Artie Lange Tweets Latest Celeb Social Media #Fail

Posted on: 12, Nov 14

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Meet the latest candidate for the 2014 Weiner Awards Comedian Artie Lange, best known for his time on the Howard Stern Show, is the latest in a long string of celebs to create trouble for themselves via social media, and to land in the running for a 2014 Weiner Award. …

Walmart’s Crisis Management for “Fat Girl Costumes”

Posted on: 27, Oct 14

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Retailer runs into yet another easily preventable crisis Last Halloween we wrote about Walmart running into reputation issues due to some seriously questionable decision making, and it looks like history is repeating itself in 2014. Jezebel.com contributor Anna Merlan broke the news of Walmart’s latest faux paux, and if your …

Crisis Management Implications for Female Donald Sterling

Posted on: 18, Oct 14

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Will major Indy Colts sponsor face repercussions for racially insensitive Facebook post? We saw Donald Sterling cost the Clippers sponsorships (and eventually lose his team) due to racially offensive comments, but will that precedent apply to Lucas Oil co-founder Charlotte Lucas as well? Lucas landed herself in the midst of …

CeeLo Green Tweets a Crisis Management #Fail

Posted on: 10, Sep 14

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Just because a court of law has made its decision doesn’t mean you can’t be tried in the court of public opinion Heavy legal maneuvering helped singer CeeLo Green avoid a possible rape case, settling for a plea of no contest to charges of slipping a woman ecstasy in her …

Infographic: Help Monitoring Your Online Reputation

Posted on: 29, Aug 14

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Why online reputation management is a core component of crisis management, and how to do it right Monitoring your online reputation is an essential crisis management skill, yet it’s still viewed by many as something beyond their reach. Truth is, while it does take some practice to get it down …

UK Embassy’s Twitter Gaffe

Posted on: 27, Aug 14

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Proof of the need to constantly keep your image, your mission, and your audience in mind when posting to social media It’s not entirely surprising to see brands getting too edgy or controversial as they compete to grab attention on social media, but one would hope for the folks running …

OKCupid – PR Genius or Crisis Management Mess?

Posted on: 29, Jul 14

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Dating site seems to be applying the dubious principle of “any publicity is good publicity” Move over Facebook, because OKCupid just hopped on the user experimentation train! In a blog post published Monday, one of the dating site’s founders, Christian Rudder, proudly proclaims “We Experiment On Human Beings!” From the …

Lessons from American Apparel’s 4th of July Social Media Fail

Posted on: 18, Jul 14

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Major mistake highlights importance of experienced guidance for social media managers Why is it that organizations feel perfectly comfortable handing full control of their social media accounts over to employees barely old enough to drive, or outsourcing to someone who doesn’t even live in the same country as their audience? …

Social Media Crisis Management: Setting Clear Policies

Posted on: 26, Jun 14

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When everyone knows the rules there’s a lot less room for trouble Setting specific policies, and making said policies highly visible, is one of the most neglected aspects of social media crisis management. Whether it’s telling employees what’s safe to share or letting stakeholders know what type of behavior will …

False CNN iReport on “Deadly” Asteroid Causes Panic

Posted on: 06, Jun 14

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Allowing its name and logo on unvetted content leads to trouble for CNN CNN’s iReport is an attempt to put reporting in the hands of the people, but looked at from a crisis management standpoint, it’s full of reputation dangers for the network. CNN’s iReport allows amateur e-reporters to publish …

EU Google Ruling’s Implications for Crisis Management

Posted on: 02, Jun 14

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What will be the impact of forcing removal of search results? In the May 15 issue of Crisis Manager, Bernstein Crisis Management social media manager Erik Bernstein discussed the EU ruling that was to force Google to remove certain links from search results. This subject was the topic of some …

Crisis Management Tools: A Lie Detector for Tweets

Posted on: 23, May 14

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Will a program be able to sort fact from rumor on social media? Social media rumors have created crises not only for those who find themselves the focus of said rumors, but also those who propagate the untruths. Now, European researchers say they have created a system which would help …

Responding to Social Media Crises

Posted on: 16, May 14

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How you react can make all the difference Let’s be real here – no matter how hard you try to avoid trouble, it’s not only possible, but also quite likely, that you’ll eventually encounter the need to do a bit of social media crisis management. Considering that the way you …

Talk About Easily Preventable…

Posted on: 10, May 14

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Another example of a social media crisis that should have been avoided Social media chats have backfired for large corporations like JPMorgan and McDonalds for fairly predictable reasons, yet their peers seem to be learning nothing as they voluntarily dive headfirst into troubled waters. For those still doubting the need …

5 Steps to Monitoring Your Online Reputation

Posted on: 30, Apr 14

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A key component to any Internet reputation management plan Without a doubt, reputation is your most valuable asset, and these days the fate of that asset will be decided online. Before you can even begin to consider how to best protect and grow your reputation, you need to get familiar …