Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Flipboard 0 Brand is the bread and butter of any business. But branding extends beyond the messages you are transmitting to your target customer. This is where your employer brand comes into play. Your employer brand is how your company is framed to current and potential employees, how your current employees talk about their experience at your company, and how candidates perceive working at your company. It’s your reaction (good or bad) to hearing someone say, “I work at _______.” Your employer brand goes much further than the logo of your company, or even your “team” page on your website. Your employer brand should tell a story related to the backgrounds, aspirations, and values of potential and current employees, and what that means for the organization. Of course, the experience of your current employees is crucial in creating a strong employer brand. We all have those friends that grumble about their job and company culture. These complaints can add up to leave a negative taste in one’s mouth about what it means to work at this company. So first, you have to make sure your employees are engaged, and then they will become the most active promoters of your employer brand. In addition to encouraging happy employees to spread the word, there are some things you can do to actively promote your employer brand to the outside world: Take social media to the next stage by engaging your followers and encouraging employees to follow your feed. Fine tune your recruiting process to make sure candidates have a standout experience. Create fun swag that employees can wear around town and share with friends. Profile individual employees and their experience at your company in your blog or website. Or you can even create a separate blog just for this purpose! Experiment with new channels of promoting your employer brand, such as YouTube, SlideShare, and Instagram. Like with your marketing brand, segment and tailor your employer brand based on different contexts (professions, positions, etc.). Treat your career page as a headliner, not an afterthought. Include your company values and plenty of visuals to illustrate what it’s like to work at your company. Twitter Tweet Facebook Share Email This article originally appeared on CultureIQ and has been republished with permission.Find out how to syndicate your content with B2C Author: Jamie Nichol Follow @CultureIQ Jamie handles marketing at CultureIQ, a culture management platform that empowers companies to measure, understand, and strengthen their company culture. She specializes in all things company culture and employee engagement, and loves learning about that secret ingredient that makes companies successful. … View full profile ›More by this author:Highlights from Deloitte’s Global Human Capital Trends 2016In 2016, Let’s Make Work Culture GreatHow to Break Bad News to Employees: Mastering the Dreaded Part of the Job