Stephen Waddington

JANUARY 15, 2020

There were some clear misses in my original essay: social media activism, internal communications, storytelling and professionalism in PR. The book holds up almost ten years on because most organisations are lousy at using social media to listen to their customers. I’ve developed each of these themes below.

Storytelling 78

Storytelling Internal International Social Media 78

Onclusive

AUGUST 22, 2017

It’s also common for specialized agencies to be hired on a project basis for repositioning or when market research is required. Internal Communications. Internal communications, which also falls under corporate communications, is more nuanced than simply casting out an email. Managing PR Agencies. Media Training.

Media Training 397

Media Training Crisis Communications Conference Training 397

Prohibition

JANUARY 24, 2022

The negative reaction caused by unplanned events can quickly snowball into a full-fledged mess, but that’s where a PR agency comes in to provide documentation, analysis and actionable advice to help companies handle their most sensitive high stakes situations with professionalism. Book a free consultation with us today!

Crisis Communications 62

Crisis Communications Crisis Agency Communications 62

5W PR

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Power survey showed that more than half the first-time home buyers polled (54%) felt angry or confused when their mortgages were turned over to mortgage servicing companies. Bad customer service headed the list of complaints followed by poor self-service.

Customer Service 88

Customer Service Policies Analysis Training 88

Cision

AUGUST 30, 2016

How many international organizations were prepared for #Brexit and its impact on their business? Set this scenario storm at regular intervals – say, once a quarter – or when your business landscape changes, e.g. new office, new international markets, new political climate. Is there a materials shortage in your supply chain?

Crisis 220

Crisis Crisis Communications Crisis Management Exercises 220

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

This month was no exception, and perhaps because many of the launches were timed with annual PRSA International Conference which wrapped up recently. The feature enables “enterprises to analyze customer conversations from owned data sources” and let the Talkwalker AI engine analyze it. What sort of data? Why would you do this?

Internal 64

Internal International Data Media 64

5W PR

OCTOBER 20, 2020

A study by ad agency BrandPie found that CEOs with a purpose were 8% less likely to find it challenging to convince other leaders to follow them than CEOs without a defined purpose. 89% are more connected to peers, and 87% were more likely to extend extraordinary customer service. Is your Brand ready to be Purpose Driven?

Brand 88

Brand Branding Survey Study 88

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 11, 2017

These early arrangements can include a junior in-house employee or possibly a “shared” situation where the PR function is wedged into marketing or even customer service. Knowing the signs that lead to such a decision can help ensure a smooth transition from internal to external team.

Company 136

Company Interviews Reputation Privacy 136

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

Internal communications: PR practitioners may also be responsible for communicating with employees and stakeholders within an organization. Public affairs: This involves working with government officials and agencies to shape public policy and advocate on behalf of an organization.”.

Interviews 100

Interviews Publicity Technology Social Media 100

Critical Mention

APRIL 17, 2019

Today, nearly 90 percent of companies are using social media marketing and Dreamgrow reports over 60 percent of customers expect companies to offer customer service through their social channels. To help you create your social media marketing strategy, we have 15 of the top social media trends you need to follow in 2019!

Social Media 156

Social Media Trends Media Instagram 156

Critical Mention

APRIL 6, 2017

You are known for your best-selling book on customer service, “Zombie Loyalists.” Have you had any particularly memorable (good and bad) customer service experiences? Over your international travels, which countries impressed you with their customer service and why? It’s the only way.

Social Media 60

Social Media Customer Service Hotels Marketing 60

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 6, 2016

A PR agency employee starting in the business today will be creating programs, telling stories, and reporting to clients in ways very different from just a few years ago, in part due to the rise of digital technology and the blurring of lines between paid, earned, and owned media. The Holmes Report estimates the global PR industry at $14.2

SEO 204

SEO Analytics Measurement B2B 204

PR 20/20

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

As Paul Roetzer ( @paulroetzer ) states in Chapter 8 of The Marketing Performance Blueprint : “Every marketing plan should start with an honest internal marketing assessment. These metrics may be both internally facing (like efficiency) and business oriented (like leads closed or the number of campaigns managed). Customer service?

