Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 11, 2012

If you botch an interview, you run the very real risk of damaging your reputation, losing brand value and jeopardizing organizational objectives. Getting media trained helps you stay on message and bridge back to you talking points without sounding like a robot or some disingenuous suit – a *big* problem to avoid when you’re in crisis mode.

Media Training 70

Media Training Crisis Training Crisis Communications 70

PR in High Definition

JULY 22, 2019

The phrase went viral back in May when a doctored video appeared to show US politician Nancy Pelosi drunk in a TV interview. Then, of course, there’s the crisis communications element. Similar videos followed quickly, and they were even more impressive.

Media 74

Media Viral Video Newspapers 74

MaccaPR

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Four years ago, Shankman sold to Vocus his free HARO service, which, at the time , had a user base of 30,000 journalists and bloggers and more than 100,000 businesspeople and PR professionals! Plus, having your response appear toward the beginning of the bunch is beneficial, before (not after) they''ve decided who to interview.

Interviews 54

Interviews Financial Social Media Crisis 54

PR in High Definition

AUGUST 27, 2019

In any crisis, it’s important to establish the facts: who is calling you and are they who they say they are? If it’s an unhappy customer, then should you pass it on to customer services? One work-around is to have a small designated crisis team in each company region.

Crisis 72

Crisis How To Newspapers Reputation 72

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. Our crisis communications plan consist of pre-event, event, and post-event reporting guidelines and information. Completely.

Social Media 61

Social Media Media Crisis Energy 61

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.

Crisis 68

Crisis Customer Service Video Financial 68

Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The PR 2020 project was based on interviews with PR practitioners throughout the UK and the outlook for the forthcoming decade. It’s indicative of the fact that outside of customer service, social media engagement has largely become a paid activity. Dr Jon White is a reflective PR practitioner and scholarly provocateur.

Government 103

Government Education Print Ethics 103

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

I was being tongue-in-cheek, of course, and they had some good answers (about how agencies can help you scale, and can help you in times when crisis communications are necessary). better, more responsive customer service, or fundraising, or reaching younger stakeholders, etc.). Regardless, thanks for visiting!

Community 82

Community Publicity Web Social Media 82

Newsfile

JANUARY 30, 2024

In an interview with TIME Magazine last November, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said multimodality in the company’s new models will be one of the key things to watch out for in 2024. For example, ChatGPT will soon understand, interact and communicate using many different methods like text, images, video, audio and more. Download the report!

Trends 105

Trends YouTube Video Social Media 105

Prohibition

AUGUST 4, 2021

Prohibition PR offers a range of services that will help you address issues as they arise, including crisis communications and media relations advice, content creation, social media monitoring, SEO analysis and more. As soon as negative information about a brand is shared on the Internet, its customers can lose faith in it.

Reputation 62

Reputation Company Engineering Banking 62

Communications Conversations

MAY 3, 2017

Before I accepted my position with Boston Scientific, my involvement with SMBMSP came up in nearly every interview I had with every company. We’re expected to be writers, designers, photographers, videographers, project managers, community managers, customer service agents, marketers, crisis communicators, recruiters and analysts.

Healthcare 114

Healthcare SMB Social Media Meeting 114

Stuart Bruce

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Stuart Bruce speaking at the IATA Crisis Communications in the Social Media Age conference. (c) This morning I gave a keynote at the global ‘Crisis Communications in the Social Media Age’ conference in Istanbul. c) Donald Steel. If you are sceptical it’s not just me saying this. None of us have done enough.

Crisis Communications 148

Crisis Communications Transportation Conference Social Media 148

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 7, 2018

This means that a customer service or PR team must recognize the difference between an anonymous troll with a miniscule following and a legitimate customer or influencer. Any significant social response may serve to elevate or dignify a nutty claim, while silence preserves the brand’s standing by rising above trolls and cranks.

SEO 227

SEO Privacy Crisis Crisis Management 227