Clorox’s Social Media Crisis Management #Fail

Posted on: 03, Jul 13

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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 …

Social Media as a Crisis Management Tool

Posted on: 01, Jul 13

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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 …

Cubs Player’s Twitter Complaints Cost Him

Posted on: 19, Jun 13

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Personal Crisis Management 101: Don’t trash talk your employer online! It continues to amaze us how prominent individuals post on social media as if nobody else is watching. News flash: EVERYONE is watching! Just look at the case of former Chicago Cubs third baseman Ian Stewart, who further reduced his …

Crisis Management Tactics: Online Reputation Management

Posted on: 17, Jun 13

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Protecting your good name online is key to success Welcome to another entry in our Crisis Management Tactics series! Today we’re discussing a tactic that many are familiar with, but few have mastered – online reputation management. Right now, most organizations are still operating with a serious handicap when it …

Durex Didn’t Practice Safe Facebook

Posted on: 13, Jun 13

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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 …

AussieMite’s Social Media Crisis Management Revisited

Posted on: 11, Jun 13

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We revisit the embattled Australian company’s situation after the flames die down The hallmark of an intelligent business isn’t that it never encounters trouble, but rather how it manages to continue on afterwards. In a recent blog post, we blasted AussieMite‘s abrasive social media crisis management for stakeholder backlash against …

The Three P’s of Cyber-Survival

Posted on: 26, Mar 13

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The cyber war is on, protect yourself now South Korea was hit by a major cyber attack Wednesday as the computer systems of two major banks, three broadcasters and others simultaneously crashed, raising suspicions that North Korea was to blame. On some computer screens, images of skulls with glowing red …