This document discusses the importance of company culture and how Blinds.com cultivates its culture. It explores how Blinds.com defines its values through crowd-sourcing, ensures its culture is organic and democratic, and puts its mission and values in writing. It also discusses how Blinds.com uses a social and fun approach to recruiting, onboarding new employees through scavenger hunts and celebrations, and keeps employees engaged through training, coaching, and celebrating achievements together.
4. Letâs talk aboutâŚ
⢠What does it mean?
Culture, mantras, paradigm shifts
⢠Recruiting + onboarding
Having a blast from the start
⢠Employee engagement
How to keep the party going
Katie Laird
@Blindsdotcom // @happykatie
11. Job hunt gone social
⢠Go where your
community is
⢠Social spreads fast!
⢠Job listings are
marketing pieces
⢠Job fairs are fun
Katie Laird
@Blindsdotcom // @happykatie
17. A scavenger hunt to remember
⢠How many Stephanies do you work with?
⢠Whoâs wife won a national cooking show?
⢠Where do we turn our team into stars?
Katie Laird
@Blindsdotcom // @happykatie
24. âEvery day you act as if you own this
business in all that you do.
Today, Iâd like to make it official⌠you
now ALL own the company and I
couldnât be happier.â
Jay Steinfeld
CEO, Blinds.com
@BlindscomCEO
26. A quick recap!
⢠Make it mean something
⢠Experiment without fear
⢠Go geeky with recruiting
⢠Enjoy the ride!
Katie Laird
@Blindsdotcom // @happykatie
27. Be nice, stay engaged + have fun
Watch here: http://blnds.cm/500milevid
Katie Laird // PR Manager
katiel@Blinds.com
@Blindsdotcom +@happykatie
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Facebook Likes are no longer our victory â now we use them as indicators that weâre getting where we want to go as a company in social.Our main objective is NOT revenue.Itâs customer experience and insight we apply in other channels -- we help people learn about and feel comfortable ordering blinds on the Internet â we have to be relevant, interesting, funny, shareable and helpful to garner more attention and shares.We view our social strategy in a more big picture kind of way. Social Media is a worthwhile activity because it helps our company realize itâs mission.YOU BECOME WHAT YOU MEASURE â focusing on soft metrics can lead to $$$, but thatâs not always the best thing to focus on solely.
Facebook Likes are no longer our victory â now we use them as indicators that weâre getting where we want to go as a company in social.Our main objective is NOT revenue.Itâs customer experience and insight we apply in other channels -- we help people learn about and feel comfortable ordering blinds on the Internet â we have to be relevant, interesting, funny, shareable and helpful to garner more attention and shares.We view our social strategy in a more big picture kind of way. Social Media is a worthwhile activity because it helps our company realize itâs mission.YOU BECOME WHAT YOU MEASURE â focusing on soft metrics can lead to $$$, but thatâs not always the best thing to focus on solely.
Facebook Likes are no longer our victory â now we use them as indicators that weâre getting where we want to go as a company in social.Our main objective is NOT revenue.Itâs customer experience and insight we apply in other channels -- we help people learn about and feel comfortable ordering blinds on the Internet â we have to be relevant, interesting, funny, shareable and helpful to garner more attention and shares.We view our social strategy in a more big picture kind of way. Social Media is a worthwhile activity because it helps our company realize itâs mission.YOU BECOME WHAT YOU MEASURE â focusing on soft metrics can lead to $$$, but thatâs not always the best thing to focus on solely.
Facebook Likes are no longer our victory â now we use them as indicators that weâre getting where we want to go as a company in social.Our main objective is NOT revenue.Itâs customer experience and insight we apply in other channels -- we help people learn about and feel comfortable ordering blinds on the Internet â we have to be relevant, interesting, funny, shareable and helpful to garner more attention and shares.We view our social strategy in a more big picture kind of way. Social Media is a worthwhile activity because it helps our company realize itâs mission.YOU BECOME WHAT YOU MEASURE â focusing on soft metrics can lead to $$$, but thatâs not always the best thing to focus on solely.