Archive for September, 2011
Groupon launches Reward program
by: Jennifer Van Grove Daily deals juggernaut Groupon expanded its product lineup Wednesday to include Groupon Rewards. Groupon Rewards is a loyalty platform for the company’s merchants — and a set of incentives for its most active subscribers. The product integrates with merchants’ [...]
EngageME – How we create engagement strategies in house.
If you work in a big or small company, sometimes it still becomes a challenge to get to know other people in other areas of your company. At PPM, we have created the Lunch Buddy program. The company provides $20.00 to invite a co-worker outside of your department out to lunch. If a free lunch [...]
Is Pink the New Orange?
For a lot longer than you and I have been around, the principle of the “Carrot and the Stick” has been the foundation of motivational theory. We’ve lived under the guise of “If….Then” as we ponder how to better engage employees and customers. And then along comes Daniel Pink. Pink is [...]
Who’s Happy with Their Job?
According to a survey reported by CBS news, less than half of all Americans, 45%, are satisfied in the their jobs. That’s the lowest percentage ever reported and down significantly from the 1987 survey which reported that 61% of Americans were happy in their jobs. The same survey found that [...]
Think Big. Think Happy.
Recently I read that Tony Hsieh (CEO of Zappos) co-created a company and named Jenn Lim as the CEO and Chief Happiness Officer of Delivering Happiness. Their mission is to “inspire happiness in work, community, and everyday life” and the company is helping to communicate the Zappos model [...]