ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 10, 2019

DTC luggage company Away replaced cofounder Steph Korey as CEO just days after a Verge article caused a PR trainwreck by exposing a punitive work culture there. It’s about one of the key departments Korey oversaw – customer service – and its seemingly impossible standards. PR, CX and ever-higher expectations.

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Onclusive

AUGUST 9, 2021

As companies grow, corporate communications become more important. Internal Communications. The truth is that internal communications are really important to how things get done in any organization. Measuring the effectiveness of internal communications is an interesting PR problem that has often been debated by experts.

Training 370

Training Media Training Reputation Crisis Communications 370

Agility PR Solutions

MARCH 30, 2023

As helpful as it’s been with internal workflow like task automation, B2B companies (and B2C, for that matter) continue to struggle with using AI as a customer service tool—but with business buyers’ expectations now sky-high for seamless experiences, new research from market intelligence firm IDC asserts that getting the adoption of artificial intelligence (..)

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 10, 2019

DTC luggage company Away replaced Steph Korey as CEO just days after a PR trainwreck of an article by The Verge exposed its punitive work culture. It’s about one of the key departments Korey oversaw – customer service – and its seemingly impossible standards. PR, CX and ever-higher expectations.

Customer Service 156

Customer Service Employee Reputation Leadership 156

Sword and the Script

MARCH 2, 2021

Over the course of my career, I’ve lived through two acquisitions, contributed to internal and external comms for several more, and at different organizations, and even did a divestiture. In 2017, the company acquired a then buzzy new tool called BuzzSumo, which is also based in the U.K. This includes PRophet , Propel , and SignalAI.

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Company Tools Technology Software 154

Onclusive

AUGUST 22, 2017

Depending on the stage of the business, communications professionals are often tasked with creating messaging cards and positioning statements for the companies they represent. Internal Communications. Internal communications, which also falls under corporate communications, is more nuanced than simply casting out an email.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

This month was no exception, and perhaps because many of the launches were timed with annual PRSA International Conference which wrapped up recently. The feature enables “enterprises to analyze customer conversations from owned data sources” and let the Talkwalker AI engine analyze it. 2) TVEyes launches podcast monitoring service.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 11, 2017

These early arrangements can include a junior in-house employee or possibly a “shared” situation where the PR function is wedged into marketing or even customer service. But they usually fall short as a company grows and sees a need for a more coordinated PR effort. Unfounded rumors are surfacing about the company.

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Landis PR

JANUARY 5, 2023

Yet it can erode in a moment, such as it has for the airline Southwest – previously known for great customer service – cancelled 15,000 flights over Christmas. Align internal and external communications. It takes time to build a following, and credibility, for your company’s voice.

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Communications Airlines Internal International 52

5W PR

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Power survey showed that more than half the first-time home buyers polled (54%) felt angry or confused when their mortgages were turned over to mortgage servicing companies. Bad customer service headed the list of complaints followed by poor self-service. Engagement is also important.

Customer Service 88

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Stephen Waddington

MAY 16, 2017

They’re engaging directly with internal and external stakeholders. You’ll experience this form of media whenever you use a travel app or website by companies such as British Airways or Virgin Trains. This is arguably the most powerful form of media for both internal and external communications. Community management.

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The Hoyt Organization

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

THO set an internal goal of ensuring that the average clip/day count was maintained and, in most months, accelerated from one brand to the next. Since every target publication had covered Auction.com over the company’s nearly ten-year history, THO cross-checked an extensive list of every reporter and editor who had written about the company.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

Internal communications: PR practitioners may also be responsible for communicating with employees and stakeholders within an organization. Owned media refers to content that is owned by the organization, such as a company blog or website. Should companies hire public relations people internally? Not a bad breakdown.

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Newsfile

OCTOBER 24, 2023

As a PR professional, you are most likely focusing on trying to enhance your company’s reputation. PR professionals and investors agree the most significant benefit that accrues to companies with a positive corporate reputation is corporate brand loyalty. in the coming years.

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Contently - Strategy

AUGUST 11, 2022

Companies need to keep growing to succeed, and content is one of the most effective ways to do that. Here’s how investing in content can help you overcome today’s biggest challenges and position your company to succeed long term. But keep in mind that this moment full of challenges also presents opportunities.

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Mindful Marketing

JULY 16, 2022

The company that found itself the focus of the humiliating headline was none other than Ernst & Young (EY)—one of the Big Four public accounting firms. Who would cheat on ethics?— — apparently plenty of people in one of the world’s largest accounting firms, but why? The Security and Exchange Commission (S.E.C.)

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PR 20/20

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

As Paul Roetzer ( @paulroetzer ) states in Chapter 8 of The Marketing Performance Blueprint : “Every marketing plan should start with an honest internal marketing assessment. These metrics may be both internally facing (like efficiency) and business oriented (like leads closed or the number of campaigns managed). Customer service?