Marketing 52

Marketing Technology Internal International 52

Sword and the Script

MARCH 2, 2021

Over the course of my career, I’ve lived through two acquisitions, contributed to internal and external comms for several more, and at different organizations, and even did a divestiture. Muck Rack is a comprehensive all-in-one tool – and it puts customer service front and center.

Company 151

Company Tools Technology Software 151

Contently - Strategy

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The Backbone of Your Content Marketing: The Editorial Calendar Whether you’re the CEO of a Fortune 500 brand or an intern at a content agency, you’re probably aware of the importance of an organized and well-curated editorial calendar. Their insights can provide a more rounded view of what the content should achieve.

How To 52

How To Content Marketing Analysis eBook 52

ReimaginePR

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Lumia x 2 or 3- will clamp on to your computer or work on stands that you can buy from them too – worth buying the (lights are on special for $69 each right now and stands are $29 each) One thing to know though: it takes weeks to get your lights and customer service is spotty at best.

Interviews 156

Interviews Film Skype Privacy 156

Katie Paine's Measurement Blog

MARCH 9, 2023

That narrowed the data set to 10, but produced the desired percentage and the agency was able to declare that one third of all coverage contained a key message. If you are given a bunch of data collected from agencies who may or may not have been clipping consistently with your methodology you are treading in dangerous waters.

Measurement 52

Measurement How To System Comparison 52

Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Some of your employees or interns may be more visual in nature and like information that is short and concise, so this may be a good platform to use. Customer Service. Snapchat can be used as a customer service tool to provide visual, engaging, and mobile feedback to individual users. Team Story.

Customer Service 40

Customer Service Employee Internal International 40

PR Conversations

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

A European internal communications veteran explains: In order to help organisations use communications to get results , practitioners should call on simple skills and experience —not a book of runes, silver bullets or magic fairy dust. How do internal communications specialists do this? By Liam FitzPatrick, FCIPR.

Employee 103

Employee Communications Internal International 103

Communications Conversations

MARCH 29, 2019

A North Minneapolis native, Tess excelled in her journalism program at Drake University, during which she presided over the Coalition of Black Students and interned in business development with The Integer Group and in marketing/group sales with Iowa Events Center.

Social Media 128

Social Media Agriculture Marketing Media 128

Prohibition

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Will your customer service team receive an increased amount of calls, what about your website and social media channels? Your social media team might already have something for responding to customer service issues. It should be someone with authority to speak on what has happened. Who is monitoring those?

Crisis 62

Crisis Crisis Management Reputation Crisis Communications 62

Critical Mention

APRIL 17, 2019

Today, nearly 90 percent of companies are using social media marketing and Dreamgrow reports over 60 percent of customers expect companies to offer customer service through their social channels. To help you create your social media marketing strategy, we have 15 of the top social media trends you need to follow in 2019!

Social Media 61

Social Media Trends Media Instagram 61

prTini

JANUARY 15, 2016

How do you deliver exceptional, quick customer service while also exceeding the marketing-promotion and revenue-generating goals? It’s not as black-and-white as hiring a community manager or outsourcing to an agency. For example: Agency strategizes, brand implements.

Community 28

Community Agency Internal International 28

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JUNE 6, 2023

Chatbots and Virtual Assistants: AI-powered programs help these conversational interfaces to engage with customers in real-time, answering their queries, providing recommendations, and guiding them through the buyer’s journey, all while hopefully enhancing customer service and satisfaction.

Communications 40

Communications Marketing Technology Data 40

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Traffic & Conversion Summit 2020 will feature seven tracks including: big ideas, agencies only, digital retailers, digital advertisers, content marketers, conversational marketers and growth hackers. Build a Better Agency Summit. This event is created for leaders or owners in small to mid-sized agencies. Sound like you?

