:55In a recent survey, 91% of respondents indicated that they were doing content marketing, but 53 percent of teams were small or one-person operations. How can brands keep up with content demands? Turning to a free resource that already knows, and maybe even loves, your brand is a no brainer. Employees are authentic, they are intrinsically motivated,…
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Tony Zayas on Developing Social Media Relationships with Business Interests in Mind
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24:44This week on AMPUP Your Digital Marketing we’re pulling an episode from the vault. In this archive episode host Glenn Gaudet chats with Tony Zayas. Tony is currently the Director of Sales and Marketing with Proforma. He is also an award-winning digital marketer and strategist. In their discussion, Tony and Glenn analyze how social media can help sm…
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EP29: Incorporating Employee Advocacy in Your Content Marketing Strategy with Casey Hall
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30:12While much of the discussion around employee advocacy best practices rightly focuses on program roll-out and adoption, it is equally important to focus on what content you will distribute through your employee channels – ensuring that relevant and personalized messages are being provided to the right people at the right time. This is exactly what C…
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Brooke Sellas on the Unsexy Side of Digital Marketing
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21:53On this episode of AMPUP Your Digital Marketing host Glenn Gaudet is joined by Brooke Sellas Brooke is the founder of B Squared Media, a boutique “done for you” social media management and advertising agency. Brooke and Glenn discuss the tactical or “unsexy” side of digital marketing. They look at a variety of factors that with just a little tweak …
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EP28: Developing a Global Amplification Strategy that Embraces Regional Differences
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33:44The more globally distributed a company is, the more disjointed their social media efforts threaten to become. How do you develop an effective, streamlined social media and employee advocacy strategy when your employees and audience are spread across continents and time zones? How do you craft culturally impactful social messages when every region …
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Megan Conley on How to Breakthrough Your Audience’s Content Fatigue
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24:24On this episode of AMPUP Your Digital Marketing host Glenn Gaudet is joined by Megan Conley CEO and Founder of Social Tribe. At social tribe, Megan and her team build and deliver leading-edge social, content and influencer programs for enterprise brands. She has worked with businesses such as SAP, SuccessFactors, Cisco Systems and HP, driving measu…
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EP27: Make It Easy for Employees to Share and Promote Their Stories
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24:47On this episode of AMPlify, we pull from the archives of our sister podcast, AMPUP Your Digital Marketing. Host Glenn Gaudet sat down with Bernie Borges. Bernie is the Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Vengreso having previously been the CEO at Find and Covert. He also currently hosts the Social Business Engine podcast. In their discussion,…
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Matt Heinz on Building a Bond Between Your Sales and Marketing Teams
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20:42This week on AMPUP Your Digital Marketing we’re pulling an episode from the vault. In this archive episode host Glenn Gaudet chats with Matt Heinz. Matt is the founder of Heinz Marketing, a Seattle based marketing agency focused on sales acceleration. Heinz helps his clients achieve sustained sales success by growing revenue from existing customers…
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EP26: Best Practices for Involving Employees in Social Media
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24:23On this episode of AMPlify, we pull from the archives of our sister podcast, AMPUP Your Digital Marketing. Host Glenn Gaudet sat down with Tara Zoumer, who at the time was PR coordinator and Social Media Manager for TriNet, and who now works as an Independent contractor in PR Strategy and implementation. Tara stresses the importance of communicatio…
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Jason Sibley on Handling the New GDPR Guidelines by Simply Focusing on Adding Value
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39:28There is a revolution happening in how companies can and should handle people’s personal information. Particularly when it comes to digital marketing. With the new General Data Protection Regulation coming into effect in Europe the effects are being felt globally. To discuss this topic Jason Sibley, CEO and head of Campaign Strategy at Creation Age…
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EP25: What is Holding Your Team Back from Being Your Biggest Advocates
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22:33LinkedIn reports “In an average company, only 3% of employees share company-related content but they are responsible for driving a 30% increase in the content’s total likes, shares, and comments.” Our guest today, Samantha Stone founder of The Marketing Advisory Network, wanted to find out what’s holding employees back, and more importantly, what c…
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Harry Duran on Amplifying Your Voice with a Podcast
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25:01This week on AMPUP Your Digital Marketing we continue our series focused on the power of podcasting with an interview featuring Harry Duran, host of the popular Podcast Junkies on iTunes and founder of FullCast, a full-service, done-for-you production and marketing consultancy. As a host, consultant and coach, Harry empowers others to amplify their…
