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To post, or not to post? In today’s business world, it’s important to build your own personal brand online. This means that, just as any business would, you need to set some crisis management rules for yourself in regards to what you put out there for the world to see. …
An ugly joke and no crisis management leaves the network deluged in social media hate NBC’s annual New Years Eve bash was tainted by a thoughtless, tasteless, and downright stupid joke cracked by comedian Natasha Leggero, a guest on the show. We’ll let you see the clip first, then talk …
Twitter is not a private discussion, your statements are there for all to see! The UK Twitter crowd got their own show of spectacularly bad social media crisis management earlier this month, and it all started with this tweet: MASSIVE thanks to the @secret_plumber van reg no SL62FKG for almost …
[Editor’s note: We’re happy to announce the first-ever Weiner Awards, a fun way to remind everyone out there that the way you use social media can bring some seriously nasty consequences!] LOS ANGELES, December 10, 2013 — Have you ever horrendously embarrassed yourself using social media? You send a Tweet, …
Didn’t think we needed to say it, but don’t talk smack about charitable organizations… [Editor’s note: This post was written before the latest uproar over comments from Luluelmon’s CEO regarding body types, which we’ll be covering tomorrow!] Yoga outfitter Lululemon (say that three times fast) won acclaim for its handling …
Make sure you know who can see your posts! Have you been using the “Who can look up your Timeline by name?” setting on Facebook to keep your online actions hidden away from employers and coworkers? If you are, Facebook has an announcement for you; this setting is being removed! …
Magic shares some hard-earned wisdom Pro athletes and crises seem irresistibly linked, as the collision of money, fame, and frequently-turbulent personal lives results in their dirty laundry being splashed across the public consciousness on an almost-daily basis. Today’s crisis management quotable comes from one of the greatest basketball players of …
How did this one ever get the green light? In a move that’s making a serious run for “most preventable crisis of the year,” Clorox published an article on its Facebook page late last month that degraded the parenting skills of men in just about every way possible. Be prepared …
Crisis management and social media go hand-in-hand Just about every plan we put together these days includes aspects of social media crisis management. Presenting a variety of platforms and utilities that are perfect for communications, reputation management, monitoring stakeholder sentiment and a host of other specialized uses. Add to that …
A social media crisis management lesson Social media polls and contests are great ways to both interact with your existing fans and gain new ones, but a recent Durex campaign gone-wrong demonstrated why you need to set firm boundaries before you start. Here’s the story, from an ABC News article …
Social media’s role should be to bring information to us quickly. Traditional media’s role should be to bring information to us accurately. That distinction came to mind recently after I witnessed the horrendously inaccurate traditional media reporting about the Boston Marathon bombing, which was often fed by an apparent desire …
Wily protestors turn Facebook app against company, creating need for crisis management An attempt to engage consumers via Facebook backfired for Cheerios last month when anti-GMO protesters turned the company’s new custom app to their own purposes. The protestors flooded Cheerios’ page created with the app originally intended to foster …
What drives a social media innovator to sit silent while his stock plummets? With Facebook stock, one of the most anticipated public offerings, well…ever, sinking from day one, you would think that the company would be eager to trot out the man who brought it all together, THE face of …
