✨ 𝗡𝗘𝗪: An assistant built for communicators, by communicators
𝗪𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲 of Axios' and Axios HQ's human expertise with cutting-edge AI, proprietary data, and modern communication best practices.
"There's a huge problem, even at sophisticated companies — communicating with hierarchy, simplicity. If you can communicate better, people fundamentally make better decisions." —
@JimVandeHei
👉 Axios HQ can help:
According to the New York Times, “HQ promises to teach corporate America how to trim the jargon." We couldn’t have said it better ourselves! The full story:
Every company in the world is facing the same issue. Their teams are buried in more information than ever, and there’s never enough time to get through it.
~70% of employees admit they don't read the emails their company sends.
👇 What breaks through:
An existential crisis is resting on the shoulders of nearly every executive in America — the Great Resignation. Join
@Axios
’
@JimVandeHei
and leaders at
@Gallup
,
@EdelmanUS_
&
@salesforce
on 9/9 for a smart, brief discussion on how to best navigate.
90+ of the nation's top communication leaders agree — 2024 is going to be another tough year. We dug into what that means with them and
@mixingboardco
. The result:
— 8 pressing issues every org will face.
— 37 strategies to help leaders navigate them.
Our communications software uses machine learning to distill essential updates to their core. Get a sample newsletter to see how it formats info to deliver an easy-to-digest newsletter to busy stakeholders.
On Feb. 3, join Axios CEO Jim VandeHei and four modern organizations for a 30-minute discussion on best-in-class comms strategies to tackle the workplace communication crisis:
Most busy readers are scanning your internal updates — not reading word for word — trying to answer two questions: What is this about? How will it impact me?
Hook your readers by answering those two questions for them upfront.
1 big thing: "Keep it very simple. Respect your audience's time and give them what they need clearly and concisely every single time...that consistency is so important." -
@yolandabrignoni
#AxiosHQ
TOMORROW: Spend 30 minutes with
@axios
'
@JimVandeHei
and leaders at
@Gallup
,
@EdelmanUS_
and
@salesforce
for a discussion on what’s driving the Great Resignation and what you can do to get your organization through it. Register 👉
"What we have found is that there's no lack of work communication. But our team is really, really eager for personal connection and for non-work related communication." -
@LauraNeville
at
@EverFi
🏆🎉
@AxiosHQ
won its first
#WebbyAward
! A big thanks to everyone who voted, our team, and our 300+ partners. Together, we're changing business communications. See how:
In his
#TEDxtalk
,
@axios
CEO
@JimVandeHei
shared simple steps to make your point and have it heard.
Pre-order a copy of the book by the Axios' founders that teaches you the secrets to writing less, while saying more to your audiences:
#communications
💼 1 job thing: Axios HQ is hiring a Copywriter. We're looking for someone to develop creative content and smart copy that attracts and engages new audiences. Know someone who is a fit? Learn more here: .
Jeffrey Katzenberg, the creative mind that built DreamWorks and
@WndrCo
, dives deep with Axios founder
@JimVandeHei
on creative storytelling techniques to help any leader better engage their team. Join their conversation on 6/3:
#communications
Smart Brevity® is a communication formula we at
@axios
have been testing and perfecting for years. See how to apply that same formula to your internal comms to boost employee engagement and productivity.
🎂 We started
@AxiosHQ
1 year ago this month! Since then, 200+ orgs have used it to grow in the face of a workplace revolution. On Thursday, four of them will share their most pressing leadership challenges, and the
#comms
strategies they use to navigate:
We gathered leaders at
@Salesforce
,
@EdelmanUS_
and
@Gallup
to get their take on the Great Resignation and how to best navigate. Join the conversation on September 9 at 12:30 pm ET.
Success can ONLY happen with good communication. Culture, strategy and implementation are ONLY possible with good communication. 300+ orgs use
@AxiosHQ
to empower efficient and effective communication.
Connect with our team to learn more:
#communications
We've done so much more than drive revenue, too. We've saved thousands of words and minutes with smart, brief communications that inspire, inform, engage. 🙌 We're just getting started! by
@digiday
🧐What's the imperative for professional success? Sharp, clear communication. Join us today at 12:30 pm ET as
@JimVandeHei
speaks with leaders at
@Everfi
&
@Grail
about engaging key stakeholders with effective
#comms
.
Last week we got all of Axios together for the first time in 2+ years! We had a blast getting to spend time together. Want to join the fun? Check out our open roles and join our growing team:
"𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗸 — whether it’s having a tough conversation or keeping a pulse on how your people are doing... The way you engage with them, listen to them, and lead them will set a tone."
Want to know the best day and time to send internal emails to get the highest open rates? So did we. That’s why we analyzed 8.7 million email deliveries to find out. Get the report now.
#openrates
#internalcommunications
#internalcomms
Taking place NOW!