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On a special episode of AMPlify, this week host Glenn Gaudet is joined by Sally Anne Kaminski and Karin Aviles. As past attendees and speakers at the AMPlify Conference, both Sally Anne and Karin have insider knowledge as to why AMPlify is the can’t miss event of the year. They share their experiences, lessons they learned… based on their copious n…
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EP23: Finding Passion and Purpose as an Employee with Employee Advocacy
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22:46You might be wondering if an employee advocacy program is right for you. What if your company doesn’t allow employees to use social media? Or even invest time in it for promotional purposes? Our guest today encountered both of these road blocks at his company. Donald Jones, Lead Associate and Lead Digital Strategist at Booz Allen Hamilton had an up…
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This week on AMPUP Your Digital Marketing we continue our series focused on the power of podcasting with an interview featuring John Lee Dumas. John is the host of Entrepreneurs on Fire, an award-winning podcast where he interviews inspiring Entrepreneurs every Monday and drops value bombs every Thursday. With over 2000 episodes, 1.3 million listen…
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EP22: A Fresh Perspective on Employee Advocacy
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23:08Every good marketing strategy needs a little bit of everything, knit together with purpose. Employee advocacy is just one of those tools that can bring new purpose and drive to your companies marketing efforts. Kelsey Kruzel, Social Media Manager at CDK Global, took her experience in tying together strategy and creativity to bring employee advocacy…
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Ben M Roberts on Humanizing Marketing by Starting a Podcast
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26:07This week on AMPUP Your Digital Marketing we return to our series on podcasting with an interview featuring Ben Roberts. Ben is the host of The Marketing Buzzword Podcast and head of marketing at Talkative. Ben is a man of the people and for the people. He firmly believes in the power of human marketing and customer centricity. He is keen to make t…
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Empowering Your Front Line Through Socialization, Education and Training
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23:28Consistency is a key aspect of everything you do in your business. At the corporate level, you have to be sure your messaging is consistent in every department but especially at the front lines. On this episode host Glenn Gaudet chats with Henry Bruce, the senior vice president of marketing for Contently a content marketing platform that brings sto…
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Marisa Cali on How Instagram Can Power Your Business Success
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22:21On this episode of AMPUP Your Digital Marketing host Glenn Gaudet gets social with Marisa Cali. Marisa is the founder of All the Social; a consulting company where she focuses on helping others realize the power of digital marketing. She has a passion for all the nuances of social media and digital marketing that combined with her motto of “never s…
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On this episode of AMPUP Your Digital Marketing host Glenn Gaudet catches up with Shama Hyder, CEO of the award-winning agency, Zen Media, and best-selling author of two books, The Zen of Social Media Marketing and Momentum. Hailed as the “Zen Master of Marketing” by Entrepreneur Magazine, Shama guides leading brands to better strategize their mark…
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Implementing change in an organization is never an easy process. Implementing change that involves your team getting on board and being the advocates requires a lot more planning and effort. Brent Korte, Chief Marketing Officer at Ameritas, knows this better than most. He joined Ameritas with the agenda to make some changes that ultimately resulted…
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Mari Smith on the Right Way to Market Using Facebook
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26:40On this episode of AMPUP Your Digital Marketing we chat with ‘the queen of Facebook,’ Mari Smith. She is one of the world’s foremost experts on Facebook marketing. She is a Forbe’s perennial Top Social Media Power Influencer, and author of The New Relationship Marketing. Given the speed at which the digital marketing landscape is changing, particul…
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EP19: Overcoming Cultural Boundaries with Employee Advocacy
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24:45When it comes to marketing your brand across cultural boundaries the road can be a bumpy one. Chelsea Frischknecht, social media and influencer relations specialist with Tricentis, an international B2B software testing company, has successfully designed and launched a corporate social media strategy and a global employee advocacy program. Daunted a…
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Kathleen Booth on Finding Your Podcasting Niche
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23:08On this episode of AMPUP Your Digital Marketing we continue our series that explores the benefits of marketing via podcasting with Kathleen booth. Kathleen is the Vice President of Marketing at IMPACT and host of the podcast InBound Success where she explores what the most successful inbound marketers do to get results. InBound Success isn’t Kathle…
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EP18: Relationships, Story and Engagement
