GiftCard Partners Blog

Keeping employees motivated isn’t just about big bonuses or formal recognition programs. While structured incentives have their place, informal employee rewards can be just as powerful—if not more—at maintaining morale, fostering camaraderie, and driving performance. Plus, they can be implemented with minimal cost while delivering meaningful impact.

Incentive Magazine gathered professionals from across the motivation, recognition, travel, and rewards spectrum to come together for a discussion on the state of the incentive industry. Corporate gift cards, or, gift cards used in the corporate environment portion of the B2B marketplace was a hot topic! In their interview,
Incentive
Magazine posed the question, “How is the gift card market doing?,” the panel had some interesting views on corporate gift card use.

Employee motivation can get repetitive and less effective when trying to find unique motivation for a large number of employees. Here are 3 easy ways to motivate a team of any size.

When employees are motivated, happy at work and supportive of a company's mission they can make the best brand advocates. In the age of social media, 24/7 news cycles and constant media messages
, it is important to have brand advocates that will evangelize your brand and its mission. Since brands don't have social capital, you need people working for you, willing to put their social capital behind your brand. Employee brand advocacy can provide a variety of social benefits including: