5W PR

JANUARY 26, 2025

Today’s consumers demand authentic commitment to diversity, inclusion, and social impact from the brands they support. The most successful brands recognize that surface-level gestures fall flat – real impact requires embedding social responsibility throughout their communications strategy.

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Strategy Brand Branding Employee 78

Prowly

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Brand advocacy happens when customers, employees, and other stakeholders actively support and promote a brand through recommendations, word of mouth, positive reviews, or by sharing content about the brand. They promote the brand voluntarily. FIND BRAND ADVOCACY OPPORTUNITIES WITH PROWLY What is brand advocacy?

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Brand Branding Employee Case Study 104

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 20, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended long-planned marketing and PR campaigns for nearly every major brand. Most have learned from early mistakes or half-measures and have designed campaigns that make a positive impact for employees, customers, and communities. Quite a few launched ad campaigns recognizing their own employees.

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Brand Branding Small Business Retail 284

5W PR

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Whether the issue stems from a product failure, a public relations misstep, or an ethical controversy, the damage to a brands reputation can be significant. Customers, stakeholders, and employees may all feel betrayed, making it difficult to regain their confidence.

Crisis 78

Crisis Brand Branding Case Study 78

Communications Conversations

JUNE 11, 2021

And, after the year we all just had, if you haven’t already, now is the perfect time to revisit your social media community guidelines. You know, that document you post to your social pages (or link to on your web site) that outlines what your fans, customers, partners, vendors and employees can and cannot do on your social media pages.

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Guidelines Community Social Media Examples 190

PRSay

JULY 6, 2020

As parts of the country continue to emerge from the coronavirus shutdown, business owners are rethinking their workspaces to help their employees feel safe and productive. Twitter and Square, for example, have both announced that their employees can continue to work remotely. But not everyone has those options. Wear cloth face covers.

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Cision

DECEMBER 4, 2017

As much as social media followers love to praise your brand, they won’t hesitate to criticize your actions if they have a good reason. Thus, it has the potential to bring your marketing and branding strategy to its knees in just a few hours. In fact, you can turn a brand crisis into a PR success if you act fast swiftly.

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Crisis Brand Branding How To 271

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Brand purpose has real purpose. Purpose and values-based communications will become an essential part of the marketing toolbox. Research shows that consumers want the brands and companies they do business with to be fair employers, good corporate citizens, and responsible stewards of the environment. Employees are in charge.

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Trends Employee Viral Advertising 385

Onclusive

OCTOBER 3, 2017

CMOS and CEOs Sound Off on the Essentials for Getting Buzz and Building Your Brand Awareness. For marketers, this makes brand awareness a huge challenge: How do we stand out above the noise? Marketers and communicators are now competing for consumer attention amid Facebook posts, Buzzfeed memes, blog posts, articles, texts and more.

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5W PR

JANUARY 18, 2025

A public relations crisis can strike any organization at any time, threatening to erode hard-earned trust, damage its brand reputation, and even jeopardize its very existence. Acknowledge the impact of the crisis on all stakeholders customers, employees, investors, and the broader public. Avoid jargon and technicalities.

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Crisis Brand Branding How To 78

5W PR

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Effective corporate public relations strategies are vital in shaping how an organization is perceived by stakeholders, including customers, investors, employees, and the wider public. By carefully managing its public image, a company can build trust, enhance brand loyalty, and ultimately drive business success.

Corporate 78

Corporate Reputation Strategy Storytelling 78

Onclusive

AUGUST 22, 2017

The flipside of earned media is owned media: publishing content on brand-owned channels such as a customer-facing blog, Medium publication, and the like. Corporate Communications. Corporate communicators regularly work with stakeholders across the organization to develop and distribute pertinent info to employees and key affiliates.

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5W PR

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

There are brands that make business decisions for the greater good. For a community-minded brand, it is not just the sales process that is important. These brands are concerned about helping the wider community. They focus on socially conscious activities as much as they focus on employee productivity.

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Community Brand Branding Healthcare 88

Flack's Revenge

AUGUST 6, 2019

Should brands take a stand? So, what’s a brand (and their top execs) to do? Fence-sitters might alienate those who want to know the brand’s political and social colors. The ensuing narrative has been that “taking a stand is no longer an option for brands.” Frank Strong mentioned the importance of employee concerns.

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Corporate Brand Branding Agriculture 198

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 23, 2023

The current labor market has elevated the importance of “employer branding” – the perception of a company as an employer among prospective workers. The changing landscape of employer branding Employer branding used to mean a reputation for offering competitive compensation and benefits.

Brand 156

Brand Branding How To Employee 156

Cision

JUNE 8, 2015

But what one tactic can drive employee engagement and consumer support? It’s a broad term referring to the social good your brand does locally, nationally or globally. More and more employees, particularly ones from the millennial generation and beyond, care about social activism. Align social good with brand values.

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Prowly

JANUARY 31, 2025

Need to strengthen your brand strategy but not sure where to start? A comprehensive brand analysis provides the insights you need. This guide shows you exactly how to analyze a brand and transform raw data into actionable insights for your PR efforts. How does brand analysis differ from a brand audit?

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Analysis Brand Branding How To 104

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 22, 2017

Some say the goal of a great PR program should be to build brand reputation, while sales and marketing actually drive sales. There are many ways to use PR initiatives to add depth, color, and cohesion to the building blocks of brand identity. Generating credibility for the brand message. Showing a brand’s humanity.

