Rock the Status Quo

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

They’re unavoidable on social media and most of us quake in fear at the thought of handling them wrong. It also supports why a one-size-fits-all approach to customer service is rarely a good idea. . Customer service is a HUGE component of social media, but does it apply to public relations?

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Landis PR

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Social media users passed the 3.5 So what are some of the benefits of social media for business? From brand storytelling to new commerce opportunities, social channels offer companies an unmatched opportunity to reach and engage consumers: Engage with your target audience. Customer Service.

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Cision

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Most communications or marketing professionals realize that social media management is difficult to scale without some automated solution. Keeping track of platforms, direct and indirect messages, social care opportunities, and the competition is difficult for nearly any business, and size makes managing these more daunting.

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Critical Mention

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Social media platforms may have been created for friendly networking, but since then, they’ve evolved into tech hubs where anybody can network with anyone else. So, it’s important for all organizations to acknowledge and react to the impact social media has on consumers. Social Media Improves Customer Service.

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Cision

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Facebook Messenger bots (chatbots) are a controversial feature that was added to the standalone Messenger service earlier this year. Recently, Facebook started allowing its Messenger chatbots to take payments – making the interaction between chatbot not only a customer service feature but an e-commerce feature.

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Cision

OCTOBER 24, 2015

Social media has become a centerpiece for brands’ reputations. Customer service departments have had to shift their strategies, while HR departments have started to turn employees into brand advocates. Social media posts are public, making it easy to track and listen to competitors and plan how you can push past them.

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Cision

APRIL 18, 2016

A lot of the buzz after Facebook’s recent F8 Conference focused on Messenger “bots,” sensationalizing that feature to the point that you might be under the impression that Facebook’s artificial intelligence is sophisticated enough to carry on natural conversations with you (spoiler alert: they’re not).

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Cision

JULY 6, 2015

Small talk is an essential part of our social interactions. But what about social media? Some social conversations tend to escalate from “ 0 to 100 real quick ” (obligatory Drake reference), and are illustrative (and sometimes entertaining) because they forego small talk altogether. Search for receptive individuals.

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Cision

AUGUST 1, 2016

With Facebook, Instagram and Twitter adjusting their algorithms to give higher priority to personal content, the only way to consistently deliver messaging to social fans and followers is with paid advertising. For example, you may want to target fans of 80s pop sensation Michael Damian or Twitter followers of Michael Damian.

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Engage PR

JANUARY 6, 2018

And with social media spend within marketing budgets expected to increase 128% to 21.4% in the next five years (1* Chief Marketing Officers Survey, 2014 ) social activity is becoming more integral to brand perception and business performance. Cue social backlash across the internet.

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Landis PR

MARCH 14, 2022

Five Key Steps to Introducing Your Consumer Brand to a New Social Media Platform. In a digital world, use of social media is no longer optional. Having a social media strategy can boost your brand and expand your market, but that doesn’t all happen overnight. Identify Your Goals for Growth on Social Media.

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Critical Mention

DECEMBER 18, 2017

While 2017 may have been filled with PR and social media fails (for starters, take a look at United, Pepsi, Equifax or Uber), it was also a year of noteworthy wins for many brands. 2) Wendy’s: When I asked my Twitter followers for examples of the year’s best PR efforts, Wendy’s was the clear standout when it came to social media.

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PRSay

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Rather than view it as a social media delivery device, perhaps see Twitter as an online complaint box. We’ve all seen users tweet about poor customer service, but via Twitter brands can offer to resolve those issues faster than any other method. Later, you can offer these clients an hourly rate for your services.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 11, 2016

In either case, I’ve paused to delve into three social media studies or surveys that crossed my screen in recent months and distilled them to the most important findings. These three studies seem to, in part, answer these three questions: How is our brand doing in social media relative to comparable brands?

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Newsfile

JANUARY 30, 2024

For example, ChatGPT will soon understand, interact and communicate using many different methods like text, images, video, audio and more. Writing copy for social media is the most popular use for AI, according to 64% of PR pros. Along the same lines, Google currently offers Gemini Pro in Bard.

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Communications Conversations

JUNE 18, 2019

If you’ve worked in the social media marketing world for more than five minutes, you know how most brands treat “engagement” on Twitter. I’ll simplify: When it comes to engagement, Twitter has become a full-on customer service channel managed by the customer service team.

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Recent updates to Facebook Messenger and Twitter DMs have renewed interest in social chat for customer communication, yet this is a medium that has been productive for communications professionals for quite some time. Let’s look at some of the prominent social platforms’ chat features. Facebook Messenger.