@JimVandeHei
meets with
@WndrCoLLC
Founder Jeffrey Katzenberg to discuss the importance of smart, memorable messaging in order to keep your teams aligned.
👀 This Thursday, we're peeling back the curtain and showing you what Axios HQ is all about.
Sign up to learn what Axios HQ is, how it works, and how organizations big and small are using it to transform their workplace communications.
Did you miss our chat with Noam Shazeer, CEO of
@character_ai
? Here's a snippet of the conversation about
#AI
and its future.
Watch the full event now:
The truth is, everyone, needs to radically rethink how they communicate — especially how you write — if you want anything to stick in this distracted, digital world.
The
#SmartBrevity
book teaches you how.
📚 Available to order now:
#communications
📅 Join us on Feb. 3 as four modern organizations share the most pressing leadership challenges they’ve faced in recent times — and the best-in-class comms strategies that tackled it.
In case you missed yesterday's Stay smart conversation, read below some key insights our partners
@cydneyroach
and
@dmadey
shared on how orgs can effectively communicate company goals, address issues and rally teams to success. ⬇️
"A key differentiator lies in Axios HQ's innovative AI writing assistant, which makes content creation easier by analyzing communication goals and user preferences."
Check out why G2 ranked us among the best writing tools available:
🧠
#FridayFundamentals
: The better you can capture a literal human interaction in your email, memo, or update, the more trustworthy and engaging you’ll be for your readers.
Here's how we turn our comms into conversations with clear, compelling writing 🧵:
Top of mind for top U.S. communicators:
▶️ 2024 Presidential race
▶️ AI in the workplace
▶️ Stabilizing economy
▶️ High burnout, low culture
▶️ Dissatisfied frontlines
▶️ New ESG reporting
▶️ Social media + trust
▶️ Marketing + Comms blur
Go deeper:
Did you miss our chat with Noam Shazeer? It's not too late to see what's coming for AI.
#AI
#ArtificalIntelligence
#event
Watch the full event on-demand:
@asana
's Anatomy of Work report explored what’s working—and what's not—across business collaboration.
Our CEO
@roylschwartz
's advice to leaders is to "be audience-first" in their communications.
Explore all the findings in the full report:
Our AI-powered software helps you apply our winning comms formula — Smart Brevity® — to shorten email communications by 40% on average without sacrificing substance.
Learn how.
#communications
#commssoftware
#generativeai
67% of employees would "go above and beyond" if they felt more valued and engaged. We break down 5 modern comms strategies that help drive connection, engagement and productivity.
We’re launching something new TOMORROW. “AI HQ” is an Axios HQ original series that takes you to the heart of the AI revolution. In our first conversation you’ll meet Noam Shazeer. He helped build the “T” in “GPT.”
#ChatGPT
#AI
#ArtificialIntelligence
📆 May 29 @ 12:30pm ET | Jim VandeHei and Tristyn Hassani break down modern leadership.
"If you can communicate better, people fundamentally make better decisions.”
👉 Join us:
When you treat readers like people whose interest you need to gain, you're positioned to figure out what connects and what doesn't. Find out how to do that as communicators from
@ww_us
and
@DomtarEveryday
walk you through communicating like a marketer.
When you’ve finished a meeting, there’s almost no better compliment than to hear a teammate say, “That was a great use of time.” People should think the same thing when they’ve finished reading your communications.
📚 We’re so excited to share the news: Axios’s first-ever book about Smart Brevity® – the style of writing that won millions of Axios subscribers – is coming to stores near you! Stay tuned for the release:
Employees today are simultaneously overwhelmed by communications and in need of more communications. What's the solution?
Tomorrow we'll be discussing ways you can improve your employee communications with leaders at
@Lyft
&
@UPS
. Tune in.
"When communication fails, teams and ideas fail. 30% of all project failures are the direct result of poor communication, according to a Project Management Institute study."
🕐 Over 70% of employees say they don’t read the content their company sends — it’s overwhelming and time-consuming. Make company updates easier with axioms.
Join us one week from today as we sit down with former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki to discuss ways your comms can build and preserve trust, especially during an election year.
#Election
#Comms
“I never knew writing a newsletter could be so much fun or have such a quick impact! With an increasingly distributed team, HQ allows everyone to stay informed, inspired and connected to our mission." - Ellen Paterson, COO,
@EverFi
.
🤔Did you know?
@axios
founders wrote a book on
#SmartBrevity
— a communications formula that punches through the noise to get people to pay attention to what matters most.
📚 Pre-order your copy today:
Join us for some tough love — and helpful tools — from
@JimVandeHei
.
👉 "Communications is now arguably the most important skill for any leader and function inside any organization, big or small. And most suck at it."
