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8 Surprising Reasons To Raise Your Internal Communications Game

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Internal comms drives good customer service. As most business people know, it costs five times as much to capture a new customer than it takes to keep an existing one. A company that boasts stellar internal customer service are leading by example, inspiring (and teaching) employees to provide great external customer service.

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Brand Ambassadors, Brand Advocates: These Programs Aren’t Easy!

Rock the Status Quo

Don’t Let The Plethora of Blog Posts Fool You It’s easy to tout the benefits of brand advocate programs – of which there are many – but there isn’t enough discussion around just how difficult it is to create and sustain one. They are hired by the company and have a paid role to grow the brand.

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The Extra Mile PR Strategy: Wow Your Customers

Doctor Spin

A family staying at the Ritz-Carlton on Amelia Island, Florida, experienced the hotel’s customer service when their son’s beloved stuffed giraffe, Joshie, was accidentally left behind. Stuffed giraffe shows what customer service is all about. 1 Do Things that Don’t Scale. Ritz-Carlton. 2012, May 17).

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The Top PR Threats To Your Company’s Reputation

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

In today’s volatile media and social environment, brand reputation is fragile. According to the World Economic Forum , more than twenty-five percent of a company’s market value is directly attributable to its brand reputation. So how should brands prepare for an unknown, uncontrollable event that could impugn its reputation?

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Five Ways to Optimize Your Social Networks for Crisis Communication

Cision

Major social networks such as Facebook and Twitter give you the capability to affix key social posts at the top of your page (note that this is only true for brand pages on Facebook and not personal pages). In non-crisis times, this is simply social care (customer service).

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PRCA Digital PR Report 2015 need for more digital PR training and digital PR budgets expected to grow

Stuart Bruce

Companies and brands can only be truly social if they do it themselves. blogger) outreach/engagement has seen growth of 11% over the past two years – from 41% in 2013, to 50% in 2014, and to 52% in 2015. Meanwhile, investment in search engine optimisation (SEO) has dropped year-on-year from 67% in 2013, to 53% in 2015.

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How to Boost PR Campaigns With Social Data

Beyond PR

Cision Communications Cloud ® ’s “Matterhorn” release arms communicators with the tools they need to deepen their understanding of what influencers say about their brand on social channels and how that shapes the behavior and sentiment of their target audience. . About Jason Edelboim.

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