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Become the Pied Piper of Community Building

Waxing UnLyrical

Communities have been around for centuries, however online communities have only been around for a few decades. According to Computerworld the first “online community” came about in 1973 when Talkomatic for the PLATO time-sharing system released a text-based group chat. Let’s get right to it, how to build your brand’s community.

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The Extra Mile PR Strategy: Wow Your Customers

Doctor Spin

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. 2012, May 17). Stuffed giraffe shows what customer service is all about. Ritz-Carlton. link] Nordstrom.

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Brand Ambassadors, Brand Advocates: These Programs Aren’t Easy!

Rock the Status Quo

What is the difference between a brand ambassadors, brand advocates and just an online community? Communities are a collection of people passionate about something, who are gathered into a social media community around that passion. It can be an industry, a career field, a product or service or just an idea. Just in case.

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Managing a Cyber Attack: How to Communicate to Customers

Polaris

Instead of coming clean about the hack when it happened in 2012, the company remained silent. How to Tell Your Customers about a Data Breach. #1 In one extreme example, LinkedIn landed in a media nightmare in mid-May after a hacker tried to sell 6.5 million of their users passwords. 1 Tell it all, tell it fast and tell the truth.

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More on PR2020: social media activism, internal comms resurgence, storytelling and professionalism

Stephen Waddington

Social media activism: brands don’t listen In 2012 Steve Earl and I wrote a book called Brand Anarchy. Any gap between a product or service and the public’s expectation will become a conversation on social media. A version of the complete essay will form the basis of the final chapter of Exploring PR.

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Harnessing the Power of Big Data for Public Relations

Waxing UnLyrical

How can PR professionals harness the power of big data to support customer service, PR and marketing efforts? Waze is the community-driven app that learns from users’ driving mannerisms to provide routing and real-time traffic updates. There is no silver bullet, but we can provide some examples, based on recent experiences.

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Monday Roundup: Understanding The 7C Social PR Framework™

Waxing UnLyrical

Why: “The Draw Shop works with everyone from independent authors to huge corporations like Google, collaborating with them each step of the way to create the perfect video,” writes Kristen Dunleavy for Business 2 Community. C4 (Conversation) Case Study: Best Buy Uses Twitter to Enhance Customer Service.