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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.

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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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Brand conversations during COVID-19

Stephen Waddington

Organisations typically have one of two responses to a crisis: they either go silent or they over communicate. You’ll have observed examples for yourself during the COVID-19 crisis. The best responses are rooted in listening, engaging and providing support to customers. It’s a great means of engaging customers during lockdown.

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Lake Forest Chamber of Commerce Livecast talking Crisis PR

The Stalwart Blog

What do you do when you’re embroiled in a crisis that maybe wasn’t of your making? He is a crisis PR expert, a friend of mine for many years. When you get involved in these things, how far are people into the crisis by the time you show up? What do you do when you get negative press? His name is Dave Oates.

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How to Lose a Customer and Tarnish Your Brand in One Easy (Mis)Step

PR News

But an experience over the last two weeks with a furniture retailer had me clearing the cookies from my computer. So annoyed was I by the poor customer service and the constant retargeting of ads from this particular furniture store that I resorted to cleaning… Continued. Rarely do I mess with cookies, except to eat them.

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Want to Build Trust Online? Don’t Neglect Customer Reviews.

Rock the Status Quo

Reviews matter, yet so many companies let them grow by default and inattention, rather than a focused effort – rarely monitoring what is being said unless a crisis flares up, grabbing everyone’s attention like firecrackers lit inside a public library. Customer service or sales? Are you giving them enough attention?

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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.”.