Blog #3

Working with others as a group is an effort that requires time and patience in order to receive the rewarding outcome.  In order to improve teamwork effectiveness, the team must accomplish its tasks in agreement with one another. Improving teamwork effectiveness can be done in a number of ways depending on the individuals in the team.  Each individual must have something useful to contribute and must be open-minded to other group member’s ideas.

Teamwork can be more effective if each member of the team is not closed minded.  When improving a team’s performance, the team needs to hear everyone out and not be too quick to shut down an idea.  A team member also needs to be assertive and speak up if he/she is not seeing the big picture of the team’s final agreement.  When you have an entire group to work with, you can take the information from each individual and combine it into a creative source to draw ideas from. (Levin, 2011)

Each member of a group has something to add in enhancing the quality of a project.  One student may excel in an area that another student does not.  Each team may assign a group member to an assignment they are more comfortable with or something they are determined to better themselves at.  It is important to learn from the knowledge of other team members and expand your abilities in future team efforts. 

References

Beachum, N. (2013, April 06). Blogging is more important today than ever before. Retrieved from http://socialmediatoday.com/nicolebeachum/1338806/blogging-more-important-today-ever

Bullas, J. (2011, March). 7 reasons why companies should blog. Retrieved from http://www.jeffbullas.com/2009/07/10/7-reasons-why-companies-should-blog/

Professional blogs are a great source for getting a company's name out to public knowledge.  For a company like Snapple it could be very beneficial to provide product information and promote its product to the readers.  The best way for businesses to get brand recognition is to use as many media outlets as possible.   
Professional blogs can help potential consumers become aware of the product and make purchasing decisions based on the content of the blog or just that the content existed and they saw it in the first place. Writing professional blogs will get more visitors to the Snapple website and develop a base of loyal fans.  It can also provide more links to show up when a potential consumer is searching for Snapple on the internet. 
A professional blog for companies like Snapple can become a reminder to previous customers to go out and purchase the product. Snapple can use blogging to its advantage by creating content that continues customers to keep coming back. Using blogs can help a company learn more about customer expectations and how its product can improve. 
 It is important for Snapple to use professional blogs to communicate with the customers who keep it in business.  Any way of getting out the information and benefits of a company’s product will be valuable in the long run.  Snapple will continue to grow and have a more trusting relationship with customers thanks to professional blogs