Every day you have to deal with issues at your company. Most of the time, problems are relatively easy to resolve. Occasionally, you will face a crisis. You need to respond appropriately, whether it’s a personal data breach or a rebranding gone wrong. A crisis...
Performing a crisis audit: 5 elements that play a crucial role
One of the most challenging things a PR agent may need to do is handle a public crisis. A crisis may destroy a company overnight. There are too many examples of viral situations that have affected companies worldwide, both positively and negatively. That's why it is...
6 ways media monitoring insights can improve customer service
Your customers are talking about you online whether you like it or not. The question is, what are you going to do about it? Ignoring customer feedback that's being shared on social media and other online channels is a huge mistake. In fact, it can lead to some pretty...
5 PR crisis management mistakes you should avoid
No matter how big your business may be, no company is invulnerable to a PR crisis. An ever-present threat to your brand's reputation and social standing, there are many rights and many wrongs when it comes to PR crisis management. Learning how to avoid the pitfalls of...
4 tips for handling PR crisis through social media
Public relations is a big part of any business, and understanding how to utilize it carefully is one of the keys to successful business management. It's important to understand and accept the truth that you want your business to grow. You might not want to take your...
Crisis maintenance: How to properly handle a workplace accident
A workplace accident can be devastating for a business’s reputation, on top of hurting whoever’s involved. If not handled responsibly, your injured worker could face much more damage and harm, your business will have to shell out more money, and on top of that, you...
Peloton shows how to swiftly navigate a PR crisis—just like that
**Update - Since publishing this piece, it seems that Mr. Big now has bigger problems than his Peloton-induced heart attack. On Thursday, December 16, actor Chris Noth was accused of sexual assault by two different women. In light of these accusations, Peloton has...
When crisis PR goes wrong: Alec Baldwin’s misguided response
Recently, Alec Baldwin sat down for an interview with George Stephanopoulos regarding the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of his film “Rust”. According to Baldwin, he would have never pointed a firearm at another person and pulled the...
4 reasons why marketing/PR monitoring and reporting is essential
Once seen as the budget you couldn’t count or measure and the return on investment that you wouldn’t realize, things have changed, and marketing and PR can, and must, now be accurately monitored and reported on. Without the requisite understanding of what type of...
How to calculate and measure customer lifetime value the right way
Customer lifetime value is an important metric that measures how much value a business can reasonably expect to make from a single customer during the course of their relationship. CLV is a relatively straightforward equation and it can become a metric small business...
Media monitoring during a global crisis: 6 best practices
The COVID-19 pandemic sent the world into a frenzy, and brands were no exception. While many companies shared messages about staying safe at home, some brands like the David Suzuki Foundation found more creative ways to engage with their community in such a...
When businesses should be talking about social issues—and how best to do it
These days, companies of all shapes and sizes are under increasing pressure from the public as well as their own employees to speak out on various social issues. According to some researchers, over 80 percent of the public expects CEOs to speak out publicly on social...