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22:36Scott Bardell has been a consistent innovator in the public relations and marketing space. As the President and Founder of Idea Grove he helps his clients reach media and buyers by pushing the envelope through the power of employee advocacy. In this discussion with host Glenn Gaudet, Scott shares his unique perspective on public relations, ways to …
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EP17: Empower Your Internal Advocates with a Social on the Go Card
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32:08Do you employees know where to easily find your corporate social media policy and general posting guidelines? In this speech from the 2017 AMPlify event, Jamie Laliberte Whalen, Sr. Manager of Content & Social Media at Mimecast, shares how you can make a social go card of your own, how to empower your company to empower themselves and how to make s…
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EP16: What it Takes to Cut Through the Noise So You Get Heard
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30:15Does your content stand out in a crowd? Or is it lost in a sea of sameness despite implementing an employee advocacy program. It isn't enough to put the content out there in the hopes that people will find it. You have to deliver the right content in the right way in order to get noticed. This is the expertise of Gaetano DiNardi, VP of Marketing at…
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Adam Roche on Building a Devoted Following
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22:05On this episode of AMPUP Your Digital Marketing we continue our series that explores the benefits of marketing via podcasting with Adam Roche. Adam breaks the mold both with his podcast. Delivering episodes longer than the norm and less frequently than expected he has built a devoted audience that seeks him out because of his passion for his subjec…
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EP15: Employee Advocacy in a Privacy Driven World
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28:42Despite the fact that social media and digital become more and more prevalent each and every day the opposite of that is true in that countries around the world are tightening their spam and data privacy laws to protect the very people you are trying to reach. So, it is becoming increasing important that companies have a keen understanding of what …
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Mark Schaefer Emphasizes Discipline and Consistency to be a Successful Podcaster
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24:19On this episode of AMPUP Your Digital Marketing we start a new series focused on podcasting as a marketing tool. First up in the series is Mark Schaefer, co-host of the popular podcast, The Marketing Companion. In this discussion, Mark talks about his tough decision to start a podcast. He shares some guidelines for deciding if a podcast is right fo…
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EP14: The 'Why' Behind Employee Advocacy's Rapid Growth
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27:25Employee advocacy is on the rise. But what does that mean for companies like yours and how will it transform the way you work? On this week’s episode, Jen McClure, one of the original authorities on digital and social media and CEO of JEM Consulting & Advisory Services, shares insights on the factors that affect the growth of employee advocacy and …
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So you have an employee advocacy program. Your people are fully engaged and active and they are driving loads of traffic to your social sites, your website and more. What next? What do you do with that traffic so that it has a value add beyond brand awareness. You need to create leads. Listen as Jason Sibley, CEO and Head of Campaign Strategy at Cr…
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EP12: Why You Need to Gamify Employee Engagement
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22:56Starting an employee advocacy program is one thing. Keeping your employees engaged and sharing is another. On this episode of AMPlify, host Glenn Guadet chats with Kelly Shelton, Vice President of Marketing at Boostability. For Kelly and the Boostability team, employee advocacy was a no brainer but that doesn’t mean it came easily. They have put a …
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Mario Martinez Jr. Declares Social Selling is Dead, Almost
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23:21On this episode of AMPUP Your Digital Marketing, we sit down with Mario Martinez Jr. CEO and Founder of Vengreso and host of the podcast Selling with Social. Mario teaches marketers, sales leaders, reps, and business owners how to grow company revenues, develop an engaging personal brand and attract today’s modern buyer using social networks. In th…
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EP11: Going Global with Employee Advocacy
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30:41Brand engagement and employee advocacy shouldn’t be limited to one area. If you have customers around the world, your advocacy frequency signal should reach them. Julie Hayes, Sr. Brand Communications Manager at Autodesk shares how they scaled their program to reach advocates in 37 countries and 11 languages. Her hard-earned lessons could be the ke…
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EP10: Getting on Board with Employee Advocacy
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29:17How might a well-crafted employer brand affect talent attraction if you aren’t a market leader? This is the question that Jörgen Sundberg, CEO of Link Humans, a company that helps employers be more attractive to top talent, spends his days answering. One answer that he has explored is the power of a strong employee advocacy program as a means of at…
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