Stuart Bruce

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Stuart Bruce speaking at the IATA Crisis Communications in the Social Media Age conference. (c) This morning I gave a keynote at the global ‘Crisis Communications in the Social Media Age’ conference in Istanbul. c) Donald Steel. Yes, it can benefit many people. Too many of us think of that as a negative.

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Onclusive

AUGUST 22, 2017

Our job descriptions tells us what we’ll be responsible for in a given public relations or communications role, but we rarely reference the J.D. For the sake of creating a comprehensive list of all the tasks today’s PR and communications teams are responsible for, we’ve compiled a list of 20 responsibilities or areas of focus.

Media Training 397

Media Training Crisis Communications Conference Training 397

Prohibition

AUGUST 4, 2021

Your reputation is the most critical aspect of your business. That means online business reputation management isn’t an optional extra anymore—it’s essential. A single mistake online could ruin your brand’s reputation and cost you a lot of business; why take the chance? What is online reputation management?

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Reputation Us

MARCH 31, 2021

The IRP team consists of multiple cybersecurity disciplines to mitigate risk associated with data security (cyber insurance; information security; legal and regulatory; and reputational management) and specialists including, Peter Marchel of Marchel & Associates Risk Consulting , Sean Hoar of Lewis Brisbois and Casey Boggs of ReputationUs.

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Prohibition

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Brands and businesses know how important it is to protect their reputation. In the midst of a crisis, reputations that have been so hard to build can be easily destroyed and the effects can be hard to undo. It doesn’t take much to provoke a crisis, sometimes just a simple mistake on social media can be enough.

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Polaris

JUNE 24, 2016

Yet despite the prevalence and obvious cost, some businesses do not effectively communicate an attack to key stakeholders. How to Tell Your Customers about a Data Breach. #1 These are words to live by when it comes to issues management and crisis communications. A security breach is serious stuff. What happened and how?

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Prohibition

JANUARY 17, 2022

With the recent increase in the use of social media in crisis situations, organisations across all sectors need to understand the benefits of incorporating it into their crisis plan. In fact, most experts agree that social media needs to be treated as a vital part of any company’s crisis communication plan.

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Stuart Bruce

JULY 15, 2014

For example, last autumn, an initiative by British Gas, which is owned by FTSE 100 group Centrica, to use its Twitter account to promote customer service was greeted by hundreds of tweets pouring scorn on the company’s decision to raise energy prices ahead of winter.”.

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Onclusive

JUNE 29, 2018

Moderated by Heidi Sullivan, President of HKSully Consulting, the webinar outlined best practices in the New PR world of rapid-response and all-way communication. From Facebook to Starbucks, no brand is safe from a communications crisis. How and when your brand responds to the press is crucial to saving your brand’s reputation.

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Melissa Agnes

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

An absurd amount of businesses, of all different industries and sizes, are losing reputation and major revenue from well planned and highly impactful defamation attacks. These attacks can and do come from anybody – from angry customers to unlawful competitors – and require legal and crisis communication expertise to manage.

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Newsfile

JANUARY 30, 2024

For example, ChatGPT will soon understand, interact and communicate using many different methods like text, images, video, audio and more. Examples of AI Prompts for PR Research Rank the top five best practices for crisis communication in the context of a healthcare industry scandal?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 7, 2018

In an era of constant communication, most PR experts will say that silence is rarely an option for responding to negative or controversial developments. PR experts sound the alarm about the communication vacuum in such cases, worried that damaging or inaccurate chatter will fill the void and they’ll lose control of the narrative.

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5W PR

JUNE 15, 2020

Let’s take a look at how brands should use the tools available on social media to mitigate a PR crisis and move forward to re-establish the brand’s reputation. From there, it’s important that the company understands their short-term customer relationship cannot be business as usual. Or it could be some or all of these.

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Prohibition

JANUARY 14, 2022

What is a PR Crisis? 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. A crisis could be triggered by an accident, a serious error, or an inappropriate action. What is a PR Crisis Plan?

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Reputation Us

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

.” If your financial institution is in need to safeguard itself and its reputation from potential issues, we’d welcome your outreach: PR@LTpublicrelations.com. Credit Union Crisis Planning Essential. Trying to communicate a crisis without a plan is like trying to float a boat with holes. By Peter Strozniak.

