Onclusive

AUGUST 9, 2021

PR professionals are expected to create thoughtful, data-backed pitches, engage with reporters on social media, send swag (when appropriate), maintain relevant media lists, and manage all follow-through with reporters and journalists. Owned Media & Content Strategy. Media Monitoring & Analysis.

Training 370

Training Media Training Reputation Crisis Communications 370

Critical Mention

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Social media platforms may have been created for friendly networking, but since then, they’ve evolved into tech hubs where anybody can network with anyone else. So, it’s important for all organizations to acknowledge and react to the impact social media has on consumers. Social Media Improves Customer Service.

Social Media 105

Social Media Media Customer Service Radio 105

Cision

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

For some people, the thought that you might outsource your social media is blasphemous. After all, social media is an extension of our personal and professional selves. Amazon uses an autoresponder on their @amazonhelp Twitter account to refer people to an actual customer service agent for appropriate support.

Social Media 120

Social Media Customer Service Media Resources 120

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 18, 2018

While top-tier marketing and advertising are valuable, associated PR campaigns can help propel a brand to the next level of emotional attachment. You feel connected to these brands. Some customers are initially attracted to certain brands because they like their ad message. 4 ways PR creates brand attachment.

Brand 149

Brand Branding Storytelling B2B 149

Communications Conversations

MARCH 29, 2019

Last week, I shared my news that I’ll be teaching social media at the University of St. Now, she’s crushing it at Best Buy in social media marketing. So, I asked a few key local leaders for up-and-coming social media or communications superstars they admire. And, they have been for a while now.

Social Media 128

Social Media Agriculture Marketing Media 128

Onclusive

AUGUST 22, 2017

The PR pro sends thoughtful, data-backed pitches, engages with reporters on social media, sends swag (when appropriate), maintains relevant media lists, and manages all follow-through with reporters and journalists. Owned Media/Content Strategy. Corporate Communications. Media Training.

Media Training 397

Media Training Crisis Communications Conference Training 397

The Proactive Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The one thing you can rely on in Social Media is that there will be change. The major social networks (Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter) have been fairly stable for the past five or six years. Apparently brands don’t consider Twitter as sexy as Instagram or Snapchat. Each year new networks pop up and some go away.

Twitter 235

Twitter Customer Service Web Facebook 235

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

It can be easy for a corporate PR team to neglect a critical aspect of business communications — internal PR. In certain cases, high-profile companies take it for granted that employees are corporate cheerleaders, or they may leave the responsibility for employee engagement to HR. Internal comms drives good customer service.

Internal 136

Internal International Communications Employee 136

Engage PR

JANUARY 6, 2018

And with social media spend within marketing budgets expected to increase 128% to 21.4% in the next five years (1* Chief Marketing Officers Survey, 2014 ) social activity is becoming more integral to brand perception and business performance. Cue social backlash across the internet.

Social Media 60

Social Media Strategy Media Survey 60

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

You can’t just spend your way to success in social media advertising. Because your customers and prospective customers get a vote. At first glance it seems great, the brand is seemingly benefiting with some organic lift stemming from its paid efforts. It includes a link to a landing page with the offer.

Advertising 60

Advertising Advertising Social Media Twitter 60

Newsfile

OCTOBER 24, 2023

4 Common PR Communication Mistakes (+ How to Avoid) As a PR pro, avoiding PR communication mistakes can help you build a positive corporate reputation and reap the benefits. PR professionals and investors agree the most significant benefit that accrues to companies with a positive corporate reputation is corporate brand loyalty.

Communications 52

Communications How To Corporate Training 52

5W PR

JUNE 15, 2020

Brands need to have a vibrant and active social media presence today. However, being on social media comes with both benefits and dangers. The latter includes direct, continual contact with fans and customers. People online will blame the brand, whether or not decision makers accept responsibility.

