Communications Conversations

MAY 29, 2019

While Holmes talked about how we’re in the midst of transitioning to a post-social-media landscape, I envision another stark trend: The comeback of community. As Holmes states, years ago the frequent ask from brands and clients was: “We want this to go viral.” Your brand was just getting started on Facebook.

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Viral Community Reddit Facebook 98

5W PR

MARCH 8, 2024

Economic uncertainties from the past still affect consumers’ spending habits and their loyalty to brands. Before and during turbulent times, building strong customer relationships is essential and should be based on trust, value, and resilience, not just transactions. Let the customers know that the brand is in this together with them.

Consumer 78

Consumer How To Customer Service Policies 78

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 10, 2019

But it’s a perfect time for fresh leadership, and a good way for Korey to be sent packing as a public face of the brand. Yet my first take on the Away reputation mess wasn’t just that workplace culture impacts brand reputation, although that’s true. Businesses spend millions on brand reputation and community service.

Customer Service 227

Customer Service Employee Reputation Leadership 227

5W PR

MAY 3, 2021

As communities and people return to a new normal, brand authenticity will be as important as it was during the pandemic, if not higher. If anything increased significantly during the pandemic, it was consumer interest in brand trust. Getting there requires brand authenticity. What does the brand’s audience look like?

Brand 88

Brand Branding Customer Service Consumer 88

Onclusive

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Owned Media & Content Strategy Owned media consists of publishing content on brand-owned channels such as a customer-facing blog, email campaign, or social media outreach. Corporate communications regularly involves interaction with senior leaders and HR departments. In the meantime, digital speaking events have exploded.

Training 195

Training Media Training Reputation Crisis Communications 195

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 10, 2019

But it’s a perfect time for fresh leadership, and a good way for Korey to be sent packing as a public face of the brand. Yet my first take on the Away reputation mess wasn’t just that workplace culture impacts brand reputation, although that’s true. Businesses spend millions on brand reputation and community service.

Customer Service 156

Customer Service Employee Reputation Leadership 156

5W PR

OCTOBER 20, 2020

While some brands like Ben & Jerry’s, Timberland, and Nike have been espousing various causes for years, recent events have greatly accelerated this movement, among many others. 93% believed that brand purpose would increase consumer trust and loyalty, while 88% felt doing so would differentiate them from their competition.

Brand 88

Brand Branding Survey Study 88

prTini

OCTOBER 20, 2016

As more and more customers turn to Facebook, Twitter, Yelp, and other social channels to ask questions or make complaints, keeping up with customer service is no easy task. Social customer service can be especially complicated for small brands, since customer expectations don’t adjust for the size of your customer service team.

Customer Service 28

Customer Service Community Social Media Radio 28

5W PR

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

UGC includes reviews, testimonials, images, videos, and social media posts created by customers to promote a brand. Encouraging customers to generate UGC can have significant advantages, fostering trust, authenticity, and a sense of community around a brand. Use branded hashtags to aggregate UGC.

How To 78

How To Community Customer Service Tools 78

5W PR

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Brands strive to entice consumers to spend with them, and spend more. Ethical considerations, transparency, and genuine brand value are crucial for brand messaging. Ethical considerations, transparency, and genuine brand value are crucial for brand messaging. Justify higher prices by emphasizing these benefits.

Consumer 78

Consumer Strategy Ethics Customer Service 78

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. It can be an industry, a career field, a product or service or just an idea.

Brand 100

Brand Branding Community Wikipedia 100

5W PR

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Customer feedback has emerged as a valuable resource for guiding product development and shaping public relations strategies. The integration of consumer insights not only drives innovation but also strengthens brand loyalty, fosters customer engagement, and establishes a competitive edge. This ensures a coherent brand message.

Consumer 88

Consumer Strategy Case Study Survey 88

Onclusive

AUGUST 9, 2021

Owned media consists of publishing content on brand-owned channels such as a customer-facing blog, email campaign, or social media outreach. Corporate communications regularly involves interaction with senior leaders and HR departments. This work is critical to building a strong brand with a consistent message.

