Shift Communications

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Brand reputations can make or break a company; a few bad reviews or questionable comments on social media could turn away customers instantly. Especially in the era of social media and the instant gratification of the Internet, if there’s a single mistake your company has made, people will find it.

Reputation 137

Reputation Branding Brand Customer Service 137

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

MAY 14, 2024

Social media accessibility is about creating social media content in a way that everyone, including people with all forms of disabilities, can access and interact with it. Why is Social Media Accessibility Important? Many of them face serious challenges accessing social media.

Social Media 93

Social Media Media Video SEO 93

Melissa Agnes

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

TCIP #014 – Toronto Police Service, Their Customer Service and Crisis Preparedness with Chris Boddy. This week on The Crisis Intelligence Podcast, I had the pleasure of chatting with Staff Sergeant Chris Boddy of the Toronto Police Service. Help Prevent A Crisis With A Social Media Risk Analysis.

Crisis Management 191

Crisis Management Crisis Healthcare Customer Service 191

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 5, 2017

Many have written about the changing nature of influencer relations in PR, and its move from celebrities and social media ambassadors to so-called “micro-influencers” – those that may not have a huge reach but that are trusted. But PR itself is gaining influence, and rapidly. PR and SEO are joined.

Trends 124

Trends SEO Leadership Print 124

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 6, 2016

Any PR pro who lacks basic SEO and web analytics knowledge should seek additional training, even if it’s basic free background like Moz’s analytics tutorial. B2B executives in professional or technology services have long distinguished themselves by linking their corporate brand to a compelling idea or point of view.

SEO 204

SEO Analytics Measurement B2B 204

Stuart Bruce

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Jon Sellors, RSA Group, UK head of media relations. Oliver Smith, technology, media and telecoms reporter, City AM. Alex Pearmain, former head of social media and PR at O2 and Telefonica, now director at Brands2Life. Stuart quite rightly said asking that question indicates a fundamentally wrong approach to social media.

Social Media 150

Social Media Twitter Radio Sports 150

Cision

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Social media makes up a large portion of modern marketing strategies, but 63 percent of marketers don’t plug in the most important piece to finish the puzzle. Social media listening provides your brand with new ideas and a multitude of opportunities to build towards what your brand hopes to become. Influencers.

Branding 120

Branding Brand Employee Social Media 120

Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 25, 2013

Before they even invested heavily in social media, Chobani was growing fast via word of mouth and a quality listening program. And online, they have a great approach to social media, integrating customer service every step of the way. What a great base to start with.

Customer Service 105

Customer Service Travel Facebook Web 105

Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Powwowing With Pepco on Social Media September 28th, 2010 Tweet I haven’t been the biggest fan of my local energy company, Pepco, recently. Completely. Here’s the interview.

Social Media 69

Social Media Media Skype Energy 69

Melissa Agnes

JANUARY 5, 2015

If you aren’t yet monitoring social media and the web as a whole, then you aren’t ready for anything, never mind to implement the following three must-do strategies. Do your customer service representatives understand their responsibility when it comes to issue management ?

Crisis 133

Crisis Crisis Management Exercises Customer Service 133

Cision

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Recent updates to Facebook Messenger and Twitter DMs have renewed interest in social chat for customer communication, yet this is a medium that has been productive for communications professionals for quite some time. Direct Messages are more dynamic than ever with read receipts, typing indicators, and web link previews.

Skype 120

Skype Facebook Customer Service Google 120

PRSay

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Rather than view it as a social media delivery device, perhaps see Twitter as an online complaint box. We’ve all seen users tweet about poor customer service, but via Twitter brands can offer to resolve those issues faster than any other method. Are they moving to other platforms like Tribel , Mastodon or Hive Social ?

Trends 128

Trends Pitching Twitter Nonprofit 128

Prakkypedia

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

It’s imperative to get to know customer service staff, the finance team, web team and so on, so that the impact of any PR work can be measured across those different spaces. I’ve worked with a number of organisations over the years – large and small – all with various objectives and sets of data.

Measurement 92

Measurement Customer Service Web Course 92

The Hoyt Organization

APRIL 17, 2024

This lets you monitor customers’ sentiments about your brand, identify potential issues, and engage with customers. To keep track of customer sentiments, rankings, and keywords PR professionals use several tools at a go, which can be tasking. Google Alerts is a free online service provided by Google.

Google 86

Google Publicity Customer Service Web 86

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 4, 2020

The phrase is intended to account for the additional ways a person or company could earn visibility on the web, including traditional news – but more importantly beyond it. The company cites ease-of-use, filtering tools and a focus on customer service as distinguishing qualities.

Media Relations 146

Media Relations Media Print Software 146

Rock the Status Quo

MARCH 30, 2015

” “People will be able to have personal conversations with companies – specifically, customer service representatives – and be able to make requests, ask questions and get quick responses in an ongoing thread.” It could help customers by saving them a few mouse clicks. ” Okay. Time will tell.

Facebook 100

Facebook Customer Service YouTube Crisis Management 100

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

You can’t just spend your way to success in social media advertising. Because your customers and prospective customers get a vote. Organizations that invest in social media advertising of any volume will find, it’s worth your while to bring a cross-functional team together. Image credit: Pixabay.

Advertising 60

Advertising Advertising Social Media Twitter 60

Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 15, 2011

As a cable company, Comcast is notorious for poor customer service. However, they are able to leverage a personal experience to their Twitter account by humanizing the customer service experience. Bill Gerth is the trust agent for Comcast and he responds to customer inquiries and issues with his own voice.

Branding 86

Branding Brand Customer Service Twitter 86

Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Considering how active we all are on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, when Starbucks opens its Delhi location, I’m sure I’ll be among the first customers to visit them, and of course check-in at Foursquare/Facebook and tweet about it too! Image: bfishadow via Flickr, CC 3.0 . reading and traveling.