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Cision

DECEMBER 14, 2015

A lot has been written in the past year about the limited reach and engagement level on various social media platforms. For any post that you put on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc., It may also be worthwhile to consider embedding key social posts into crisis-related content or even digital press releases.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Another potential use of ChatGPT in the automotive industry is in the creation of social media content. The model can be used to generate tweets, Facebook posts, and other types of social media content that can be used to promote products, events, and other aspects of the company.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

My hope is that it may offer some perspective to keep you from coming to the wrong conclusions about the applications of digital and social media to communications and marketing. There is not an all-encompassing “social media” Black Friday 2015 was the most social Black Friday on record.

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Cision

MAY 18, 2015

Social media listening has become a broad, all-encompassing term that represents a bunch of different applications for social data. The tactics and tools that we use to manage social listening are the result of how we understand that social media serves our intended purposes. Competitor analysis.

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Cision

MARCH 13, 2017

While there are many online challenges faced by business today, content marketing, digital marketing, SEO and social media are all trying to achieve a single purpose – increase brand reputation and improve awareness about the company. This means guest posting, connecting with influencers on social media, email outreach etc.

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Buzzstream

JANUARY 5, 2024

Search Social Media for Email Addresses The above tactic may surface email addresses on some social media accounts. But you can spend much time getting lost in social media if you don’t know these tricks. Here’s how and where to find contact info on each major social media platform.

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Stephen Waddington

MAY 9, 2020

Here are some of my favourite examples from my network. 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. You can publish beautiful branded content via Instagram and Facebook. Image credit: The Bigger Picture.

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Communications Conversations

MAY 29, 2019

Last week, Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes wrote an outstanding piece about how the rules of social media marketing have changed. While Holmes talked about how we’re in the midst of transitioning to a post-social-media landscape, I envision another stark trend: The comeback of community. First, go back to 2010.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 11, 2018

There’s something in here for every discipline of marketing – be it strategy, PR, content marketing, SEO, digital, social media, customer marketing, and so much more. There will be a notable uptick in socially conscious marketing. Facebook will be used more as a mass marketing tool, like a television station.

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Cision

MAY 6, 2015

The proliferation of owned media. The democratization of voice through social. Media’s evolving landscape. The PR and social media landscapes have changed so much in such a short period of time. The massive rise of video on Facebook is a wonderful trend this year. Up next is Mari Smith.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 7, 2013

With the creation of email, Facebook, Twitter, and Google+, it’s near impossible for the human part of a teacher to go without notice in settings less familiar than school. The more comfortable I became with Facebook and the Google Suite, the more difficult it became for me to shut the door on my work day and embrace my life at home.

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Polaris

MAY 5, 2015

If your brand targets moms, your social media strategy may need a major overhaul, according to a recent study conducted by Yummy Mummy Club (YMC) in Canada. The startling results: less than 2 out of 10 (19%) of moms surveyed say they have had a meaningful interaction with a brand on social media. 1: Entertain.

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Communications Conversations

JANUARY 29, 2019

That’s par for the course with today’s modern brand on social media. What’s more, this is really what “engagement” looks like in 2019 when it comes to social media marketing for brands: Look familiar? Responded to customer rants on social media with templated responses?

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David PR Group

MARCH 16, 2020

Example: Over the weekend, I began efforts to cancel a spring break trip that I booked on vacation rental platform VRBO. If you are delivering products or services differently than usual (which we all are, right?) then you need to actively let your customers and prospects know this. I looked for similar news from VRBO.

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Communications Conversations

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

One big trend I see accelerating in the social media world in 2019 is the move to more “community” and less “let’s go viral” It’s something I talked about in my trends presentation I put together that I’ve given now to five different groups in the Twin Cities. I’m seeing more of it, too.

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Cision

DECEMBER 28, 2015

That said, Twitter is a social platform that is uniquely positioned for: Customer-initiated social care (customer service). Despite its flaws, Twitter can be a very helpful social network for most businesses, but many brands don’t use it to its fullest potential. Direct influencer-outreach.

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Cision

OCTOBER 30, 2015

As of January 2015, more than 2 billion people spend a little over two hours on their social media accounts each day. Most brands have created a combination of accounts to engage with this social media-focused population, but having a presence is only half the battle.

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Cision

JUNE 15, 2015

” Facebook, it seems, is unstoppable.” As much as the PR profession has distanced itself from AVE, many businesses measure the value of Facebook Likes in a similar context. As much as the PR profession has distanced itself from AVE, many businesses measure the value of Facebook Likes in a similar context.

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Melissa Agnes

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

To get the ball rolling, following are some examples of what your stakeholder group list may include: Board members. Customers / clients. Social media vs. more traditional means of communicating. However, although social media is an important channel for crisis communication, only sharing to social media is not enough.

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Mark My Words

MARCH 22, 2022

We have seen protests from unions on the docks, captains refusing to leave their ships or let new crews (of underpaid foreign agency workers) onboard against a backdrop of unified condemnation from media, social media and across the political spectrum. But will this abhorrent treatment of workers impact P&O Ferries’ brand and profit?

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