{"id":14355,"date":"2019-11-04T15:21:53","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T22:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/otmk.wpengine.com\/?p=14355"},"modified":"2025-01-08T19:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T03:37:08","slug":"grow-your-marketing-with-gratitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outsourcemarketing.com\/blog\/grow-your-marketing-with-gratitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Grow Your Marketing With Gratitude"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">November is America\u2019s unofficial month of gratitude, which just happens to be one of our core values here at Outsource Marketing. Gratitude fuels a positive work environment, builds strong relationships, and allows people to feel seen and heard.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>How can gratitude grow your marketing? <\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the heart of your marketing is a team that communicates with your audience. They control the voice of your brand. Expressing gratitude\u2014both internally as a team and externally as a brand\u2014shows your team, your clients, and customers that you care. It reminds them that you\u2019re a real human, not a faceless company. Showing gratitude allows you to improve customer relations, brand loyalty, and productivity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Looking internally, we know that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jacobmorgan\/2015\/04\/15\/why-smaller-teams-are-better-than-larger-ones\/#8bb5f2f1e686\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">small groups get shit done<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. We also know that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/adigaskell\/2017\/06\/22\/new-study-finds-that-collaboration-drives-workplace-performance\/#7bfee1d43d02\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">collaborating on projects can boost employee engagement and can have lasting effects on overall quality of work<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. How does gratitude fit in? According to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.harvard.edu\/healthbeat\/giving-thanks-can-make-you-happier\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Harvard Medical School <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c&#8230;Gratitude is strongly and consistently associated with greater happiness. Gratitude helps people feel more positive emotions, relish good experiences, improve their health, deal with adversity, and build strong relationships.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, if your small, collaborative team practices expressing gratitude, odds are you\u2019re going to accomplish more and get closer to reaching your goals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take a minute to think of three things you\u2019re grateful for and <\/span><b>write them down<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Doing this exercise makes your thoughts more tangible and will help you internalize and remember them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you do this twenty-one days in a row, you\u2019ll make a marked impact on the next <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inc.com\/jessica-stillman\/the-amazing-way-gratitude-rewires-your-brain-for-happiness.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">six months of your work, willpower, and levels of calm<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Now imagine if everyone in your small team did this for 21 days too. That\u2019s six months of higher performance levels, greater capacity for success, and an atmosphere so calm you\u2019ll think you\u2019re in an Enya music video.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>What does \u201cexpressing gratitude\u201d look like?\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Showing gratitude to clients and customers is all about taking the time to find a little way to acknowledge someone else\u2019s efforts. The same way you thank your favorite barista Jessica when she makes your grande, almond milk, triple shot, extra hot, no foam latte with a splash of hazelnut right the first time, show your appreciation towards your clients by thanking them for all that they do. Do you sigh with relief when they respond quickly, or do a little dance at their thorough feedback? Let them know.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take the time before or during a meeting to acknowledge the work your clients have done. When you\u2019re emailing back and forth, consider adding something you\u2019re grateful for to your signature. If you have office stationery, write them a quick thank-you letter or postcard to let them know they\u2019re appreciated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Internally you can use systems like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bonus.ly\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bonusly<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that allow coworkers to give each other small bonuses. This not only shows coworkers that they\u2019re appreciated but it also allows them to physically type something they\u2019re grateful for. You can also integrate gratitude into progress meetings to let coworkers know you can see the work they\u2019re doing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>How do you move forward?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maybe you don\u2019t have a marketing department or you\u2019re a small, collaborative, party of one (solo conga line!). In that case, you might want to consider outsourcing your marketing. Here at <a href=\"https:\/\/outsourcemarketing.com\/about-us\/\">Outmark<\/a>, we believe that marketing + happiness = growth and, in order to achieve a state of happy, you need gratitude.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you think about it, growing your company is like growing a relationship: it takes time, conscious effort, and appreciation. So if you want to stop flirting with your marketing and start going steady, shoot us an email at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:hey@outmark.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hey@outmark.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or give us a call at (425) 283-1800. And don\u2019t worry, we don\u2019t play hard to get \ud83d\ude09<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In June 2019, our team had a series of meetings to uncover what happiness means to Outmark, our clients, and their customers and clients. Happiness promotes better health and wellbeing, encourages creativity, and improves employee retention. Happy employees make marketing fun. We focused on 13 components that frame happiness for us. Stay tuned for the other 12, what they mean to us, and how they can help you grow your marketing and your business.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November is America\u2019s unofficial month of gratitude, which just happens to be one of our&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1798,50],"tags":[472,897],"class_list":{"0":"post-14355","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-marketing-communications","7":"category-marketing-outsourcing","8":"tag-culture","9":"tag-marketing"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.0 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Grow Your Marketing With Gratitude | Outsource Marketing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Fuel your marketing and work environment with gratitude this month. 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