Melissa Agnes

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

What about the customers who have a negative experience with your brand but choose not to create a video or campaign that then goes viral – yet, in their silence, choose to never again interact or purchase from your organization? This one interaction had me contemplating my loyalty to this airline.

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Corporate Airlines Employee Training 167

Cision

MAY 12, 2017

As we saw with the recent United Airlines fiasco , crisis news doesn’t take time to go viral. The idea behind this is to curb the spread of fake news online, and came soon after Facebook launched its tool to stop fake news from going viral on its platform. The Digital and PR Evolution.

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Google Digital PR Mobile SEO 259

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 28, 2017

Emotions layered with happiness make up the majority of top drivers of viral content. The ultimate feel-good story: a baby was born mid-flight on Spirit Airlines. Best of all was the airline’s quick PR thinking as it announced that young Christoph Lezcano will fly free every year on his birthday for life.

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Airlines Insurance Insurance Exercises 147

Reputation Us

APRIL 12, 2017

This week’s United Airlines incident has by far created the most inquiries from people asking me, “What would you recommend United do now?” The speed and “viralness” of this week’s news puts the importance of prompt communication at the forefront. Good grief! CRISIS IDENTIFICATION PROCESS.

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Crisis Airlines Viral Corporate 74

Shift Communications

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Innovations in technology and the rise of social media make it possible for bad press and controversy to spread virally. If your company is not prepared for these situations, a small controversy can quickly turn into a full-blown scandal. One of the main causes of bad press is a poor customer experience.

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Airlines Financial Film Viral 87

PRSay

APRIL 6, 2018

United Airlines. Viral videos. Indeed, many of the core ideas of how to neutralize an issue, mitigate a crisis and protect a reputation remain intact. This post is brought to you by RockDove , a proud sponsor of PRSA. Wells Fargo. Cyber thefts. Sexual misconduct. Brand misjudgments. Corporate malfeasance. Extreme weather.

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Crisis Management Crisis Airlines Viral 125

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 15, 2018

When a passenger’s video of water flooding a Carnival cruise ship hallway went viral on May 3, it spawned thousands of references to Titanic and some sensational news headlines. He spoke from the heart — without regard for the airline’s possible culpability. Carnival Cruise – the unsinkable PR ship.

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Crisis Privacy Airlines Facebook 136

MaccaPR

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Amidst the hurricane of PR catastrophes this past year – from H & M’s racist “Biggest Monkey in the Jungle” debacle, Papa John’s CEO attacking the NFL and Uber’s parade of scandals to United Airlines’ nose-breaking, tooth-shattering attack on a passenger, the Oscar “Best Picture is.Oops!” The alternative to that lightning-fast candor?

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Instagram Crisis Local Privacy 98

David PR Group

AUGUST 17, 2017

Conservative commentator Ann Coulter caught considerable heat recently for her online tantrum about Delta Airlines. She felt wronged by Delta, yet before the airline could even make an apology to her, she started tweeting and tweeting and tweeting her disgust. Here’s the thing, we all make mistakes. They scolded her.

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Airlines Reputation Customer Service Social Media 54

ReimaginePR

JUNE 18, 2015

NGOs for these causes need to try to replicate the brief but powerful attention burst given to natural disasters, terrorist attacks, and airline crashes. An example of this is Kony 2012 , a viral marketing campaign that was misguided and ill-informed at best, but that captured people’s attention and prompted them to act.

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Airlines Viral Government Local 120

NewsWhip

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Nicholson explains that in 2016 “outright false stories were going viral” and now it has become harder to identify. Airlines have been under close scrutiny, with their new policies needing to comply with the national vaccine mandate in the United States. Rising audience-side misinformation.

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Crisis Brand Branding Airlines 78

Presspage

MAY 11, 2017

A viral meme, video, or a tweet can appear instantly on the Internet. Following USA’s victory over Ghana during the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Delta Airlines tweeted a photo of the Statue of Liberty (representing the US) next to an image of a giraffe (representing Ghana). The thin line between positive and negative.