Crisis 113

Crisis Digital PR Retail Reputation 113

Prohibition

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Brands and businesses know how important it is to protect their reputation. It doesn’t take much to provoke a crisis, sometimes just a simple mistake on social media can be enough. Each PR crisis will affect each company, brand or individual in a different way – that’s because they’re all different.

Crisis 62

Crisis Crisis Management Reputation Crisis Communications 62

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Entrepreneur and presidential contender Andrew Yang has used his 15 minutes to warn us of the hollowing-out of key industries like retail, customer service, and trucking as a result of AI. They want to know why a company exists and what its brand stands for. What does it value? How are its employees treated? Why does it matter?

Marketing 173

Marketing Storytelling Creativity Privacy 173

5W PR

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

By: Kaia, Social Media Manager. Authenticity” has become marketers’ favorite buzzword, and brands are now expected to always be honest and transparent in their efforts to connect with consumers. Telling consumers a brand story instead of just advertising to them is what wins trust and appreciation. Partnerships.

Trends 108

Trends Airlines Social Media Crisis 108

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 6, 2016

As PR measurement guru Katie Paine puts it, “The people brands are trying to reach simply will ignore everything most companies spew.”. Thought leadership isn’t just for B2B brands. Even consumer brands need to position themselves and their companies as leaders. PR today is about SEO.

SEO 204

SEO Analytics Measurement B2B 204

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Promoting marketing automation software to corporate executives is very different from marketing luxury shoes or helping a whole-grain snack bar reach health-conscious women, for example. Having already noted what B2B PR people can learn from their colleagues who run consumer brand accounts, I think the reverse is also true.

B2C 120

B2C B2B Software Consumer 120

Mark My Words

MARCH 22, 2022

We have seen protests from unions on the docks, captains refusing to leave their ships or let new crews (of underpaid foreign agency workers) onboard against a backdrop of unified condemnation from media, social media and across the political spectrum. But will this abhorrent treatment of workers impact P&O Ferries’ brand and profit?

Government 60

Government Customer Service Financial Consumer 60

Communications Conversations

AUGUST 23, 2016

Brands have long (well, as least for the last 7-8 years) relied on Twitter as a customer service tool and a brand management tool. When looking over competing brands’ Twitter accounts I noticed a trend: Very few of them were responding to any tweets. 3: It’s not nearly the social ad darling Facebook is.

Twitter 60

Twitter Brand Branding Tools 60

Cision

MAY 10, 2016

Your audience is accessing your brand story in new and different ways, and if you aren’t reaching them in the right way, they aren’t going to listen to you. Francis College, says transmedia storytelling is the path brands need to take. What do you think is the biggest challenge facing brands today? But what is the right way?

Storytelling 120

Storytelling Customer Service Travel Instagram 120

5W PR

JULY 11, 2023

These salon franchises provide a framework for success, brand recognition, and ongoing support. Established Reputation and Brand One of the primary benefits of investing in a beauty salon franchise is the opportunity to align with an established brand and reputation.

Communications 60

Communications Training Advertising Advertising 60

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 15, 2018

First statements say a lot about what a brand stands for, and they reflect on the quality of its leadership. After doing a phenomenal job of cleanup and caring for passengers, Carnival let its brand ambassadors to do the talking, as many passengers posted positively about the excellent responsiveness of the ship’s staff.

Crisis 136

Crisis Privacy Airlines Facebook 136

Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 15, 2011

If you are an outside sales rep or represent a company to clients, keeping yourself looking clean to represent a corporate image is something that most employers value. However, when it comes to branding, the opposite may be true. On Twitter especially, a new term has arisen called “humanizing a brand.”

Brand 78

Brand Branding Customer Service Twitter 78

Critical Mention

JULY 15, 2020

The product launch is one of the company’s most significant since its founding in 2002 and will allow customers to leverage a powerful Earned Media Suite when combined with Critical Mention’s TV, Radio, Social Media and Online News Monitoring. Customer support is available 24/7/365. . www.criticalmention.com.