Training 370

Training Media Training Reputation Crisis Communications 370

Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 19, 2013

Another great resource or ally can come from working with a trusted research firm that can help you “uncover the hidden patterns of understanding that undermine citizen action,” as the Topos Partnership has done for a variety of communities in at least seven different sectors. How do you qualify your audience for each campaign?

Community 95

Community Communications Case Study Customer Service 95

Communications Conversations

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

One big trend I see accelerating in the social media world in 2019 is the move to more “community” and less “let’s go viral” It’s something I talked about in my trends presentation I put together that I’ve given now to five different groups in the Twin Cities. And, that will happen.

Groups 68

Groups Brand Branding Facebook 68

Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 3, 2011

about what the difference is between “community manager&# and “social media manager?&# I know I am – and I am both a community manager and a social media manager! Likewise, a lot of job seekers who want to “do&# social media for a company are thinking that they want to go into community management.

Community 78

Community Social Media Facebook Twitter 78

Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 20, 2012

They are a service business. One that could have a vibrant Facebook community, if they could just get to that point. People are already inundated with posts from brands; why would they want to see yours? The truth is, to grow a Facebook community you must bring people from outside Facebook into your Page.

Community 93

Community Facebook How To Web 93

Onclusive

AUGUST 22, 2017

The flipside of earned media is owned media: publishing content on brand-owned channels such as a customer-facing blog, Medium publication, and the like. A subset of corporate communications work, developing, documenting, and disseminating overarching corporate messaging is key to building a strong brand with a consistent message.

Media Training 397

Media Training Crisis Communications Conference Training 397

Konnect Agency

APRIL 1, 2021

As a brand strategy agency , it’s our responsibility to build a brand to all that it can be in the eyes of the media. When the brand belongs to a celebrity, however, there is more work to be done. In terms of highlighting the brand to the media, they usually only see one component: the celeb.

Brand 59

Brand Branding How To Consumer 59

The Proactive Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Apparently brands don’t consider Twitter as sexy as Instagram or Snapchat. One aspect of Twitter that’s not well-known and often not considered by brands is that journalists and news organizations are the largest and most active verified group of Twitter users. This was way below Wall Street’s expectations. Source: Forbes.com).

Twitter 235

Twitter Customer Service Web Facebook 235

Communications Conversations

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Over the last few years, I’ve noticed many brands have put a lot more time, energy and resources into generating sales (B2C) or leads (B2B). Yep, sales and leads are a primary focus on many, many brands. Driving awareness and engagement with customers. Serving as a customer service channel. Not surprising.

Strategy 106

Strategy B2C B2B Resources 106

Prohibition

APRIL 7, 2022

It’s vitally important to keep on top of these trends, no matter how often they might change, if you want your brand to stay relevant and ensure your content resonates with your target audience. Facebook becomes the go to for customer services enquires and launches Facebook reels. Twitter users take a stand to call for action.

Instagram 62

Instagram Social Media Trends Media 62

Prohibition

APRIL 7, 2022

It’s vitally important to keep on top of these trends, no matter how often they might change, if you want your brand to stay relevant and ensure your content resonates with your target audience. Facebook becomes the go to for customer services enquires and launches Facebook reels. Twitter users take a stand to call for action.

Social Media 62

Social Media Trends Media Instagram 62

Landis PR

MARCH 14, 2022

Please note: this is a reposted blog by our Public Relations Global Network PR partner, Ghidotti Communications. Five Key Steps to Introducing Your Consumer Brand to a New Social Media Platform. Having a social media strategy can boost your brand and expand your market, but that doesn’t all happen overnight.

Social Media 52

Social Media Consumer Brand Branding 52

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Because if there’s one thing I believe takes public relations from good to great, it’s when your audiences start becoming your community through the relationships you develop with them. But I was curious to see how Maddie and Lindy perceived not just Open Community , but its juxtaposition with public relations.

