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13 Leadership Lessons for PR Pros (Taylor’s Version)

PRSay

Taylor Swift’s much-anticipated album, The Tortured Poets Department (out April 19), sounds like it should be about a corporate communications team. When Swift swallowed a bug onstage, the memorable concert moment went viral because it was so relatable and because of how she handled it. Let’s face it.

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Sick and Healthy "Viral Marketing"

Mindful Marketing

” Finally, a few firms have ascended to the highest level of corporate health and community consciousness by going above and beyond what might be expected even for “Mindful Marketing,” for instance: U-Haul is offering 30 days of free self-storage to students who need to move due to coronavirus.

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9 Social Media Trends Every Marketer Must Know For 2021: A Conversation with Arik Hanson

MaccaPR

Leveraging a viral social media moment has to start with listening,” says Arik. Ocean Spray CEO skateboarding to “Dreams” Prepare Your CEO – before the Viral Moment. “If If brands can take advantage of a viral moment, it’s like capturing lightning in a bottle – and there’s a few things you should do. asked Arik. “My

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3 Steps to Equip Your Company Blog for the Road Ahead

Cision

We see it every day: fast food chains challenge devotees to gather retweets for “ nuggs ,” personal care products advocate for women’s equality and airlines get called out — for both successes and major fails — in viral videos. Many consumers don’t just want to buy a product; they want to buy-in to a tribe.

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The Biggest PR Disasters Of 2016

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

After it came to light that millions of fake customer accounts were set up by Wells Fargo staff to pad their sales figures, the bank agreed to pay $185 million to settle claims, and CEO John Stumpf apologized and vowed to do better. But Stumpf at first seemed to blame rank-and-file employees, 5300 of whom were fired over the scandal.

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7 Important Principles Of Media Coverage Every Business Needs To Know

Polaris

We’ve all seen the power of media coverage to change attitudes, build businesses and bring corporations to their knees. A few years ago, a media frenzy surrounded Royal Bank of Canada’s (RBC) plans to use foreign workers to replace 45 people in their IT department. It was a sad story that pretty much went viral.

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Behind the Headlines With Kathy Walsh

Cision

All too often we are convinced we need a website, or in this day and age, a social media strategy that will go “viral” – but this approach is often doomed from the start. Having a social media initiative go viral is not a good goal – what is the intended net result? If I won the lottery, I’d…buy a house in the Outer Banks.

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