How Walmart Empowers Local Store Associates to Win in Social Media
Zachary Lones, the Director and Social Media Associate Content at Walmart, joins the Social Pros Podcast to discuss how the organization empowers local store associates to use their unique voice on social media to reach their unique communities.
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Empower your Employees
When employees feel empowered at work, you can expect to see a significant improvement in job performance, job satisfaction, and loyalty to the company. So, how can organizations use social media to empower their associates?
Zachary Lones, Director of Social Media Marketing at Walmart, believes that it is “more important than ever to give your associates the voice and empowerment to speak up.”
Empowering local store associates at nearly 5,000 different locations to share their voices on social media without much control from central marketing is almost unheard of in today’s society. Yet, that is exactly what Walmart is doing on a daily basis in what could potentially be one of the best employee-generated content case studies the world has ever seen.
In This Episode:
07:24 – How Walmart associates are empowered to use social media to reach their unique community
09:22 – How Walmart helps associates get up and running with different social media channels
10:33 – How many associates speak on behalf of the company
12:38 – The percentage of content shared by associates that is aspirational vs sales-focused
16:55 – How Walmart empowers associates to understand marketing and communications
21:30 – The critical indicators that determine whether or not a program is successful
28:18 – Why more organizations need to be open to the idea of allowing associates to connect with audiences via social media
33:52 – Who is responsible for engaging with audiences’ queries on social media
Quotes From This Episode:
“It’s more important than ever to give your associates the voice & empowerment to speak up.”
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