Communications Conversations

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

For at least a couple years now, many brands have been asking the same question: Should we give up on Twitter? ” Engagement numbers have plummeted on Twitter over the years for brands. But, some brands are seeing success on Twitter. No replies (that’s customer service). Especially retweets and replies.

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NewsWhip

JUNE 8, 2023

Staying Ahead of PR Crisis: Understanding Brand Reputation Through Media Monitoring In the digital age, access to online information has created new expectations for businesses to choose how they present brand messages. These tools should ensure a reduced response and resolution time to any potential PR crisis.

Reputation 60

Reputation Crisis Brand Branding 60

The Hoyt Organization

APRIL 17, 2024

It’s vital to know if consumers are talking about your brand online and what they’re saying about it. This lets you monitor customers’ sentiments about your brand, identify potential issues, and engage with customers. This is exactly what Google Alerts does. What Is Google Alerts?

Google 81

Google Publicity Customer Service Web 81

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 10, 2019

But it’s a perfect time for fresh leadership, and a good way for Korey to be sent packing as a public face of the brand. Yet my first take on the Away reputation mess wasn’t just that workplace culture impacts brand reputation, although that’s true. Businesses spend millions on brand reputation and community service.

Customer Service 156

Customer Service Employee Reputation Leadership 156

5W PR

JUNE 13, 2023

The beauty industry is no stranger to innovation, and as technology continues to advance, beauty brands have a new frontier to explore. Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a wealth of opportunities for beauty brands to enhance customer experiences. This allows brands to then offer tailored product recommendations to customers.

Analysis 88

Analysis Customer Service Data Trends 88

Cision

JULY 27, 2017

But there’s one aspect of your business that I’d encourage you to pay more attention to — brand situational awareness. Why Leaders & Execs Need to Know How Their Brand is Perceived. But understand: having a vision of your brand’s status that is misaligned with reality can cause you and your team to make poor business decisions.

Brand 231

Brand Branding Employee Data 231

Ronn Torossian

AUGUST 4, 2018

While social media is one of the powerful PR tools in the digital world, it’s also one of the most difficult avenues for modern brands to understand. Being successful on channels like Twitter today isn’t just about delivering exceptional customer service and useful content.

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Twitter Customer Service Social Media Tools 199

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

5W PR

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

User-generated content (UGC) is a valuable tool for businesses in the digital age. UGC includes reviews, testimonials, images, videos, and social media posts created by customers to promote a brand. These creators are regular customers who share their experiences with a brand. Use branded hashtags to aggregate UGC.

How To 78

How To Community Customer Service Tools 78

5W PR

JULY 19, 2023

In the apparel industry, competition is fierce as multiple brands vie for consumer attention. To stand out in this crowded marketplace, brands must employ successful apparel marketing strategies that capture interest and leave a lasting impact. Start by defining the brand’s values, personality, and target audience.

Apparel 78

Apparel Industry Customer Service Pinterest 78

Stephen Waddington

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

A new Forrester report explores the application of social media listening tools and characterises the market. According to Forrester, the potential of social listening lies in its ability to provide insights for use across diverse business units including customer service, market research, product development, and reputation management.

Web 68

Web Social Media Tools Enterprise 68

Cision

OCTOBER 10, 2015

According to a recent Oracle study, 81 percent of Twitter users expect brands to respond to their questions or complaints the same day they tweet. But what happens when brands don’t pay attention to what’s being said about their products and services online? They lose their customers. Happy Campers.

Social Media 120

Social Media Brand Branding Customer Service 120

5W PR

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Brands strive to entice consumers to spend with them, and spend more. Ethical considerations, transparency, and genuine brand value are crucial for brand messaging. Ethical considerations, transparency, and genuine brand value are crucial for brand messaging. Justify higher prices by emphasizing these benefits.

Consumer 78

Consumer Strategy Ethics Customer Service 78

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Can a good story create value for a brand? The reputation the network services and solutions provider Earthlink gained for customer service is a prime example. JC: Storytelling is, in my mind, the essence of brand development. If there’s no story, there’s no brand. If there’s no story, there’s no brand.

Storytelling 85

Storytelling Brand Branding Customer Service 85

Prohibition

MARCH 21, 2024

Trends offer insight into public sentiment, consumer demographics, values and attitudes allowing brands to stay ahead of the curve. Sentiment analysis is another powerful tool that AI can benefit from. This allows brands to adjust any strategies accordingly, if needed.

Social Media 62

Social Media Trends Analysis Media 62

Cision

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Social media listening provides your brand with new ideas and a multitude of opportunities to build towards what your brand hopes to become. By sorting through and understanding key data, social listening tools help brands pinpoint sentiment and feedback in real time. Competitors.

Brand 120

Brand Branding Employee Social Media 120

Cision

MAY 30, 2017

This post is an excerpt from the e-book, Listen: 5 Social Audiences Brands Can’t Afford to Ignore. . Are you listening—REALLY listening—to your customers, even (perhaps especially) those that are upset? I want to be close enough to my customers to smell them,” Sterling told me.

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Software Customer Service Google Small Business 328

Onclusive

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Owned Media & Content Strategy Owned media consists of publishing content on brand-owned channels such as a customer-facing blog, email campaign, or social media outreach. Feel free to start a free trial to get an understanding of the tool. This work is critical to building a strong brand with a consistent message.

Training 195

Training Media Training Reputation Crisis Communications 195

Landis PR

APRIL 1, 2024

While AI-powered robots and customer service tools are intriguing, many are wondering how AI will impact the day-in-day-out marketing world as we know it. Well, I have to say my jaw dropped when I saw the quality of content generative AI image tools can already produce.

