PRSay

JANUARY 16, 2020

For organizations of all sizes, the ability to identify, understand and manage an increasingly complex array of reputational threats will be integral to success in the years ahead. With that reality in mind, here are four emerging reputation risks to consider: Targeted online attacks. Controversial statements.

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PRSay

JULY 10, 2023

To avoid inflicting lasting reputational damage, communicators need to quickly decide whether to react to divisive political events. Now is the time to consider your organization’s values, map where they align and misalign with those of stakeholders and then implement a political-communication strategy for your brand.

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Reputation Us

MARCH 6, 2022

Few business buzzwords arouse more skepticism than the notion of corporate purpose. Facebook’s lackluster efforts to oust white supremacist groups from its platform, for example, resulted in a loss of user trust. Among them, he proposes, are “ reputational benefits ”— earning a positive brand image.

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Reputation Ethics Mobile Corporate 78

Reputation Us

DECEMBER 14, 2022

As we move toward a new year, ReputationUs encourages keeping your organization’s good reputation at the forefront of your business initiatives. Our annual list of Eight Reputation Enhancement Actions to Take offers guidance for the year ahead. Surveys and focus groups are a good way to do this.

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Reputation Antistress by Sergii Bidenko

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The brands must be careful about massive advertising campaigns during the highly sensitive Christmas and New Year holidays. However, marketing miscalculations and consumers' specific views of the world can cause reputational scandals even where they shouldn't have happened. The video caused the company's shares to fall by 9%.

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Melissa Agnes

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Investing in your professional online reputation is an important Crisis Ready strategy—and ReputationDefender has launched a service to help make this process easy for you. Most online reputation management companies focus solely on helping their clients fix their online reputations. Who is ReputationDefender?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 24, 2022

The authors call out several PR giants for creating and promoting “front groups” (with misleading names like Foundation For Clean Air Progress) that actually oppose clean-air legislation. The group fingered Edelman for its work for many brand-name fossil-fuel companies and trade organizations. Edelman under pressure.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

PR and marketing are perceived very differently, especially in a corporate environment. PR, on the other hand, with its ties to reputation and crisis management, is thought to play a more defensive role, designed to protect the corporate brand. A great brand marketing PR campaign can even drive leads and sales.

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PRSay

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In 2023, powerful campaigns strengthened PR’s ability to improve brand reputation and influence, while also strengthening customer adoption and loyalty. Brands have attempted to adapt their corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts to suit their audiences’ varying opinions on controversial issues.

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5W PR

JUNE 5, 2023

As a result, companies are increasingly adopting sustainable packaging practices in order to reduce their environmental footprint and improve their brand image. That means sustainable packaging can improve a company’s PR and brand image. Many of them have started seeking out products and brands that align with their values.

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NewsWhip

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

I’d like to focus on a particular group who are impacted by this new reality: the professionals charged with protecting corporate reputation. Reputation Meets “Clash and Turmoil”. Companies, like people, need a minimum threshold of reputation to operate in society. ” -William Shakespeare, Othello.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 11, 2021

The past five years have seen an erosion of confidence in our major institutions – government, faith groups, and media, among others. I’ve long thought that this perfect storm of disunity represents an obligation – and an opportunity – for corporate America. After all, we are all about credibility. This is big.

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Corporate Policies Groups Public Affairs 338

wiredPRworks

MAY 13, 2022

The ongoing battle of content thought leadership, and brand journalism and how to win more. His team leverages a multi-channel approach to promote the firm’s brand and reputation through storytelling and thought leadership. The post Running Corporate Communications and Social Media appeared first on wiredPRworks.

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Stern + Associates

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

From their height in 2020 and 2021, corporate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives have seen a fall from prominence. What this says is that executives continue to see DEI as important, not just for ethical or reputational reasons but for concrete business reasons.

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Communications Ethics Corporate Conference 105

Reputation Us

AUGUST 16, 2023

Mann – Managing editor, Louisville Business First Aug 14, 2023 Two firms working in reputation management, one of which is based in Louisville, are pairing up through a partnership. Both firms will retain their own brands and profits and loss. The firms declined to share any financial information.

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Technology Reputation Crisis Financial 78

Cision

MAY 31, 2017

And as marketers and storytellers, it’s up to us to not only get our brands in front of consumers but to also pique their interest instantly so they don’t scroll right on past. Upon snapping photos of them, participants were given the option to add a branded filter to their Snapchat photos. Captivate, Then Maintain.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

PR has unique advantages and challenges, and a suspension can cost more in brand trust and reputation than it saves on paper. The HBR co-authors divided corporate behavior in an economic downturn into four groups, from most reactive (“preventive-focused”) to an “optimal combination” of offensive and defensive strategies.

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Reputation Us

JUNE 23, 2019

Already in 2019, corporate crises appear to be increasing and getting nastier than 2018. According to The Holmes Report , last year brought an increasing penchant for corporate scandals. So how does a company handle a corporate crisis in today’s world? Develop Strong Organizational Brand Culture. Turn Off The Fan.

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5W PR

OCTOBER 20, 2020

While some brands like Ben & Jerry’s, Timberland, and Nike have been espousing various causes for years, recent events have greatly accelerated this movement, among many others. Nearly all (99%) felt that purpose-driven companies would also gain a reputational benefit. Despite this big shift in philosophy, such change takes time.