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Melissa Agnes

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

An absurd amount of businesses, of all different industries and sizes, are losing reputation and major revenue from well planned and highly impactful defamation attacks. These attacks can and do come from anybody – from angry customers to unlawful competitors – and require legal and crisis communication expertise to manage.

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Crisis How To Crisis Management Exercises 100

Cision

JUNE 3, 2015

Deciding where you communicate, how you communicate, when you communicate, to whom you communicate and especially who does the communicating all set the foundation (be it sturdy or flimsy) of a reputation. That is the communicator’s payoff for brand loyalty. Integrate your crisis plan.

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Axia PR

JUNE 1, 2020

Customer service is hard. If you have poor relationships with customers and clients, it can even permanently tarnish a company’s reputation. To avoid that and strengthen customer relations along the way, here are three tips for responding to a crisis response when customers have been offended.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

MAY 23, 2023

Increased use of artificial intelligence in travel: AI is already being used in various aspects of travel, from chatbots for customer service to personalized recommendations for accommodations and activities. Reputation management: PR helps manage the reputation of travel brands, including hotels, airlines, and tour operators.

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Prohibition

JANUARY 7, 2022

Rather than walk the walk alone, take advantage of our crisis management experience, so that no matter what goes wrong, your company will come out stronger and better. How do you define crisis management? A crisis can involve anything from a natural disaster to a product recall to a terrorist attack. What is a crisis?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 15, 2018

A crisis situation presents abundant challenges for public relations and business leaders, not the least of which are the critical first communications. The final paragraph of a March 30 follow-up blog stands out as a piece of sincere communication. The language fits the Tesla brand: aloof, calculated, and confident.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 12, 2016

A recent survey by the employment agency, The Creative Group , says corporate executives are increasingly inclined to pin the communications shop with such responsibility. Corporate reputation has long been the responsibility of communications departments. Why is PR Well-Suited for Social Media? Social media is publishing.

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PR in High Definition

JULY 22, 2019

This is something all of us in communications should be wary of. For journalists, publishing a breaking story based on a video that is later proved false can damage their reputation, erode the trust of readers in the newspaper or magazine they write for, and even lead to libel lawsuits. The post Misinformation 2.0:

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Media Viral Video Newspapers 74

Critical Mention

AUGUST 21, 2018

Writing it to appeal to your target audience also improves your reputation in the long run. Failing to respond quickly implies that you aren’t focused on your customers or their feedback. However, responding with a short, sympathetic reply ensures the customer feels heard and shows your company’s commitment to your customers.

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PR in High Definition

AUGUST 27, 2019

And of course, the challenge with crisis situations is that seemingly minor incidents need to be handled correctly. If not, they will also slowly chip away at that reputation you’ve worked so hard to build up and eventually crack it completely. If it’s an unhappy customer, then should you pass it on to customer services?

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 11, 2012

If you botch an interview, you run the very real risk of damaging your reputation, losing brand value and jeopardizing organizational objectives. Getting media trained helps you stay on message and bridge back to you talking points without sounding like a robot or some disingenuous suit – a *big* problem to avoid when you’re in crisis mode.

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David PR Group

AUGUST 17, 2017

Social media and online reviews bring an incredible new level of accountability to the customer service equation. The internet enables consumers to reach out to companies and service providers in brand new ways, and I believe the transparency that exists because of these online tools is a great thing for commerce. –John.

Airlines 54

Airlines Reputation Customer Service Social Media 54

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

For example, bring your PR and customer service teams into the advertising planning process. Part of the reason people lose their minds about customer service on social media is pure frustration. If you identify possible criticisms in advance, you are better prepared to deal with them when they occur.

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MaccaPR

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Four years ago, Shankman sold to Vocus his free HARO service, which, at the time , had a user base of 30,000 journalists and bloggers and more than 100,000 businesspeople and PR professionals! The NFL teams aren’t facing the facts that they have horrible reputations. The key to improving reputation is to own your mistakes.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Powwowing With Pepco on Social Media September 28th, 2010 Tweet I haven’t been the biggest fan of my local energy company, Pepco, recently. That, I understand. This, I liked.

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