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Brand Branding Marketing Wireless 185

Onclusive

AUGUST 9, 2021

Owned media consists of publishing content on brand-owned channels such as a customer-facing blog, email campaign, or social media outreach. As companies grow, corporate communications become more important. Corporate communications regularly involves interaction with senior leaders and HR departments. PR Reporting.

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Training Media Training Crisis Communications Reputation 370

Onclusive

OCTOBER 22, 2020

In the post-COVID world, what companies say and do when times are challenging has a profound effect on how they are viewed by customers, employees, the community, and shareholders. The value of a strong reputation has never been more vital.

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Reputation Analytics Corporate Government 307

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 6, 2021

The good news is, it can be easier to grab attention for leading insights during a time of disruption, when specific audiences like customers or employees are hungry for new ideas or solutions to problems. Build a community. Good leaders will listen to that community. That describes the present time, of course. The young U.S.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 4, 2022

The same is true for brands and businesses. ” When it comes to brand cancel culture, there’s often a constructive goal – to correct mistakes or encourage change. We encourage brands to take a stand on relevant matters, especially those aligned with the values of their customers. Be careful with humor.

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Construction Social Media Crisis Reputation 385

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

PR, on the other hand, with its ties to reputation and crisis management, is thought to play a more defensive role, designed to protect the corporate brand. A strategic public relations campaign can build significant corporate and product brand value, especially over time. But it’s not a contest. A milestone event.

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Agility PR Solutions

JANUARY 14, 2024

In the post-pandemic world, brands and businesses have been charged with purpose initiatives such as sustainability, DEI, employee and community relations issues, and most challenging , they have been expected to play a role in conversations around social change.

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PRSay

JUNE 4, 2024

LGBTQ+ employees are looking to their employers to protect them, particularly in places where state governments are making it clear that we are not entitled to equality under the law. For many in the LGBTQ+ community, this feels like a year of loathing instead of a celebration of everyone’s rights being fully protected and respected.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 12, 2020

Early efforts have been led by African-American CEOs, entrepreneurs, and companies that serve a diverse customer base, but nearly all major brands have stepped up. Nike pledged $40 million over four years to support black communities. Wal-Mart has ponied up $100 million in community grants… and the list goes on.

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Technology Company Enterprise Community 248

Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Employer branding is your reputation and image as a place to work. It is a combination of your employees’ perception of you as an employer and how candidates see you as a potential workplace. Both directly shape how the public, as well as investors and customers, view the brand. Proof of Brand Values.

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Brand Branding Employee Case Study 135

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 10, 2019

But it’s a perfect time for fresh leadership, and a good way for Korey to be sent packing as a public face of the brand. Yet my first take on the Away reputation mess wasn’t just that workplace culture impacts brand reputation, although that’s true. Businesses spend millions on brand reputation and community service.

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Customer Service Employee Reputation Leadership 227

Cision

MAY 18, 2017

This post is an excerpt from the e-book, Listen: 5 Social Audiences Brands Can’t Afford to Ignore. . Your product or service brand name (if different). Your competitor’s product or service brand name (if different). One of the two companies mentioned, though, was listening: Avaya. These include: Your company name.

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Cision

AUGUST 23, 2017

In fact, consumers think of brands and products as something, or someone, that could address their emotional needs. Fractl, a digital marketing firm, carried out a surveyed of 400 people asking them to record their emotional responses to 100 of the top images from Reddit’s r/pics community. Humanize Your Brand.

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Digital PR How To Small Business Analysis 251

Communications Conversations

MAY 20, 2020

The term “brand journalism” is a bit of a lightning rod term in the social media marketing business. ” And, over the years, there have certainly been a fair share of corporate failures when it comes to brand journalism. But, for the most part, brand journalism wins have been tough to come by.

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Journalism Brand Branding Interviews 148

NewsWhip

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Just as August was coming to a close, Bank of America announced its new initiative to make buying a home easier and more affordable for Black and Hispanic/Latino communities, which includes zero-down-payment and zero-closing mortgages for first-time home buyers. Let’s take a look at what other brands and stories stood out in August.

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Banking Community Brand Branding 78

The Proactive Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The more you know about your customers, clients, employees, and competitors, they better your planning will be. Build a community of loyal advocates. Use it to attract and gather a strong community of people who like and trust your brand. People respond to brands who share their goals and values.

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Digital PR Marketing Infographics Video 264

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 15, 2020

But the shutdown also threatens brand health, and not only due to lost business. Our new all-digital workstyle can impact brand and personal reputation, and not always in a good way. Office employees have been thrust into remote work, and many are using personal devices for business communications.

Reputation 221

Reputation How To SEO Guidelines 221

Deirdre Breakenridge

MARCH 27, 2019

Transparency matters in public relations: Transparency in PR is when an organization is clear about what its goals are, how it is achieving them, and what the impact will be on its various stakeholders, including consumers, employees, the community, partners, and others affected by its operations. Score 1 for Brand Stark!

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Communications Employee Publicity International 374

5W PR

JANUARY 22, 2025

What starts as a single negative comment or review can spread across social networks within minutes, potentially damaging a brand’s reputation before teams even know there’s a problem. Tools like Mention, Brandwatch, and Hootsuite can provide real-time alerts when conversations about your brand spike or take a negative turn.

Crisis Management 78

Crisis Management Crisis Crisis Communications Training 78

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

When considering how to make a brand stronger, business leaders often look to operational influences. Yet, public relations (PR) and communications efforts have significant potential to bolster a brand. One of the ways to achieve this is by harnessing the power of in-person community engagement and event marketing.

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