Media 108

Media Radio Television Engineering 108

Prohibition

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Over the past few years, there has been a significant advancement in social media marketing. These days, customer acquisition, retargeting, retention, and support are all being carried out through social media channels across the whole consumer experience. Hence, the popularity of paid social.

Advertising 62

Advertising Advertising Social Media Facebook 62

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

This can include the media, customers, employees, and the general public. Public relations professionals create and maintain a positive image for their organization, often through the use of marketing, branding, and communication strategies. Marketing can also involve market research, product development, and branding.

Interviews 99

Interviews Publicity Technology Social Media 99

Melissa Agnes

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Following is a play-by-play of what you can – and should – do now, to ensure successful crisis communications in the event of a corporate crisis. Customers / clients. Subsidiary brands. Social media vs. more traditional means of communicating. Step 1: Identify your stakeholders. Candidates. Regulators.

Crisis Communications 193

Crisis Communications Crisis Communications Crisis Management 193

Prohibition

JANUARY 14, 2022

A PR crisis is a negative story about your brand that threatens the reputation of your organisation, causes reputational damage, or negatively impacts sales or stock value. In today’s world, a negative story about your brand or organisation could go viral in an instant. Your brand could be dragged through the mud.

Crisis 62

Crisis How To Crisis Management Crisis Communications 62

Shift Communications

AUGUST 28, 2017

We’ve jumped on the bandwagon enough to insert our perspectives, our stories, and our brands into trending news stories. Today, we ingest thousands of news articles, millions of social media data points, web analytics, customer service data, CRM data – the list of data sources is nearly endless.

Analytics 96

Analytics Software Technology Data 96

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Is social media contributing to political paralysis? Why: How has social media affected modern day politics? In this classic post, Mark Schaefer explores the positive and negative implications of “social polling.” How To Start a Riot With Social Media. Image: Vox Efx via Flickr, CC 2.0.

Customer Service 68

Customer Service Social Media Resources Government 68

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 28, 2018

Yes, 2017 feels like a lifetime ago, given our breakneck news cycle, but there were plenty of public relations lessons over the year for big brands and business categories. It’s not alone among social media companies, but the brand has suffered from its casual and misleading response to the situation. The Winners.

Airlines 180

Airlines Reputation Journalism Crisis 180

Deirdre Breakenridge

OCTOBER 20, 2015

It is interesting to note that social media has not yet entered mainstream PR curricula. Among programs that do incorporate digital training, social media is typically listed as an elective. However, as student Kyle Wallace pinpointed, “Social media should really be a core in every program!

Education 150

Education Training Course Social Media 150

Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 25, 2013

If you didn’t know I was a Chobani brand ambassador … well, I am. And that is they recognize and support their brand evangelists organically. Great service. Before they even invested heavily in social media, Chobani was growing fast via word of mouth and a quality listening program. Great product.

Customer Service 101

Customer Service Travel Web Facebook 101

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 5, 2017

As communicators, we will be increasingly asked not only to create relationships and generate coverage for brands and organizations, but to build the kind of relationships that actually influence behavior, and do so in a transparent way. ” Implied links are simply brand mentions that appear in earned or shared media.

Trends 124

Trends SEO Leadership Print 124

Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

First, the ease with which disinformation can be created and spread via social media has huge implications for public engagement and discourse in society. Second, structural issues in the mainstream media as it continues to transform to digital should be a concern for all practitioners.

Government 103

Government Education Print Ethics 103

Melissa Agnes

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

As technology, social media and the online world continue to evolve, unfortunately, so do the risks that leave your organization vulnerable. If a viral crisis were to strike and hundreds (or more) of people were to navigate to your corporate website for more information, would your website crash due to an overload of traffic?

Crisis 203

Crisis How To Exercises System 203

Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Considering how active we all are on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, when Starbucks opens its Delhi location, I’m sure I’ll be among the first customers to visit them, and of course check-in at Foursquare/Facebook and tweet about it too! Image: bfishadow via Flickr, CC 3.0 .

Twitter 94

Twitter Facebook Social Media LinkedIn 94