Twitter 101

Twitter Facebook Social Media LinkedIn 101

5W PR

JULY 15, 2020

Media kits used to be presented following a pitch at a press conference or other large event, but starting in the early 2000s, the best practice shifted to individualized pitches via email. Online newsrooms became best practice about five years ago, and they served as a replacement to PDF format media kits.

How To 176

How To Media Guidelines Pitching 176

Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 2, 2019

In the past 12 months digital PR has seen investment in content and paid social media but cuts in SEO and social listening. The good news is that practitioners are firmly embracing social and owned media alongside earned as a means of engagement with an audience or public.

Digital PR 78

Digital PR Report Communications Crisis Management 78

Flack's Revenge

JANUARY 15, 2020

After firing off an angry tweet , I got to thinking (always a bad sign); and reflected on a post I wrote over ten years ago: PR Moment of Truth (the title refers to a phrase from the customer service field ). In 2020 it is a different moment of truth, a different kind of reckoning.

Journalism 156

Journalism Ethics Customer Service Report 156

Sword and the Script

MARCH 2, 2021

Brandwatch provides “social listening” which is industry jargon for old-fashioned social media monitoring. In the last several years, Cision has purchased at least four other companies with social media monitoring capabilities. Catch up time in AI. BuzzSumo introduces journalist profiles.

Company 147

Company Tools Technology Software 147

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

this week’s roundup features seven posts from around the web focused on business lessons learned from politics. Is social media contributing to political paralysis? Why: How has social media affected modern day politics? How To Start a Riot With Social Media. Image: Vox Efx via Flickr, CC 2.0.

Customer Service 71

Customer Service Social Media Resources Government 71

Sword and the Script

MAY 19, 2015

It seems to me the same is true of customer service. Every few years there’s a new book that forewarns of a customer revolution. Mass media, the web, social media were all destined to change customer service. Good customer service isn’t the rule, it’s an exception.

Infographics 60

Infographics Customer Service Exercises Software 60

Shift Communications

AUGUST 28, 2017

Today, we ingest thousands of news articles, millions of social media data points, web analytics, customer service data, CRM data – the list of data sources is nearly endless. In another example, suppose a company wants to understand when demand for its product or service will be highest.

Analytics 96

Analytics Software Technology Data 96

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Maddie : Lindy and I have talked to thousands of association executives who have voiced their frustrations about the social web. We decided to write Open Community as a way to address those frustrations and redirect the thinking about using social tools to build community online. And that’s just the beginning.

Community 88

Community Publicity Web Social Media 88

Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Now you have a bulletin board that anyone can see, and come and ask questions on, so it is a simple and free customer service platform. Remember that old saying, “Know your customer”? And while creating content takes time, finding content takes about 15-20 minutes a day.

Community 101

Community Facebook How To Web 101

Newsfile

JANUARY 30, 2024

Writing copy for social media is the most popular use for AI, according to 64% of PR pros. Social Media Engagement Since the ultimate goal of PR is to manage and enhance public perception and reputation, having a strong social media presence is key. Engagement Metrics: Likes, shares comments on social media.

Trends 105

Trends YouTube Video Social Media 105

Communications Conversations

JANUARY 29, 2019

That’s par for the course with today’s modern brand on social media. What’s more, this is really what “engagement” looks like in 2019 when it comes to social media marketing for brands: Look familiar? Responded to customer rants on social media with templated responses?

Branding 68

Branding Brand Customer Service Facebook 68

MaccaPR

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Welcome to your Taylor Swift Master Class in Social Media Marketing! Who better to instruct us in social media marketing than this 25-year-old, 7-time Grammy Award-winning “public relations genius” (in the words of the Washington Post)? Taylor uses social media to connect one-on-one with 100 million fans at a time.

Social Media 48

Social Media Marketing Media YouTube 48

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Brands will look to public relations professionals to help them not only write compelling content but also place it in industry trade publications and other media outlets that may be a fit. Once coverage appears, it can then be shared via social media and clients can also leverage paid media to boost it even further if they choose.”.

Marketing 186

Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 186

Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

So I’m taking advantage of WUL to shine the social media spotlight on them. I got to know Adam several years ago through social media, and then encountered him and His Lovely Wife (he doesn’t capitalize it, I do) in Orlando not long thereafter. Adam Toporek. Bess Winston.

Social Media 40

Social Media Media Community Web 40

Sword and the Script

MARCH 15, 2022

The product does everything you’d expect from a media monitoring tool. It provides monitoring for print news, online news, broadcasts, podcasts and social media. The company does not field its own web crawler, so it gets all its content through partnerships. Truescope pricing and customers.

Tools 156

Tools Media Software Analysis 156

Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

First, the ease with which disinformation can be created and spread via social media has huge implications for public engagement and discourse in society. Second, structural issues in the mainstream media as it continues to transform to digital should be a concern for all practitioners. What we do 5.

Government 103

Government Education Print Ethics 103

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Image: betsyjean79 via Flickr , Creative Commons Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations, Journalism, Design, Digital, TV, Radio, Podcasts, Blogging, Social Networks, Newsfeeds, Affiliate Marketing, Web TV, SEO… Creative industries have evolved just as the environments, mediums, consumers and needs of our clients have evolved over time.

Travel 87

Travel Case Study Creativity Advertising 87

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 16, 2024

Monitoring Propel offers social media monitoring of Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. It also provides comprehensive print media monitoring through a partnership with LexisNexis – which most of the incumbents also offer. Propel does not have its own bot crawling and indexing the web.

Software 135

Software Pitching System Analytics 135