Community 82

Community Publicity Web Social Media 82

5W PR

DECEMBER 26, 2019

COMMUNITY BUILDING. An interesting trend among some respondents is that they’re focused on building smaller and more connected communities on their social media platforms. The final one is using and leveraging the customer service center as a profit center. Marketing firm Mastered Marketing cited Facebook Messenger’s 1.3

Marketing 113

Marketing Instagram Media SEO 113

Cision

APRIL 3, 2015

Throughout March, we provided tons of content centered around using word-of-mouth to raise brand awareness, earn trust and, ultimately, make sales, including a webinar, white paper, tip sheet and numerous blog posts. How to Build & Evangelize Your Community With Word-of-Mouth Marketing. How can you build a community online and off?

Marketing 120

Marketing Customer Service Employee Mobile 120

Doctor Spin

APRIL 17, 2023

A family staying at the Ritz-Carlton on Amelia Island, Florida, experienced the hotel’s customer service when their son’s beloved stuffed giraffe, Joshie, was accidentally left behind. Stuffed giraffe shows what customer service is all about. Ritz-Carlton. 2012, May 17). link] Nordstrom. 3 Nordstrom, Inc.

Strategy 52

Strategy Customer Service Airlines Hotels 52

prTini

JANUARY 15, 2016

As your online community expands, how can your brand balance continuously improving content creativity and performance while providing a high-touch, personalized experience for the community? How do you deliver exceptional, quick customer service while also exceeding the marketing-promotion and revenue-generating goals?

Community 28

Community Agency Internal International 28

5W PR

JUNE 15, 2020

Brands need to have a vibrant and active social media presence today. The latter includes direct, continual contact with fans and customers. The opportunity to engage, to solve problems, and to influence the narrative about and around the brand in the consumer public. That’s just a fact of doing business in the modern world.

Crisis 113

Crisis Digital PR Retail Reputation 113

Stephen Waddington

MAY 16, 2017

But practice is broadening to include new forms of media including influencer relations, social media, community engagement and messaging. Increasingly influencers demand a fee for working with an organisation or brand. Community management. Automation and artificial intelligence will be next.

Publicity 119

Publicity Customer Service Community Internal 119

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. But some of these actually have a very minimal effect on the relationship between the brand and consumer.

Brand 54

Brand Branding Trends Social Media 54

Reputation Us

JUNE 1, 2023

Casey : Simply put, we define brand and reputation differently. Brand is what you say about your company. Rather, this management position is a hybrid, involving HR, operations, technology, finance, customer service, community affairs, and marketing. These acts are plaguing homes, schools, and working communities.

Technology 78

Technology Interviews Reputation Crisis 78

Cision

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Most brands have created a combination of accounts to engage with this social media-focused population, but having a presence is only half the battle. How do brands decide who to target when there are so many users and networks to choose from? Learn all about social signals from Neal Schaeffer! Get the LiSTEN e-book today!

Pinterest 120

Pinterest Privacy LinkedIn Instagram 120

Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 15, 2011

However, when it comes to branding, the opposite may be true. On Twitter especially, a new term has arisen called “humanizing a brand.” This refers to a business’ attempt to give their brands a human touch. Going beyond simply “personal” gives your brand more appeal, PR and potentially, controversy.

Brand 78

Brand Branding Customer Service Twitter 78

Stephen Waddington

JUNE 5, 2017

The ability to target and measure ad performance makes digital ads attractive to brands. Conversion, revenue, amplification and brand awareness are all used as metrics to measure success. #6 Brands are increasingly incorporating content created by consumers into their campaigns. 9 Talk to me. Voice recognition has hit 95%.

Publicity 122

Publicity Marketing Healthcare Television 122

5W PR

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Add to that the decreased likelihood of such things as misinformation, mistimed promotions, broken links, and off-brand Tweets or posts. Doing so increases the possibility of identifying possible issues well in advance and decreases the potential of the above problems, seriously damaging the brand’s reputation and community standing.

Social Media 88

Social Media Media Case Study Construction 88