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Brand Branding Survey Study 88

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 18, 2018

While top-tier marketing and advertising are valuable, associated PR campaigns can help propel a brand to the next level of emotional attachment. You feel connected to these brands. Some customers are initially attracted to certain brands because they like their ad message. 4 ways PR creates brand attachment.

Brand 149

Brand Branding Storytelling B2B 149

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 5, 2019

It’s always instructive when PR teams entrusted with managing the reputations of major corporations run into reputation problems of their own. Mega-agency Edelman recently made waves by resigning a lucrative engagement working with for-profit corrections company The GEO Group, a top contractor for ICE.

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Industry Reputation Groups Internal 217

Stern + Associates

JUNE 22, 2023

Corporate communication isn’t just a tool to roll out when a problem arises – it should be an integral part of an organization’s strategy , says Dartmouth Tuck School of Business Corporate Communication and Leadership Professor Paul A. asks Argenti, who authored “ Corporate Responsibility ” (SAGE Publications, 2015).

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2024

Top stories in today’s summary of PR news: Cision shutters the HARO brand; Agility adds “Intelligent Insights”; PR tech company replaces employees with AI On the first Tuesday of every month, I sort through all the news I can find on PR technology or comms tech and present it in a summary post like this one.

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PRSay

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The image was from an activist group that has called for foreign intervention to stop China’s violent, antidemocratic crackdowns in the semiautonomous administrative region. Fewer than 24 hours later, the Twitter brouhaha would expand into a sprawling crisis for the NBA’s relationship with China and its reputation at home.

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Onclusive

JUNE 23, 2022

Our focus is shifting to making sure that communications objectives are aligned with marketing, as well as business, goals and discussing how PR teams can work with their marketing colleagues to achieve greater impact for the brand. How can marketing and PR jointly contribute to business goals? Aligning objectives with the customer journey.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 9, 2017

2017 has seen its share of public relations hits and misses, and staying on the “hits” side of the ledger is linked with maintaining brand trust. Brands keep finding ways to do well by doing good. Other brands, like United Airlines, have worked to repair a loss of trust. Companies like Yum!

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Stern + Associates

JULY 27, 2023

Your communications channels should emphasize ongoing projects geared toward reaching positive impact, not just “feel-good” language about corporate values that don’t inform actual strategy. Of course, having corporate values is a good part of your brand – but only when tied to action.

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Communications Corporate Government Energy 86

David PR Group

MARCH 23, 2020

An article in today’s Wall Street Journal said that some people are already ignoring corporate COVID-19 emails. Some are a bit tone-deaf, and some companies are taking corporate responsibility too far – so their customers are starting to ignore them. Let me know if I can help you turn this crisis into a marketing opportunity.

Brand 86

Brand Branding Crisis Healthcare 86

PRSay

JANUARY 9, 2024

As you likely know, traditional media training and crisis training tend to focus on one spokesperson, usually the CEO, who is put through his or her paces in front of a group. After being trained, people often feel more in control of how they present in group settings such as internal team meetings, video calls or major conferences.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

We help build and manage reputations. Just as the large PR firms cast around for more lucrative and scaleable services to sell, marketers have come to value earned media results for its brand-building and SEO impact. They surveyed 1500 members of a consumer panel and ran focus groups with a subset of them.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 17, 2022

It’s no small irony that public relations has a reputation problem. So does The PR Council, whose corporate members must certify that they will abide by its statement of principles. At a time when paid influencers and branded content are common, and social bots are everywhere, distrust is high. PRSA has a code of ethics.

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Ethics Reputation Corporate Industry 182

Reputation Us

JANUARY 7, 2019

Brand (n) /brand/: A type of product manufactured by a particular company under a particular name. To that end, individual credit unions should continue to champion the credit union movement and embrace such branding campaigns as CUNA’s “Open Your Eyes.” Reputation is what others (e.g.,

Reputation 60

Reputation Nonprofit Policies Financial 60

Doctor Spin

JANUARY 5, 2024

In PR, it makes more sense to group personas based on pre-existing communication behaviours—related to specific issues. Shopping Preferences : Prefers online shopping, values quality over quantity, seeks out eco-friendly and sustainable brands. Engages in online forums and discussion groups focused on sustainability.

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5W PR

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

We’ve seen some large companies take positions on controversial issues and even brand some of their product lines to reflect their feelings. Many corporations have voiced their position on issues like the environment, clean water, and sustainability that polls say most people support. That’s generally the safer road. Looking Ahead.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 21, 2019

If a tech company only uses only renewable energy, then it might partner with an environmental group for an issues awareness campaign about the environmental impact of high-tech products. By consistently educating others the company is putting its values of inclusion on display while boosting brand visibility in a strategic way.

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Company Conference Corporate Leadership 174

Stern + Associates

AUGUST 23, 2022

It goes without saying that business success heavily relies on corporate reputation. And these days, corporate reputation is often dictated by what leaders say about key issues that might have little to do with the actual products or services their companies sell.

Company 88

Company Communications Corporate Measurement 88

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 12, 2020

In the wake of George Floyd’s killing, corporate America is trying to walk the talk when it comes to matters of racial justice and equality. Early efforts have been led by African-American CEOs, entrepreneurs, and companies that serve a diverse customer base, but nearly all major brands have stepped up.

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