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Setting the right earned media objectives for your brand

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The technology to measure the business impact of communications on a company’s bottom line is now readily available, providing communicators with ample opportunities to develop data-driven PR strategies. Overall, 78% of PR pros measure their communications effectiveness.*

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Speed Matters in a Crisis Situation: Shark Week Case Study, Part 3

Shift Communications

There’s a crisis communications mantra: tell it all, tell it early and tell it yourself. Luckily, with a pre-approved crisis communications plan already in place, G.W. Because even if he does everything else right, having a Tweet go live amidst the crisis saying, “ Fish Humans are friends, not food!”

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Crisis Issue? Own It: Shark Week Case Study, Part 4

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While issuing a press release over a distribution wire is effective, personally pitching key contacts in the national, trade and local media will be an added layer of exposure for any announcement. Crisis communications is not an area where you want to “set it and forget it.” If, like G.W.,