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Employee Influencers On United Airlines

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 24, 2020November 14, 2023 7 Comments

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United is turning to savvy employees to bolster its image across social media platforms, enlisting flight attendants and baggage handlers to post pictures and commentary.

The Chicago Tribune unpacks what has become a growing trend for companies seeking a more authentic brand image. Of course United has a dedicated social media team; this goes beyond that.

Take Joe Lammerman for example. He’s a baggage handler at Chicago O’Hare but United noticed he was posting some beautiful shots on his account and people were eating them up. Now photography is part of his job description.

 

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Or take Love Fajota, a United flight attendant. She posts inspirational messages about her travels and amassed over 60,000 followers on Instagram.

United’s influencer recruitment does not only target frontline employees. Jaspreet Singh, a self-identified “aviation geek” who works behind the scenes on in-flight-entertainment, also posts pictures as part of his job.

“Even before I started at United, my feed was nothing but airplane photos.”

How does United determine which employees get picked? The Tribune reports:

“United considered the overall number of followers employees had on social networks like Instagram and Twitter, but also looked for people whose followers tended to be United employees, passengers or people in the aviation industry, said Maggie Schmerin, United’s managing director of social and digital media. The airline also wanted people whose posts were informative and in line with the company’s brand.”

Of course there is some risk–wild parties, contentious political or religious views, and other controversies that can detract from a company’s brand image–but United has not experienced this. And I tend to think if you know your boss is watching your Instagram account, it sort of regulates behavior…

CONCLUSION

I like the idea of encouraging employees to be social media influencers. That itself builds external and internal brand loyalty. In such a public-facing company, there is certainly some merit to notion that employee photos are more “authentic” as well. And frankly I just enjoy looking at these pictures!

> Read More: A Flight Attendant Freed From Detention Demonstrates Power Of Social Media

top photo is me, not a paid influencer by any stretch of the imagination…

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Matthew Klint

Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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7 Comments

  1. Talay Reply
    January 24, 2020 at 12:01 pm

    Can’t agree with this. Employees being used as stooges and bigging up the company – they are hardly likely to say something negative or post pictures of arguments at check in or pictures of safety issues are they ?

    • Howard Reply
      January 24, 2020 at 6:01 pm

      That’s probably the point…

  2. debit Reply
    January 24, 2020 at 3:09 pm

    There have been some united flight attendants i wiuld totally follow on Instagram if they posted bikini photos.

    I don’t care to see photos of some freaking plane. Too many blogs already do that.

    Has united thought about making calendar like pirelli?

  3. UA-NYC Reply
    January 24, 2020 at 4:45 pm

    Coincidentally, Henry LAX gets paid $.02/word to slavishly and endlessly defend UA on these blogs

  4. Paolo Reply
    January 24, 2020 at 5:02 pm

    I don’t see anything wrong with it: they are upfront about being employees, plus it’s nice to see the pride they take in their work.
    Obviously it’s free publicity for UA, and works to the advantage of the airline. It’s hard to be that ‘free’ stuff: for example, the boost to Easyjet following that documentary series a few years ago was enormous. It focused on staff . People still watch it on YouTube.

  5. Jerry Reply
    January 25, 2020 at 9:56 pm

    That’s a cool picture of you, @Matthew. If you weren’t a married man, that would be a great #2 photo on your Tinder/Hinge profile.

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