Conference 59

Conference Technology Training Customer Service 59

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 7, 2020

A few months back, Agility PR Solutions announced it updated its media monitoring tool. MediaMiser was based in Canada and provided media monitoring tools. Cision kept the press release distribution service, while Innodata, then operating as MediaMiser, got the Agility media database and the media monitoring solution.

Tools 83

Tools Comparison Media System 83

Stephen Waddington

APRIL 21, 2021

The 35-page guide is packed with practical tools, advice and case studies designed to help PR professionals ensure their content is available and accessible to people of all abilities. And every day they struggle to access content and communications from brands and organisations of all kinds. They are excluded by default or by design.

Guidelines 136

Guidelines Communications Tools Case Study 136

Onclusive

AUGUST 9, 2021

Owned media consists of publishing content on brand-owned channels such as a customer-facing blog, email campaign, or social media outreach. Feel free to start a free trial to get an understanding of the tool. Studies show that brand loyalty plays a huge role in why people spend their money the way they do. PR Reporting.

Training 370

Training Media Training Reputation Crisis Communications 370

Rock the Status Quo

APRIL 23, 2015

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. It can be an industry, a career field, a product or service or just an idea.

Brand 100

Brand Branding Community Wikipedia 100

5W PR

APRIL 18, 2022

While some form of word-of-mouth marketing has always been around, in the last couple of decades, thanks to the rise of various tools, technologies, and platforms, it’s become a lot more sophisticated. Reputation management is an essential tool that can help businesses achieve more success. Social media platforms.

Strategy 88

Strategy Marketing Reputation Survey 88

PR 20/20

JUNE 6, 2023

The platform is now a comprehensive suite of tools and services to help businesses with their marketing, sales, customer service, and operations. It’s ultimately designed to enable businesses to attract, engage, and delight customers throughout their buyer's journey.

Knowledge Base 52

Knowledge Base Customer Service System Analytics 52

Communications Conversations

AUGUST 23, 2016

Brands have long (well, as least for the last 7-8 years) relied on Twitter as a customer service tool and a brand management tool. When looking over competing brands’ Twitter accounts I noticed a trend: Very few of them were responding to any tweets. And I mean ANY. I think so. Not even close.

Twitter 60

Twitter Brand Branding Tools 60

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

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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Internal International Communications Employee 136

5W PR

MAY 23, 2022

Traditional methods of engaging the customer may not work in this day and age, and new tools are constantly being developed to help marketers achieve their goals. One of the newer tools is the use of conversational marketing. Listening to their customers is one crucial way a brand builds trust.

Marketing 88

Marketing Guidelines Customer Service Technology 88

The Proactive Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Apparently brands don’t consider Twitter as sexy as Instagram or Snapchat. One aspect of Twitter that’s not well-known and often not considered by brands is that journalists and news organizations are the largest and most active verified group of Twitter users. This was way below Wall Street’s expectations. Source: Forbes.com).

Twitter 235

Twitter Customer Service Web Facebook 235

Communications Conversations

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Over the last few years, I’ve noticed many brands have put a lot more time, energy and resources into generating sales (B2C) or leads (B2B). The tools have evolved to better support selling via social on channels like Instagram and TikTok. Yep, sales and leads are a primary focus on many, many brands. Not surprising.

Strategy 106

Strategy B2C B2B Resources 106

Landis PR

MARCH 14, 2022

Five Key Steps to Introducing Your Consumer Brand to a New Social Media Platform. Having a social media strategy can boost your brand and expand your market, but that doesn’t all happen overnight. Being intentional with your social media strategy will give your brand its best chance at success.

Social Media 52

Social Media Consumer Brand Branding 52

Communications Conversations

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Which begs the question: How can brands be a part of this shift to groups on Facebook? Sure, the easy answer is for brands to start groups of their own. I could see brands developing groups for loyal super-fans as a way to facilitate customer service and innovation. And, that will happen. It’s not sexy.

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Groups Brand Branding Facebook 68

5W PR

JUNE 7, 2021

As a communication tool , instant messaging can achieve goals in an effective way. Customer service. Instant messaging apps are ideal for customer service. Texts can have useful information, not just description of a product or service. Often subscription models help to retain customers and acquire new ones.

Marketing 107

Marketing Real Estate Customer Service Mobile 107

Cision

MAY 18, 2015

The tactics and tools that we use to manage social listening are the result of how we understand that social media serves our intended purposes. We come to social with different understandings that are sometimes influenced by shiny objects rather than by an assessment of what we need and what our tools can accomplish.

Customer Service 120

Customer Service Social Media Analysis Data 120

NewsWhip

JUNE 14, 2023

When I am in crisis monitoring mode, this is always my first and primary tool for gathering information and making recommendations.” – Aubrey Q., Small Business “The predictive elements in NewsWhip are 10/10 – we know when our brand is mentioned, by whom, and how widely it’s likely to be shared on social.

Leadership 78

Leadership Software Customer Service Small Business 78

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Once upon a time, businesses hopped on social channels to amp up their brand presence and chat with customers. So, it’s a no-brainer for e-commerce (aka ecommerce) brands to team up with social media to make those sales happen. Think of it as using social media to find and cultivate potential customers interested in your offer.

Social Media 86

Social Media Media Mobile SEO 86

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

As such, podcasts are an old tool with a new twist. I have used Livefyre as the commenting platform on this blog for a long time – and have been very impressed with the company’s community and customer service. In a new twist on an old tool, it added comment analytics and have expanded on its native ad product.

Tools 60

Tools Pinterest Marketing Media 60