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Social Media Crisis Media Airlines 79

David PR Group

MARCH 9, 2017

The most well-known online reputation problems typically fall into a category that I refer to as “catastrophic.” Many people make online mistakes each day, but only a few online errors will spiral out of control, go viral and end-up causing economic damage or personal misfortune. Being old school is not an excuse. –John.

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How To Reputation Viral Airlines 40

Prohibition

DECEMBER 17, 2021

A crisis occurs when there is a severe risk or threat to the reputation, business, and organisational viability. A crisis can negatively impact your brand and reputation on multiple levels if it’s left unaddressed. If a crisis occurs, it could harm your reputation and relationship with team members, customers and shareholders.

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Prohibition

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Brands and businesses know how important it is to protect their reputation. 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. Create a long-term content marketing campaign – for effective reputation management.

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Crisis Crisis Management Reputation Crisis Communications 62

Beyond PR

MAY 12, 2017

As we saw with the recent United Airlines fiasco , crisis news doesn’t take time to go viral. The idea behind this is to curb the spread of fake news online, and came soon after Facebook launched its tool to stop fake news from going viral on its platform. The Digital and PR Evolution.

Google 64

Google Digital PR Mobile SEO 64

MaccaPR

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Sponsors from Speedo to Ralph Lauren fell away from Lochte, as social media posters and journalists feasted on the crushed reputation of the 32-year-old Olympian. The reporter posted the mother’s story on Twitter, which went viral with over 3,000 retweets. The cover-up cost him four sponsors, his reputation and – maybe – his career.”.

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David PR Group

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Yes, you can say practically anything online, often without legal consequence, but the First Amendment won’t protect you from losing your job, your livelihood or your reputation – and sometimes you lose all three. Last year, United Airlines Pilot Michael Folk was suspended after tweeting that Hillary Clinton should be hanged for treason.

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Social Media Airlines Media Reputation 73

Cision

MAY 25, 2017

Whether it’s a United Airlines employee following an archaic policy to “reaccommodate passengers” or a worker reaching out to go above and beyond, a brand is burned into our psyche by the story we experience at the hands of the employees. That nothing they say will hurt their and the brand’s reputation.

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Buchanan PR

JANUARY 16, 2025

Shock value, scandal, or even outrageous comments can sometimes fuel viral marketing, leading to a surge in attention. In the digital age, viral moments can amplify attention quickly, and some brands manage to convert that temporary outrage into a longer-term win by strategically navigating the fallout.

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Airlines Viral Crisis Social Media 86

Doctor Spin

MARCH 8, 2025

One misstepwhether an ill-conceived ad campaign, a tone-deaf response to a crisis, or outright deceptioncan spiral into a full-blown reputational catastrophe. United Airlines Re-Accommodating a Passenger (2017) A video went viral showing a passenger (Dr. The hashtag #DeleteUber went viral. Some companies recover.

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Examples Airlines Viral Crisis 52

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 31, 2017

As video of United Airlines passenger Dr. David Dao being violently dragged from his seat went viral, the media – and a global audience of prospective customers – were horrified. United’s reputation storm came just days after brand Pepsi weathered a different kind of eruption.

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Crisis Airlines Brand Branding 180

Norton's Notes

JULY 26, 2017

I speak a lot to student and marketers alike about social media crisis management as I believe it can have a huge impact on a brand’s reputation and share price if you get it wrong. United Airlines Drops The Ball. This is probably the most well known crises from this year as United Airlines hasn’t had the best year.

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Social Media Airlines Media Viral 49

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

In today’s volatile media and social environment, brand reputation is fragile. But when it comes to most types of reputation crises, they are decidedly unwelcome. According to the World Economic Forum , more than twenty-five percent of a company’s market value is directly attributable to its brand reputation.

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