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When The CEO Should Be The PR Spokesperson

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Public relations teams and their agencies typically want to advise a CEO directly, and we routinely urge leaders to build a public profile through social media and high-level content. It’s good news that corporate leaders are starting to appreciate the power of social media, but progress has been slow.

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Who Were The PR Winners And Losers of 2017?

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

It’s not alone among social media companies, but the brand has suffered from its casual and misleading response to the situation. United Airlines. As images of the bloodied man being dragged from his seat by airport police went viral, the airline made things worse with a series of legalistic and tone-deaf public responses.

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Analyzing First Responders In Crisis PR

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Facebook’s response to the recent data privacy controversy was immediate – so immediate that it happened the day before the scandal broke. While the speed was admirable, the content of the message and its tone were less successful, given the complicated nature of the data privacy issues involved. Five crisis PR first responses.

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7 Lessons Every Marketer Can Learn From The CrossFit Instagram Crisis

MaccaPR

Amidst the hurricane of PR catastrophes this past year – from H & M’s racist “Biggest Monkey in the Jungle” debacle, Papa John’s CEO attacking the NFL and Uber’s parade of scandals to United Airlines’ nose-breaking, tooth-shattering attack on a passenger, the Oscar “Best Picture is.Oops!”

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Smile, You're on Social Media

Mindful Marketing

Thanks to cellphones and social media, millions can now easily watch outtakes from our lives, whether we like it or not, which is what one unsuspecting airline traveler recently experienced. Sounds like a relationship and social media success story, right? ” Wow. It’s hard to get much less private.