Deirdre Breakenridge

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

A Guest Post By Corina Manea, Chief Community Officer for Spin Sucks, & Founder of NutsPR. Chat bots replace many parts of customer service. Don’t forget to write down your weekly and monthly results and progress. So don’t treat it lightly, write it down, all of it. I bet you’d find the time now.

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Doctor Spin

APRIL 17, 2023

Although growth eventually slows down, startups can transition from manual to less manual methods once they gain traction in the market. 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.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Because if there’s one thing I believe takes public relations from good to great, it’s when your audiences start becoming your community through the relationships you develop with them. But I was curious to see how Maddie and Lindy perceived not just Open Community , but its juxtaposition with public relations.

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PRSay

MARCH 26, 2021

The PRSA Diversity & Inclusion Committee spoke with Nathalie Santa Maria, APR, owner and chief communications officer at Sunnyside Communications , to discuss how diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) work is impacting women in public relations and potentially opening more doors for honest dialogue.

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Communications Conversations

MARCH 29, 2019

Now, she’s crushing it at Best Buy in social media marketing. Of course, I couldn’t write a post like this without nominating a couple people myself! I give you 15 up-and-coming social media and communications rock stars! So much of effective social media marketing is based on instincts.

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wiredPRworks

MAY 18, 2022

Over coffee at Navy Pier, Barry told me if I wanted to get my business moving I should write a book. There’s probably no better person on the planet to talk about small business and marketing than Barry. Delivering Customer Service in a Self-Service World” shows how customer service is the new marketing.

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wiredPRworks

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

On March 10 and 11, I'll be teaching an immersive two-day digital marketing, LinkedIn training and social selling skills workshop. Digital Marketing, LinkedIn Training and Social Selling Workshop in Chicago. Get ready for an extreme marketing makeover: Conduct a 360 Marketing Audit that pinpoints where to improve.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 4, 2020

Over time, the digital community warmed to the term again. As such many of the PR tech vendors have brought features to the market for this purpose. The company cites ease-of-use, filtering tools and a focus on customer service as distinguishing qualities. At the same time, the words vendors use have shifted.

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Cision

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Recently, Facebook started allowing its Messenger chatbots to take payments – making the interaction between chatbot not only a customer service feature but an e-commerce feature. The advantage of FlowXO is that it is very user-friendly and has an active community of users that ask and answer questions and share best practices.

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PR Matters

MAY 27, 2014

Unfortunately, in the world of business, as well as communications, including PR, marketing and advertising, there remains a great tendency to use clichés instead of writing content that works well simply by being clear, to the point and providing value and evidence for the reader. They respond to any issues or concerns.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 1, 2013

Write it Down. Why: Lisa Gerber shares her personal experience with “writing” goals down and how that simple act empowers us to achieve them. 3 Reasons Why You Can’t Walk In Your Own Customer’s Shoes. Business Customer Service Resources Shonali Burke Social Media Weekly Roundup grumpy cat power'

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

Avid podcast listeners consume an average of five a week – listening for four hours and 10 minutes (chart nearby used with permission by The Marketing Companion ). Not only is this a significant amount of time – but it’s quality time and so marketing has joined the crowd. 1) Marketing Audibles for Audio Search.

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Cision

APRIL 28, 2015

PR has always been in the business of writing, sharing and promoting messages. The story became one of helping employees and reinstating an employer known for taking care of his workers and customers. A community uniting around a labor strike? Customers and employees whistled on their way back to the store aisles and work.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Marketing and PR predictions aren’t merely forecasts, but often a reflection of our aspirations and perhaps advice – mistakes we’ve made we’d like to help others avoid. “Be Pay to pay, content grows; influencer marketing cools. “I d) Influencer marketing to cool off as far as the amounts of money companies are paying influencers.”.

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Doctor Spin

APRIL 5, 2023

By crafting a consistent narrative that speaks directly to your audience’s needs and desires, you’ll create a sense of connection that can be tough to achieve through other marketing channels. This builds trust over time and makes customers more likely to stick around even when they have other options.

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Rock the Status Quo

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Today’s stronger focus on social media and content marketing is also bridging the gap between digital experts and traditionalists, link builders and content creators, community managers and customer service. It’s also brought a wider variety of marketers and entrepreneurs into the fold as newbie PR pros.

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Beyond PR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

If you’re only partially committed to creating and distributing content, Content Marketing Institute founder Joe Pulizzi would rather you do no content marketing at all. This may not have been the message Content Marketing World attendees were expecting to hear during Joe’s welcome address. Take a second to slow down.

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MaccaPR

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Not too long ago, you , as a marketer, signed in to LinkedIn to check your messages , catch up on an old colleague, and maybe update your new profile picture. Rebranding to “LinkedIn Pulse” in late 2013 , the app has quickly become a key part of making LinkedIn a content marketing machine. 1) Access to influential people.

