Prohibition

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is completely transforming how we consume media. With the social media landscape undergoing a fascinating transformation, we’re seeing the changes happen in real time. However, AI generated content on social media is a double-edged sword.

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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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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 21, 2015

For some people, the thought that you might outsource your social media is blasphemous. After all, social media is an extension of our personal and professional selves. Amazon uses an autoresponder on their @amazonhelp Twitter account to refer people to an actual customer service agent for appropriate support.

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Critical Mention

JULY 15, 2020

NEW YORK — Critical Mention, the leading earned media platform, today announced the release of its Media Contact Database. Critical Mention’s new Media Contact Database was built from the ground up, combining cutting-edge automation, artificial intelligence and machine learning with meticulous manual data curation.

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Cision

JULY 27, 2017

But there’s one aspect of your business that I’d encourage you to pay more attention to — brand situational awareness. Why Leaders & Execs Need to Know How Their Brand is Perceived. But understand: having a vision of your brand’s status that is misaligned with reality can cause you and your team to make poor business decisions.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 8, 2018

We associate social media platforms with splashy consumer campaigns, but social is increasingly important in B2B public relations. According to an IDC study , 75% of B2B buyers and 84% of C-level/vice president executives use social media to make purchasing decisions. Cultivate media and influencers. Gather intelligence.

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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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Cision

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Most communications or marketing professionals realize that social media management is difficult to scale without some automated solution. Inevitably many companies choose a platform that offers monitoring (such as Cision’s new Communication Cloud™ ) to handle their social media. Customer Service (Social Care).

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David PR Group

MARCH 16, 2020

Aside from its medical consequences, COVID-19 has the potential to hurt or even destroy your brand. The main one: If VRBO, which is owned by Expedia, doesn’t fully refund travelers impacted by COVID-19, the brand will likely not survive this crisis. I looked for similar news from VRBO. And found nothing. –John.

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The Proactive Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The one thing you can rely on in Social Media is that there will be change. Apparently brands don’t consider Twitter as sexy as Instagram or Snapchat. It doesn’t create social media stars and their advertising is not producing as much revenue as other networks. Each year new networks pop up and some go away. Source: Forbes.com).

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 4, 2022

” “We offer great customer service/value/reliability.” It made the brand more interesting, and best of all, media loved it. When Russia invaded Ukraine last February, she organized resources, transportation, and shelter for those fleeing the war. We work hard to recruit the best.”

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Karen Freberg

JULY 18, 2017

This actually was a topic of conversation on the Social Media Professor’s Community FB group I created, and this really struck a cord for me. We are all in the same boat if we are teaching social media since it’s constantly changing. Messenger is being used in a variety of different ways, like customer service.

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Melissa Agnes

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

A company with two plane crashes in the last year asks people to post their bucket list destinations on social media. A social media manager loses their temper in a customer service post on Facebook. Everyone is using social media for marketing today. 2) Social media training for users in the organization.

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PRSay

DECEMBER 27, 2022

For smaller brands, Twitter’s noisy platform and algorithms that determine what users see often work against their best efforts. Rather than view it as a social media delivery device, perhaps see Twitter as an online complaint box. Rather than view it as a social media delivery device, perhaps see Twitter as an online complaint box.

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Communications Conversations

JANUARY 29, 2019

My thinking is based on three mini-trends and observations over the last six months: Brand increasingly aren’t even interested in true engagement. One trend I noticed popping up over and over: brands and organizations just aren’t that interested in “engaging” with their key audiences on social channels.

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Norton's Notes

DECEMBER 4, 2015

We all know Facebook is the behemoth of the social media world, our clients have to use it, and now it’s gone pay to play, we all have to spend our budgets to use it to get some kind of decent reach, unless you are in the camp that says it’s time to ignore the platform altogether. Best regards, XXXX”.

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Rock the Status Quo

APRIL 23, 2015

Don’t Let The Plethora of Blog Posts Fool You It’s easy to tout the benefits of brand advocate programs – of which there are many – but there isn’t enough discussion around just how difficult it is to create and sustain one. It can be an industry, a career field, a product or service or just an idea.

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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. Now, your brand must think on a global scale. Want more insights on social media listening?

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5W PR

OCTOBER 6, 2023

In the dynamic landscape of modern business, success hinges on the ability to connect with customers and deliver products that meet their needs. Customer feedback has emerged as a valuable resource for guiding product development and shaping public relations strategies.

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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. Showcase your media using Twitter Cards.

