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The Top PR Threats To Your Company’s Reputation

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

The Viral Customer Complaint. Those viral customer complaints are almost quaint in light of today’s environment. The good news is that “viral” customer service works both ways. The story about a young boy’s stuffed giraffe left behind at a Ritz-Carlton hotel still makes the rounds.

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Behind the Headlines With Matt Sutton

Cision

We worked with the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) to quickly engage the media, keep the story current and create an international dialogue on trophy hunting. My favorite headline that probably got the most attention was, “Summertime Sadness: Don’t fall victim to this hotel booking scam – like I almost did.”

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How to Prepare a PR Crisis Plan

Prohibition

In today’s world, a negative story about your brand or organisation could go viral in an instant. Will you hold an external or internal press conference? Who is responsible for internal communication – talking to employees about what has happened and how the company intends to deal with it? What is a PR Crisis Plan?

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7 Lessons That Ryan Lochte’s Olympic Crisis Can Teach PR Pros

MaccaPR

The Wall Street Journal noted that Lochte’s fabrication might not have been revealed to the public at all, except that Lochte’s mother told a Fox Sports Australia reporter on a hotel shuttle that she was upset that her son had been robbed at gunpoint.

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