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5W PR

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Of those polled, 88% believed that today’s companies must lead with purpose and 91% said they must benefit all stakeholders and not just its owners. Nearly all (99%) felt that purpose-driven companies would also gain a reputational benefit. Nearly all (99%) felt that purpose-driven companies would also gain a reputational benefit.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 30, 2019

Not any more than, a CRM database is customer service. That’s a handy idea if you are the one selling martech – and you plan to go around your traditional customer and sell it as a replacement to the business. This makes the education of business leaders – the internal marketing of marketing if you will – a continuous effort.

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Onclusive

JANUARY 10, 2018

Trends will continue to support a wave of education for PR and it’s internal partners to consider and accept PR’s positive impact.”. I’ve long been a proponent of PR attribution , which has always been done manually, but I’m happy to see companies like AirPR stepping up to make things more efficient and better measured.”

Content Marketing 150

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Critical Mention

APRIL 17, 2019

Today, nearly 90 percent of companies are using social media marketing and Dreamgrow reports over 60 percent of customers expect companies to offer customer service through their social channels. Transparency. Brand humanization.

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Cision

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

In fact, 98 percent of Fortune 500 companies rely on social media. By investing in social listening software , you’ll be able to help all departments, including solving customer service issues, monitoring rising crises and identifying sales opportunities. Is your organization looking to gain more female customers?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 6, 2016

The smartest PR professionals help product or service companies identify their most powerful differentiators, shape a narrative, and tell their story where it counts. As PR measurement guru Katie Paine puts it, “The people brands are trying to reach simply will ignore everything most companies spew.”.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 3, 2020

The feature “provides real-time notifications on significant news items on the companies you care about, powered by artificial intelligence,” according to an announcement. Let’s say you’re a software company with dozens of competitors in each of your markets globally. Nielsen reported that 5.8

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PR Conversations

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

A European internal communications veteran explains: In order to help organisations use communications to get results , practitioners should call on simple skills and experience —not a book of runes, silver bullets or magic fairy dust. How do internal communications specialists do this? By Liam FitzPatrick, FCIPR.

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Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 4, 2018

If I were leading social for a mid-sized to large company, here’s what I’d be asking myself heading into 2019: What does this shift mean for my social media advertising plans in 2019? How to I better automate customer service via social media? Should engagements even be a key metric anymore?

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Cision

APRIL 28, 2015

A case in point: two recent labor strikes at two New Hampshire-based companies. When employees at one of the companies went on strike over the summer, customers and vendors joined them. The same cannot be said of the second company. It was an internal argument taking place in public. It’s a matter of the message.

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Contently - Strategy

APRIL 1, 2024

For enterprise B2B companies, the math gets even worse. Are they seeking customers, or do the customers find them (hunting vs. gathering)? What problems are customers looking for your company to solve — and can your organization solve them? How does your brand, product, or services make their lives easier?

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Critical Mention

APRIL 6, 2017

You are known for your best-selling book on customer service, “Zombie Loyalists.” Have you had any particularly memorable (good and bad) customer service experiences? Over your international travels, which countries impressed you with their customer service and why? It’s the only way.

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Katie Paine's Measurement Blog

MARCH 9, 2023

Most outlets and reporting companies like Compete and Alexa use average unique visitors and calculate data on a monthly basis. Companies decide they want a measurement vendor and start calling in the sales people from various measurement firms. So when the PR person delivers results, his/her success is seen as worthless.

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Barokas

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

According to Curata, only 42 percent of companies have hired a designated content strategist executive. Moreover, content can be a significant burden when the internal team does not have access to someone with journalistic training. is time consuming, drawing the marketer father away from his day-to-day responsibilities.

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Melissa Agnes

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

A company with two plane crashes in the last year asks people to post their bucket list destinations on social media. A social media manager loses their temper in a customer service post on Facebook. Training managers and internal teams to use social media is half of the crisis prevention equation.

Social Media 239

Social Media Crisis Training Media 239

wiredPRworks

MAY 18, 2022

Delivering Customer Service in a Self-Service World” shows how customer service is the new marketing. His fifth book, “ How to Get Unstuck: 25 Ways to Get Your Business Growing Again ” focuses on how to get small business owners making more profits in their company. His third book, “ BAM!

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

For example, if a customer DMs a business page, the company can then respond to the private direct message. Companies can also use messenger bots for auto-response sequences with customers. Google Hangouts and Skype are more or less extensions of traditional customer service. Google Hangouts / Skype.

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Prohibition

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Each PR crisis will affect each company, brand or individual in a different way – that’s because they’re all different. And not every company has an appropriate response to that specific crisis. Here are five ways that your company and brand should prepare for a PR crisis. How to prepare and fix a PR crisis.

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Communications Conversations

MARCH 29, 2019

A North Minneapolis native, Tess excelled in her journalism program at Drake University, during which she presided over the Coalition of Black Students and interned in business development with The Integer Group and in marketing/group sales with Iowa Events Center. I am excited to see what Andrew’s next year will hold. Hill Center.

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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. Consumers value personal, truthful conversation from companies. Fast Company recently showcased the top 5 trust agents on Twitter. Try to Reposition Your Image.

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