Rock the Status Quo

APRIL 23, 2015

Don’t Let The Plethora of Blog Posts Fool You It’s easy to tout the benefits of brand advocate programs – of which there are many – but there isn’t enough discussion around just how difficult it is to create and sustain one. They are hired by the company and have a paid role to grow the brand.

Brand 100

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Social media and crisis communications has become one of the fastest growing areas of both practice and research for today’s communication landscape. Additionally, “over half of respondents (52%) feel that the benefits of using social media as a crisis communications tool outweigh the risks” (page 4). Here are a few ways to do this: 1.

Crisis Communications 40

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 24, 2013

How can PR professionals harness the power of big data to support customer service, PR and marketing efforts? Leveraging real-time data during a crisis. million users, marketers and PR professionals can use Waze to obtain valuable information, especially during a crisis. Take Waze for example. With more than 18.5

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Big Data Data Publicity Analytics 92

Mindful Marketing

JULY 15, 2015

Every brand must have a crisis communications plan. ” Every good PR team will have some kind of crisis communications in queue, and revisit it yearly to ensure it remains applicable and current in our constantly changing business and communications environment. You have to plan for the worst.”

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PR 20/20

AUGUST 22, 2017

Editor's note: This post was originally published in May 2013, and was updated in August 2017 per latest best practices and data. Ownership and top executives are uncomfortable with greater transparency and personal brand management. Brainstorm contingency and crisis management plans. Why do we need a blog? What if we get sued?

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Cision

DECEMBER 14, 2015

In a crisis you may find yourself in a situation where rather than pushing information out to influencers, media and customers, instead they are attempting to pull information from you. The purpose of this post is to talk about optimizing your social networks so that stakeholders can effectively pull messages from them in a crisis.

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Crisis Communications Crisis Communications Facebook 120

Contently - Strategy

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Not every brand is going to seem cool to Gen Z, but we can all avoid looking like Kayla’s principal. Gen Z is used to seeing branding everywhere. They’ve grown up surrounded by brands tweeting memes, partnering with influencers, and angling to profit off their attention. Gen Z splits identities across platforms.

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