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Analyzing First Responders In Crisis PR

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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. Starbucks routinely engages with its customers on Twitter and other social platforms, responding to many questions and customer service issues.

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How to Prepare a PR Crisis Plan

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In today’s world, a negative story about your brand or organisation could go viral in an instant. Your employees and stakeholders could be made to look incompetent or immoral. Your customers could make their displeasure known on your Facebook page and Twitter feed. What is a PR Crisis Plan?

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The Importance of Social Media in Crisis Management

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The impact that this new form of communication has on PR and marketing has introduced many positive changes for companies looking for better ways to connect with their customers. Rather than directly contacting customer support representatives, customers frequently vent their frustrations on social media. Public squabbles.

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11 ways Social Listening will Transform your Communications Strategy & Performance

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When a journalist writes a negative article, internal stakeholders may jump to conclusions about the impact that will have on your brand. You gain a good understanding of what stories and campaigns resonate well with your audiences and which don’t – meaning you can learn and improve your future strategy.

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Be Human: 4 Lessons From xPotomac 2015

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We recommend a funny video or article because we want to make others laugh—it’s an act of kindness or generosity. If you want content to take off and go viral, think about emotional storytelling, not necessarily what everyone else is doing. We share content because we want to be the “cool” kid—it’s an extension of our identity.

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A Look at the Media Monitoring Tool Truescope is Bringing to the U.S. [PR Tech Briefing]

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This also works for viral content – like a retweet on Twitter. At a minimum, you can keep a record of an article for year-over-year comparison, even if you can’t access the underlying content 12, or 24 months later for example. Finally, Mr. Croll is aiming to ensure his employees have experience working in communications.

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The Top PR Threats To Your Company’s Reputation

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Or a crisis can strike closer to home; it can be a rogue employee action or supplier lapse in a single region that affects an entire brand, like the Chipotle E. The Viral Customer Complaint. Those viral customer complaints are almost quaint in light of today’s environment. coli contamination of 2015.