Making advocacy more accessible through alt text for images

Product Updates Published: January 20, 2025
Making advocacy more accessible through alt text for images

Employee advocacy isn’t just about amplifying your brand’s voice—it’s about creating a culture where everyone feels seen, heard, and included. By embracing inclusivity, advocacy becomes more than a strategy; it reflects your company’s values and commitment to making an impact for everyone, everywhere.

That’s why we’re thrilled to introduce a new feature that allows advocates to create alt text for the images they share.

Put simply, Alt text, or alternative text, is a concise description of an image that ensures content is accessible to everyone—including individuals who rely on screen readers or have visual impairments. This small addition for advocates can make a big difference in making content inclusive and meeting corporate accessibility standards.

Why does accessibility in B2B advocacy matter?

Employee advocacy is a powerful way to amplify your brand’s voice, but true advocacy means ensuring your message resonates with and reaches all the right people. By making shared content more accessible, B2B organizations demonstrate their commitment to inclusivity with every audience member.

What’s new for advocates?

Advocates with the Champion permission can now update their own images with descriptive alt text when sharing messages or creating posts directly from the Advocacy Board. The process is easy and a great way to ensure every post shared can reach its full potential.

The benefits of accessible advocacy

Expanded reach: Accessibility ensures your content is available to a wider audience, including individuals with disabilities and tools that read the alt text.

  • Brand reputation: By prioritizing inclusivity, your organization shows it cares about making a difference.
  • Increased engagement: Inclusive content fosters deeper, more meaningful connections with your audience, leading to more engagement.
  • Enhanced searchability: Advocates make their posts more discoverable by adding alt text to their images. This improves visibility across social search, AI-driven search engines, and SEO, ensuring your content created by your advocates is easily found and reaches the right audience.

Advocacy that reflects your values

This update is a step forward in making employee advocacy accessible to everyone, everywhere. It reflects our belief that inclusivity should be at the core of every marketing and advocacy effort.

We’re excited to see how our customers and their advocates leverage this feature to build stronger, more inclusive connections.

Try it out today, include it in your advocacy workshops, and let’s make advocacy a force for good—together.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is accessibility, specifically alt text, crucial for B2B employee advocacy content?

Alt text ensures your B2B advocacy content is accessible to a wider audience, including individuals using screen readers or with visual impairments. This commitment to inclusivity meets corporate accessibility standards, expands your brand's reach, and ensures your message resonates with everyone.

How does accessible employee advocacy improve B2B content searchability and SEO?

By adding descriptive alt text to images in advocacy posts, B2B organizations significantly enhance content discoverability. This improves visibility across social search and AI-driven search engines, boosting SEO and ensuring your advocates' content is easily found by target audiences.

What are the brand reputation benefits of promoting inclusivity through B2B employee advocacy?

Prioritizing inclusivity in B2B employee advocacy strengthens brand reputation by demonstrating a genuine commitment to social responsibility and accessibility. It shows your organization cares about making a difference, aligning advocacy efforts with core corporate values and fostering trust with diverse audiences.

How does accessible employee advocacy expand audience reach and engagement for B2B brands?

Accessible content ensures your B2B brand's message is available to a significantly wider audience, including individuals with disabilities. This inclusivity fosters deeper, more meaningful connections, leading to increased engagement across all audience segments and ensuring your brand's voice reaches its full potential.

How can advocates easily create accessible content within an employee advocacy program?

Advocates with the appropriate permissions can easily add descriptive alt text to images when sharing messages or creating posts directly within the advocacy platform. This simple, integrated process ensures every shared post is accessible and contributes to broader content inclusivity with minimal effort.

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