Conference 97

Conference Marketing Case Study Content Marketing 97

PR 20/20

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

“The marketing industry is moving too fast to internalize everything.” — Paul Roetzer, The Marketing Performance Blueprint. Since we first presented the concept at INBOUND 2015 , we’ve helped corporations, agencies and nonprofits achieve results faster by conducting hackathons. Invite a group of internal stakeholders (e.g.

Strategy 40

Strategy Marketing Internal International 40

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 27, 2016

Customer service with an attitude of caring and respect. We don’t talk about trust internally NEARLY as often as we should. Sometimes the best thing we can do for our clients, agencies or employers is simply taking time to stop. Brand clarity and consistency in messaging. Are we being mindful enough?

Customer Service 40

Customer Service Reputation Energy SEO 40

The Resolution Blog

APRIL 26, 2019

From Being Told He Was “Too Gay to Pitch” to Leading an Award Winning PR Agency: Steve Strickland’s Story We got the chance to talk to Steve Stickland, co-founder with Gary Wheldon of new award-winning PR agency Talker Tailor Trouble Maker , about starting an agency, standing out, and creating campaigns that have the “wow” factor.

Agency 120

Agency Pitching Energy Creativity 120

Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The report provides an international perspective on the challenges facing the PR business. A study called the Velvet Ghetto commissioned by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) first called out the gender pay gap in the PR profession in 1986. ICCO consists of national PR trade associations in 55 countries.

Government 103

Government Education Print Ethics 103

5W PR

APRIL 9, 2024

This team should include representatives from various departments such as PR, legal, engineering, and customer service. Resource inventory List all available resources to tackle a public relations crisis , be it IT infrastructure for communication, legal advice, or a pre-established tie-up with a PR crisis management agency.

Crisis Management 78

Crisis Management B2B Crisis Company 78

PR in High Definition

AUGUST 21, 2018

Customer service is often considered to be the key to a brand’s reputation , but part of keeping the customer happy and loyal, is to bring something new and exciting to keep them engaged. The introduction of something new and a word we hear about all the time in the creative industry.

Brand 54

Brand Branding Trends Social Media 54

Prohibition

JANUARY 7, 2022

But as disaster management experts and government agencies have learned over time, it is possible to prepare for disaster. The plan should also include internal and external stakeholders. Here are four important questions to ask when choosing a PR firm: Does the agency have experience? Natural disasters are unpredictable.

Crisis Management 62

Crisis Management Crisis Reputation Financial 62

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

I have used Livefyre as the commenting platform on this blog for a long time – and have been very impressed with the company’s community and customer service. Is your PR agency bring creative ideas to the table? If not, give our services a try. Hence the saying, big companies is where good software goes to die.

Tools 60

Tools Pinterest Marketing Media 60

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

And the smartest PR agencies get that you have to have a relationship with your community if your PR or marketing messages have any chance of getting anywhere. I got up and asked them, “if that’s the case, why do we need PR agencies?” better, more responsive customer service, or fundraising, or reaching younger stakeholders, etc.).

Community 82

Community Publicity Web Social Media 82

Mindful Marketing

MARCH 4, 2016

But remember, it’s not only the significant, “glory” efforts, like a significant media hit or successful event, that help a PR agency retain such clients. There are a lot of subtleties to a client/agency relationship that can also make or break an account. No agency is perfect. Your client contacts are busy.

Agency 50

Agency Customer Service Analytics Retail 50

Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 11, 2015

Even well-established agencies publish jargon-y white papers about metrics that qualify the quality and reach of a media placement rather than the impact to support the corporate goals. Partnering with customer service, they introduce “where did you hear about us?” ” ~ Sandra Fathi, Past President, PRSA NY.

Measurement 40

Measurement How To Analytics Customer Service 40

NewsWhip

JUNE 10, 2021

And the reality and what we always train our internal teams on is to understand, and I’m sure this resonates for a lot of your audience, there’s no action we can take these days as companies that can go unnoticed by the media. It comes down to every customer service interaction. That is a risk. It’s not a plan.

Reputation 78

Reputation Crisis Management Crisis Enterprise 78