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Communication Challenges for your PR Team in 2023: World Communication Week

The Proactive Report

The growth of new technologies and platforms in the communications landscape deliver as much uncertainty as they do opportunity. A negative news story can get published online and go viral in minutes, spinning out of control and triggering a PR crisis before an organization even has time to contemplate its response.

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PR Glossary: 30 Key Terms and Insights Every Professional Should Know

Newsfile

What are the Basics of Crisis Communication Planning? Crisis communication planning involves preparing for unexpected events that could harm an organization’s reputation. Effective crisis communication ensures transparency, empathy, and timely responses. praise-filled posts on Instagram.

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7 Lessons Every Marketer Can Learn From The CrossFit Instagram Crisis

MaccaPR

and Pepsi’s “ Black Lives Matter’’ TV ad bungle with Kendall Jenner – it would be easy to miss one of the smaller yet most portentous PR crisis of this year: The CrossFit Gym Member-Shaming Instagram Fail. One defender of the gym owner protested: "it was never intended to be posted to Facebook or go ‘viral.’"

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Top five PR Disasters of 2022 so far

Prohibition

Since then, she has become extremely successful, gaining millions of followers on Instagram and YouTube, as well as launching her own fake-tan business and becoming fast-fashion brand Pretty Little Thing’s Creative Director. Molly Mae did an interview on my podcast, yesterday a soundbite from that interview went viral, she trended No.1

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Misinformation 2.0: Deepfakes are the biggest threat to media today

PR in High Definition

The phrase went viral back in May when a doctored video appeared to show US politician Nancy Pelosi drunk in a TV interview. Imagine waking up to find a doctored video of you has gone viral, you’re being showered with vile abuse and you’re almost powerless in disproving its authenticity.

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10 PR Tips for Making Your Company Easier to Cover

Sword and the Script

There may be a place for including social media – here’s an example of an interesting way to include social elements from Instagram (or other sites) selectively. Make sure your media contacts easy to find. It’s frustrating for writers to fish around for someone to field a question. Make your media contacts easy to find.

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How to Prepare a PR Crisis Plan

Prohibition

A PR crisis can destroy a reputation in an instant, so it’s crucial to have a plan in place. What is a PR Crisis Plan? In today’s world, a negative story about your brand or organisation could go viral in an instant. What if someone made an offensive statement on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram?

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