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Managing the Aftermath of a Digital PR Crisis

5W PR

However, when mistakes are made, all of those benefits can act against the brand, amplifying a momentary lapse and creating a monumental PR crisis. 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. That doesn’t mean pandering.

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Why it’s important to prepare for a PR crisis

Prohibition

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. How to prepare and fix a PR crisis. This is where effective PR crisis management comes in.

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PR and social media set for continued growth

Stuart Bruce

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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Earned Media Rising Podcast With Cision CMO, Chris Lynch

Cision

So, the things we’ll see in the market, you know, if it’s a retailer were seeing things like, “Well could you help us with driving some more traffic for shopping cart conversions?” Steve Barrett: There’s no point having a crisis plan on, on the hoof, and generating on the hoof, you’ve got to have it ready.

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PR Basics Based on Principles will Never Change

PR Fuel

Consider what happened to the team over at BP during the Gulf Oil Spill crisis. How much do we forget this when a crisis happens to our company or business? Corporate Contact Information. Retail outfits should always include directions, for both drivers and customers using mass transit, to locations.

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