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5 Steps for Differentiating Your Staffing Firm

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Having trouble differentiating your firm from the 20 other staffing and recruiting firms in your market? Discouraged by trying to compete with the massive multinational agencies who dominate the search engines? Haven’t had a Facebook “like” since 2015?

Don’t give up! There are some pretty easy-to-implement marketing initiatives that can help your staffing firm stand out, and stay shoulder-to-shoulder with industry giants.

  1. Build a Better Company Brand
    Clients and candidates may know your name, but do they really know who your agency is? What do you care about? What are your specialties? How many lives have you changed with your services? Use resources at your fingertips to build a company brand, and above all, a personality. Post testimonials to your blog and social media channels, post write-ups about your recruiters – and put a name to the face with fun company photos. It may seem trivial, but 7 in 10 Americans said they were willing to spend more with companies they believe provide excellent customer service – if you prove you’re the kind of company that people want to work with, you could be catching those same numbers!
  2. Focus on Mobile Content
    The typical criticism of our society is that we’re all glued to our phones all day. Why not use this knowledge to your advantage? Post content to, and optimize that content for places where it will be seen on a mobile phone. Is your email newsletter responsive? Are your graphics sized for mobile social media pages? Will your website display correctly on an iPhone? How about an Android device? What about candidates; can they apply through their phones, or save jobs for later? If you’re not taking advantage of mobile optimization, you’re losing out.
  3. Manage Your Reputation
    Reviews drive purchasing decisions. Ninety percent of people report that reviews help them determine the quality of a local business, and 72 percent of people report that positive reviews inspire trust. So are you inspiring trust through what’s written online about your company? The harsh reality about staffing and recruiting is that it’s impossible to place every single candidate, and those who can’t be placed are not afraid to write very nasty reviews about your company online. What’s being said about you? Do you know? Are you taking steps to proactively manage feedback before it ends up online? If you’re not, you could be losing out to the competition.
  4. Start Re-Recruiting for Return Website Visitors
    Visitors who return to your website are infinitely more valuable than people who visit once and never return again. They are much more likely to interact with your site, share your content, refer your site to other companies or job seekers, or ultimately fill out a contact form and become an active client or candidate. The more you can do to encourage second-time website visitors, the more you’ll see your traffic numbers, engagement, and profitability rise. Use a program like Haley Marketing Group’s Re-Recruiting program for Facebook, Google and Instagram to drive interested and hard-to-find prospects back to your website, where their potential to increase your bottom line increases exponentially.
  5. Create a Better Client/Candidate Experience
    If your clients and candidates aren’t happy, they aren’t going to come back. But beyond that, they’re going to spread their unhappiness through word of mouth, online reviews, and social channels – all of which can directly impact your bottom line. Try to gauge client/candidate reactions to see how well you’re doing, and where you have areas to improve. The more proactive you can be, the less reactive you need to be when something goes badly.

 

Need help implementing some of these ideas? Our team of marketing experts is always available at [email protected], or click any of the links below to learn about how our services can help you stand out from the crowd of staffing and recruiting agencies!

Social Media
Mobile-Optimized Websites
Reputation Management
PPC and Re-Recruiting

 

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