Your market sees one company: Part 3 of 6 - Insight-Your Market Sees One Company

Your Market Sees One Company

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The article argues that modern companies should no longer rely only on marketing, PR, or leadership to represent the brand. Social media has changed the landscape by giving employees direct access to markets, clients, peers, and decision-makers. This creates an opportunity for “cross functional influence,” where people across the business communicate in parallel through credible, professional voices.<br /><br />The author explains that many firms still focus on company pages and follower counts while ignoring the commercial value of employee visibility. Instead, businesses should first define clear goals: who they want to reach, which expertise matters, what conversations they want to join, and what business impact they want to achieve.<br /><br />A practical example shows engineers who initially dismissed social media but later built strong profiles, networks, and useful content around their expertise. As a result, the right people began paying attention, conversations turned into meetings, and meetings into proposals and work. Similar results spread to project teams and leadership, making the brand feel more open and human.<br /><br />Another example highlights a company that spent years on traditional marketing without success in reaching a key overseas prospect. When one engineer began engaging with the prospect’s engineering team on social media, it led to calls, a pitch day, a tender invitation, and finally a contract.<br /><br />The article concludes that companies shaping their sectors today are building “digital armies” of specialists rather than depending on a single corporate voice. The author, Eric Doyle of Crux Consulting, positions this as the third pillar of Modern Commercial Leadership, ahead of a future discussion on “Digital Credibility.”

Keywords

social media

employee advocacy

brand visibility

cross functional influence

digital credibility

modern commercial leadership

professional networking

business development

corporate branding

thought leadership