Turn Employees Into Social Media Advocates

This requires as much planning as any other firm endeavor.

By Becky Livingston
The Accountant’s Social Media Handbook

There are two schools of thought when it comes to employee advocacy programs:

• those that enable, increasing reach and participation, and
• those that must be contained due to regulatory considerations, such as in the financial services, legal, insurance or medical professions.

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Regulated professions, such as financial services, must follow certain guidelines when leveraging social media methodologies to promote the organization or firm. In this case, leveraging tools and technology to help listen and to monitor what is being said, commented on and shared by employees is extremely important. Security is the foundation for this model.

Posted on December 7, 2016