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The Top PR Threats To Your Company’s Reputation

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

The Viral Customer Complaint. Those viral customer complaints are almost quaint in light of today’s environment. The good news is that “viral” customer service works both ways. The story about a young boy’s stuffed giraffe left behind at a Ritz-Carlton hotel still makes the rounds.

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The importance of a social media strategy #engaging

Engage PR

Your target audience actually might be most active on Linkedin (*2) or if you’re a visually led brand like hotels, travel and leisure the most engaged communities maybe on Instagram or Pinterest. Just because 2billion people are on Facebook does not necessarily mean your business should have a Facebook presence.

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It's About a <<Fiji Water>> Girl

Mindful Marketing

Like other award programs, the Golden Globes features a preshow red carpet event during which the many talented people of television and film stroll in front of the media while slowing making their way into the Beverly Hilton Hotel. FIJIwatergirl.” But even if the photobombing was intentional, is there anything wrong with it?

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7 Lessons That Ryan Lochte’s Olympic Crisis Can Teach PR Pros

MaccaPR

Along with the term “non-denial denial” – coined by editor Ben Bradlee of the Washington Post to describe the Nixon Administration’s evasive responses during Watergate – corporate communicators should be wary of issuing what can only be called a non-apology apology. Lesson #3 – Apologize – No Really, Sincerely Apologize.

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How to Prepare a PR Crisis Plan

Prohibition

In today’s world, a negative story about your brand or organisation could go viral in an instant. The purpose of a PR Crisis Plan is to help you make quick and effective decisions when faced with negative publicity from a wide range of sources, including customer complaints, faulty products, product recalls and corporate scandals.

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