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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. What is Viral Marketing?

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6 Best Practices for Identifying and Reacting to a PR Crisis

Cision

Crisis communication is an important aspect of most PR roles. In the Journal of Marketing Management, a group of British researchers write that crisis communication has “implications for brand equity and consumers’ purchase intentions.” They write: “Facebook’s IPO is a flop.”

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Why it’s Important to Monitor Trending Topics

Critical Mention

Last but certainly not least, crisis communications is another benefit of following trends. Not only can you prepare for a crisis by keeping on top of what your customers are saying on various platforms, but you can also mitigate the crisis by responding to negative press and your customers in real-time. .

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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

Better organize your announcements and media contacts, make the “news” easy to find and stick to business etiquette; pro PR tips About a year ago I started writing a monthly summary of PR technology news. Make sure your media contacts easy to find. It’s frustrating for writers to fish around for someone to field a question.

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The Most Recommended PR Tech Vendors [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

That’s a mouthful of buzzwords, but Ryan Reeves, a product manager for the company, added some context on LinkedIn: “Signals uses AI to continually read trillions of articles to detect important company trigger-events (viral articles, product launches, financials, partnerships, headcount changes, etc.)

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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. Team roles and responsibilities need to be clear if your crisis communication plan is going to work.

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