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5W PR

APRIL 4, 2017

In small communities near a significant tourist attraction, there are built-in approaches that can be shared on websites and social media. If you aren’t certain, then speak to your visitors, ask them what they loved about their stay, what they think would make it better, and ultimately, ask them to write a quick paragraph about your place.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Other disciplines, notably marketing, have encroached on PR practice in areas that lead with paid media, such as influencer marketing and search engine optimisation (SEO). Influencer marketing is messy How we do it 9. Public service media is failing the public Thank you My thanks to the following communities and individuals.

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Doctor Spin

APRIL 5, 2023

Luckily, plenty of PR strategies cater to B2B, allowing them to compete in niche markets. By crafting a consistent narrative that speaks directly to your audience’s needs and desires, you’ll create a sense of connection that can be tough to achieve through other marketing channels. Reputation. The 1-page strategy focuses on how to win.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 5, 2015

Leah Fein-Roque , who specializes in tech PR and digital marketing understands the Snapchat appeal personally: “I have a 21, 19 and 16 year old using it mostly for everything including texting. But these metrics probably are not informative about how your Snapchat campaigns are contributing to your overarching PR or marketing goals.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 3, 2020

to push real-time, actionable alerts to market-moving news as it breaks. Let’s say you’re a software company with dozens of competitors in each of your markets globally. She joined the company as a sales associate in 1987 and before her promotion served as the company’s chief customer service officer.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Be Social September 7th, 2010 Tweet Today BNET published my second post, focusing on how companies can use social media to turn customers into evangelizers. Who’s in customer service? I’m not a customer service “professional.&# Regardless, thanks for visiting! Wanna Subscribe? Shall We Tweet?

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 9, 2016

Now, I did write a monster post back in April where I gave you an in-depth analysis of the framework with examples. C2 (Creativity) Case Study: How The Draw Shop Uses Email Marketing To Turn Website Visitors Into Paying Customers. C4 (Conversation) Case Study: Best Buy Uses Twitter to Enhance Customer Service.

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prTini

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

25 Ways to Tighten Your Writing. The Dangers of Cause Marketing. Brand Anonymity is Dead: Meet Community Manager 2.0. The List: Content Marketers’ Secret Weapon. Don’t Post Photos of Your Customers Online Without Reading This. How to Leverage a Personal Touch to Enhance Customer Service (client).

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Deirdre Breakenridge

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Since graduate school, a question that has been in my mind is whether or not undergraduate PR education is teaching students the necessary skill- and knowledge-set to succeed in today’s job market. Most schools offer the basic courses such as Introduction to PR, Writing, Research, Campaigns, Case Studies, and Crisis Communications.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Instead of writing an email, you can record a video, write some comments and notes on the snap, and send it directly to the person via a private snap. Customer Service. Snapchat can be used as a customer service tool to provide visual, engaging, and mobile feedback to individual users. Team Story.

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Beyond PR

AUGUST 31, 2016

Content marketing is all grown up. With 88% of B2B and 76% of B2C marketers saying their organization uses it, the art and science of content marketing have exploded over the past few years. “Content marketing is sometimes ineffective because people don’t realize what it’s intended to do. – 11:15 a.m.

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Karen Freberg

JULY 18, 2017

This actually was a topic of conversation on the Social Media Professor’s Community FB group I created, and this really struck a cord for me. Messenger is being used in a variety of different ways, like customer service. Five types of social media every marketer should know (Sprout Social).

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wiredPRworks

JUNE 8, 2016

I'm excited to present LinkedIn social selling marketing strategies for financial services and insurance pros at MDRT's annual conference in Vancouver!! My ties to the life insurance and financial services industry run deep – going back to being a national sales trainer for a life insurance company. It's almost here!

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

, consider this instead: The customer is your media. Repeat after me: the customer is your media. I’ve written before about how good customer service is the best kind of PR. They’re doing such a good job of it, that they’re getting their customers and community to tell their stories for them.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 14, 2016

You could be connected to exactly who you are trying to reach through your employees, whether they are customers, partners or potential employees. You could connect your customer service team with customers, your sales team with prospects and bring your entire workforce closer to who they are serving via employee advocacy.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 11, 2015

Most CMOs don’t even measure ROI for their marketing budgets , and marketers have a lot more resources compared to PR practitioners. With this mindset, we may assume that the impact of PR to a business can’t be measured or that communications are quantified by superficial metrics. Should PR be tied to sales?

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Because other than my limited (primarily to Twitter and the company’s customer service hot line) communications with Pepco, I really had no idea what their efforts entailed. Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL? Wanna Subscribe?

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Newsfile

JANUARY 30, 2024

AI Integration in Daily Tasks According to the latest annual McKinsey Global Survey on the State of AI , the most commonly reported uses of generative AI tools are in marketing and sales, product and service development and service operations. Then, based on the output, you can customize your requests from there.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 25, 2010

Their customer service is also pretty good; when it wasn’t working for me, I emailed them and got a reply almost immediately from their CEO. Evernote I still like and use Delicious to bookmark stuff I come across on the Interwebs, but I find myself increasingly using Evernote because of the little notes I can write to myself.

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