Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Social media and crisis communications has become one of the fastest growing areas of both practice and research for today’s communication landscape. Additionally, “over half of respondents (52%) feel that the benefits of using social media as a crisis communications tool outweigh the risks” (page 4).

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Crisis Communications Social Media Crisis Communications 40

Critical Mention

JUNE 29, 2018

Takeaway: Tide did a great job combatting the crisis by using Twitter to reply to people having “trouble” with its products, telling them to contact their doctor or local poison center and also providing the company’s customer service number. Consumers erupted in outrage at the ad on social media, criticizing it as racist.

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Crisis Customer Service Video Financial 68

Cision

DECEMBER 14, 2015

A lot has been written in the past year about the limited reach and engagement level on various social media platforms. you can expect only a small fraction of your potential audience will ever receive your communication, much less act upon it. In non-crisis times, this is simply social care (customer service).

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Crisis Communications Crisis Communications Facebook 120

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 12, 2016

Ownership is a strong word in the high-stakes game of corporate social media turf wars – yet consensus increasingly points to PR as primary proponents. A recent survey by the employment agency, The Creative Group , says corporate executives are increasingly inclined to pin the communications shop with such responsibility.

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Survey Corporate Social Media Media 60