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Communications Conversations

DECEMBER 2, 2021

And, given the changes in: consumer behaviors, platforms and content, social media marketers would be wise to take this chance to truly evaluate their strategies and approaches. Over the last few years, I’ve noticed many brands have put a lot more time, energy and resources into generating sales (B2C) or leads (B2B).

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Internal comms drives good customer service. As most business people know, it costs five times as much to capture a new customer than it takes to keep an existing one. A company that boasts stellar internal customer service are leading by example, inspiring (and teaching) employees to provide great external customer service.

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Prohibition

JANUARY 17, 2022

Social media is an increasingly important element in a successful crisis management approach. With the recent increase in the use of social media in crisis situations, organisations across all sectors need to understand the benefits of incorporating it into their crisis plan. What is the Impact of Social Media on Public Relations?

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wiredPRworks

MAY 18, 2022

.” In the latest episode of “ Growing Social Now ,” I interviewed Barry about his book, social media, and the challenges small businesses are facing. I remember connecting with Barry via social media and then being surprised when he suggested a face-to-face meetup. It has been translated into Korean and German.

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PR 20/20

MAY 23, 2017

We originally published a blog in 2015 listing 40+ inbound marketing resources. We’ve added even more to the list, so read below for an update with even more resources for marketers. You know the drill: You turn to the top content marketing influencers, blogs, publications and resources for a reinforcement.

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ReimaginePR

AUGUST 1, 2016

Let’s discuss the best strategies to get noticed by the right audience for your brand. We’ll show you some of the best practices for getting your brand noticed in this extra resource. Commit to Customer Service. Be known as a brand that takes care of their customers. Click Here.

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PR 20/20

JUNE 6, 2023

The platform is now a comprehensive suite of tools and services to help businesses with their marketing, sales, customer service, and operations. It’s ultimately designed to enable businesses to attract, engage, and delight customers throughout their buyer's journey.

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Stephen Waddington

JANUARY 15, 2020

Thank you to everyone who sent me feedback on my essay on the future of PR via email or social media. There were some clear misses in my original essay: social media activism, internal communications, storytelling and professionalism in PR. It told the story of the public using social media to fight back against organisations.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

PR technology summary: new podcast monitoring option from Critical Mention; Cision updates its media contact database More than 100 million Americans listen to podcasts monthly, according to The Infinite Dial 2020 by Edison Research. The company has traditionally had a strong offering in media monitoring including broadcast monitoring.

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Stuart Bruce

JULY 23, 2017

.” Call me a cynic (I am a grumpy old cynic), but it doesn’t bode well when a report starts “Social media is still a relatively new marketing channel”. Those of us using Usenet, email discussion lists and bulletin boards in the early 90s for PR and marketing can confirm they were both social and media.

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Doctor Spin

APRIL 17, 2023

A family staying at the Ritz-Carlton on Amelia Island, Florida, experienced the hotel’s customer service when their son’s beloved stuffed giraffe, Joshie, was accidentally left behind. Stuffed giraffe shows what customer service is all about. Ritz-Carlton. 2012, May 17). link] Nordstrom. 3 Nordstrom, Inc.

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Cision

APRIL 3, 2015

Throughout March, we provided tons of content centered around using word-of-mouth to raise brand awareness, earn trust and, ultimately, make sales, including a webinar, white paper, tip sheet and numerous blog posts. Here’s a list of all the resources we created with a description of how each can help you. That’s killing brands!

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Prohibition

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Brands and businesses know how important it is to protect their reputation. It doesn’t take much to provoke a crisis, sometimes just a simple mistake on social media can be enough. Each PR crisis will affect each company, brand or individual in a different way – that’s because they’re all different.

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Buzzstream

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Link to media assets like graphs or charts and provide the data. For instance, this social media statistics post from Oberlo can sometimes be tough to build links to actively. This, of course, requires you first to create a resource that is worthy of pitching. These infographics essentially make non-pitchable topics pitchable.

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Communications Conversations

MARCH 29, 2019

Last week, I shared my news that I’ll be teaching social media at the University of St. Now, she’s crushing it at Best Buy in social media marketing. So, I asked a few key local leaders for up-and-coming social media or communications superstars they admire. But, the truth is, young minds are kicking ass!

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PRSay

JUNE 26, 2016

Social media has changed the world of PR and it’s for the better. Social media is about people, however, the technology helps to facilitate the great interactions we experience. Social media helps you to gather intelligence and to become more intimate with your customers and other important stakeholders.

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