Saturday, January 4, 2014

Getting More Results - Endearing Your Content Team To You

Getting More Results - Endearing Your Content Team To You

By Larry Soul


You should really be the one taking your relationship with your content team to the next stage. Nevertheless the unfortunate fact is not many internet marketers are ready to do this. I think this is perhaps simply because you believe that if you start to get too personal with your team, they'll no longer take you seriously; they won't produce quality content for your business. In fact, when you give them a project with a short deadline, they'll frequently ignore it with the mind that, "oh, you'll understand."

Be that as it may, there is more good than harm in interacting closely with your team, especially when both of you are pursuing a common cause. Below are four bright approaches to ignite the sparks of their trust and fellowship.

1. Do not handle them with severe strictness All humans err, therefore be mild and correct their mistakes for them, encourage them by leading by example. If you usually shout orders at them, they will see it as your default human response to unfavorable situations and will never heed you again. Therefore, try to use such words on them, "There were mistakes in your last write-up, but I took the pain to correct them. Try not to let it happen again." Such words will affect your relationship with them positively.

2. Provide your outsourced content team with more knowledge of what they do When your team members are better trained than they were before they came to you, the quality of their work output will be improved and your business will become more competent, giving you an edge in the market. Such gesture will attach your team to you knowing that you are the reason they are better workers.

3. Forgive and correct their errors by inspiring them Our actions and words define how others view us, whether they are right or wrong. Therefore we must take great measures to guard our actions. Imagine using such words on a team member, "This work is full of grammatical blunders; I might dismiss you for this!" The rebuke might serve to correct the person at the moment, but on the long run you have an enemy who will begrudge you of the spite and continually tries to find a way get you into that kind of mistake and see you disgraced. At closer evaluation, your team members will not be as effective as they ought to. Therefore, kind words and showing examples goes a long way in bonding your team members to you.

4. Show Your Team that You Care By Getting Interested in Their Lives I once had to pay a team member ahead of time as a result of some financial challenges he was facing. He didn't demand for the advance payment but actually suggested that I assign an overload of tasks to him so he could possibly cover quite a few important expenses.

Now I'm not proposing that you must consistently do this, but when an issue other than business crops up in their day-to-day lives that demands your attention, give them that attention. It'll raise the admiration they currently have for you and would make them feel like they owe you. Any time you receive a personal email from a team member, it will show that you're approachable. Take advantage of that rapport, but don't get much too involved.

Though we may have doubts that associating with members of our outsourced content team will definitely make them take you for granted. Nevertheless, the rule is that you must place some restrictions when dealing with them. When you interact with every member of your content team you have created a bond of belonging and they will see the team as a large family united by their service. This will make work fun to them and give room for improvement of your organization. Business is all about positive results, right? Therefore, seek out the services of another content manager who can work with your virtual content team if you realize that you don't have what it takes to achieve your goal.




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