September is here, and we’re talking
#SmartBrevity
— the comms formula that transformed
@axios
' newsroom 🧠💪
📙ICYM:
@axios
founders wrote a book about
#SmartBrevity
. Get your copy and join us all month to learn how to apply it to your business comms:
The future of Hybrid 2.0 is unpredictable, but one thing is certain: Companies will need to rethink the way they communicate with their employees. Jim VandeHei breaks down Smart Brevity®, a methodology helping companies transform internal communications:
🧠
#WednesdayWisdom
: Everyone, needs to radically rethink how they communicate — especially how you write — if you want anything to stick in this distracted, digital world.
In his
#TEDx
talk, Axios CEO,
@JimVandeHei
shares how he breaks through:
#comms
#FridayFundamentals
: Building a culture of transparency, consistency and clarity starts at the top.
🎥 Watch this event and get the executive on summary why
#comms
should be the heart of your leadership strategy:
As Director of Comms at
@HappyMoney
,
@lauranell
brings the company’s story to life among its internal stakeholders.
Learn more about her strategic lens and innate ability for connecting the dots this Thursday:
At our Smart Brevity Open House tomorrow at 12pm EST,
@EmilyInverso
will teach you the methodology behind Axios’ Smart Brevity® style — and the techniques that can elevate your own essential communications.
Register today:
🏆 We've selected this year's Best-in-Class Award winners! Each year we identify HQ users evolving communications — connecting their employees and communities in innovative ways. We caught up with two winners last week, who shared their best practices:
1 big thing: Axios HQ is hiring a Marketing Manager. We're looking for marketers interested in the B2B SaaS space to work across channels with an emphasis on and ownership of our email marketing program. Learn more and apply here: .
#hiring
#marketingjobs
1. Create a single source of truth. 🔐
2. Meet readers where they are. 👥
3. Define each platform’s purpose. 📲
4. Check tone and wording. 📝
5. Test and learn. 🧠
In the
#SmartBrevity
book 📚 launching Tuesday,
@axios
founders examine how we spend an average of 26 seconds reading a piece of content and our brain decides in 17 milliseconds if we like what we are seeing.
It's almost time! Join Nick Johnston, Publisher at Axios, today at 12pm EST as he dives into bringing better communication practices to your org. Register now.
#comms
#bettercommunications
#Axios
👏Communication matters👏
"Any person working under you should be able to recite the three most important things you're doing as a company. This requires constant, clear repetition of what matters most."
📚 Axios CEO
@JimVandeHei
's "Just the Good Stuff" hit the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists.
👀 Two new ways you can join in on the fun:
• 📅 Register for a LinkedIn Live event with Jim and
@toryburch
:
* 🎧 Listen to
@katiecouric
's
Welcome to
#5daysofFundamentals
! 🎉 This week we’re gifting you the power of Smart Brevity® — how the methodology works and how you can use it to elevate what matters most for your key stakeholders. 🤓
74% of employees say they miss out on crucial company communication. (Source: Mindshare).
We have a few tips that can help you craft and deliver comms employees can't miss.
Our Business Development Associates are extremely important to our success - they're the first people our clients interact with. Check out the job description and apply here:
NEW DATA ALERT! 400+ leaders and 1,000+ employees have spoken. Here’s how much time and money is being wasted on ineffective comms, the true ROI leaders see with effective updates, and the topics employees actually care about.
#Communications
#ROI
#Data
🧠
#WednesdayWisdom
:
@FratzkeMedia
recently gathered key insights for communications leaders regarding the current distributed workforce and how they can best plan for the future.
Here are 5 strategies you can implement now:
Want to learn more about Smart Brevity and how it can change the way you write and communicate? Good news! Our Smart Brevity ebook is on sale today over on Amazon!
Axios HQ: The power of Smart Brevity
This is a MUST for communicators...and we're all communicators. Everyone should adopt this communication approach! Learn more about it in this short, free course from
@AxiosHQ
TODAY: Tune in at 12:30 pm ET for an executive discussion on the Great Resignation – how we got here and what to do to navigate. Register here:
#AxiosHQ
We're so excited to be speaking with leaders at
@RaganComms
's Employee Communications Conference on how HQ can help them elevate what matters!
Stop by our booth at 3:15 during the mindfulness break for a walkthrough of the platform with our account management team!
In this recent article for the
@ForbesCommCncl
,
@ThoughtPartner
emphasizes how better
#communication
plays a profound role in ensuring that teams are connected and engaged.
We couldn't agree more!
Read the full article here:
Do you run comms for an association? Then join us on October 17 at 1pm ET to learn more about Smart Brevity and the specific techniques you can use in your association member communications.
#event
#communications
#association
Three things you'll learn about Smart Brevity from our open house on April 14: its approach to communication, a before & after, and how it could benefit your organization. Register now!
#internalcommunications
#employeeengagement
✅ Brevity and clarity are essential ingredients in an effective staff update. In our communication checklist, we share more tips to make each update worth your reader’s time:
"With the workplace being more distributed across geographical areas than ever, establishing and maintaining a company culture that effectively engages all employees is a growing challenge."
Here are 15 tips to build your
#employeeengagement
strategy: