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Crisis Communications & Social Media When “It” Hits the Fan

PRSay

To be an expert in crisis communications you have to move your organization at the speed of Twitter when “it” hits the fan. In short order, it was followed a barrage of requests from media asking to use the footage. Social media is your competition. Within minutes he posted a video to the web. Are you even in the game?

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TCIP #005 – Teaching Crisis Communication in Higher Education with Karen Freberg

Melissa Agnes

She’s an engaging professor at the University of Louisville, in Kentucky, who teaches and researches on subjects like social media for PR and crisis communication – and she’s about to take this semester’s crisis communications grad class to a whole new level. Or on Instagram. How, you might ask?

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How to Use Threads For B2B PR

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

The secret of Threads’ fast growth was its integration with Instagram, which made onboarding seamless for users. Threads’ format resembles a blend of Twitter and Instagram. Threads’ tight integration with Instagram can leverage visual storytelling, making it ideal for conveying complex ideas in a visually appealing manner.

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3 Lessons From the A-Team in Crisis Communication Planning

Cision

They can be relied upon to carry out their duties, which leads to the first point about crisis communication planning: 1. Identify communication crisis responders. More to the point: know who they are, what function they serve, and how to get in touch with them when Instagram blows up at two o’clock in the morning.

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Is Your Corporate Website Still the Right Place to Designate as Your Crisis Communications Home Base?

Melissa Agnes

With the growing use of social media to follow brands, rather than navigating to the brand’s corporate website, should your corporate website still be used as your crisis communications home base? One you should aim to think through within your crisis preparedness. This is a good question. Let me explain further.

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The 22 Responsibilities of PR and What They Entail

Onclusive

Earned Media & Media Relations In the old days, sending out press releases and then managing a Rolodex of media contacts could help PR pros to land earned media. Today, landing earned media in publications that resonate with target audiences is only one small part of the earned-media mix.

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Social Media Trend Forecast: 2021 and Beyond

5W PR

However, predicting what lies ahead next year in social media may be a more slippery slope depending on the source. Here’s what social media management platform Hootsuite uncovered after surveying more than 11,000 marketers during the third quarter of this year and combining other gathered data. Instagram was close behind at 70%.