A promising sign, but is it enough? In late January, Twitter VP of Engineering Ed Ho put out a number of posts addressing the blue bird’s renewed focus on user safety. Though we typically take these types of announcements with a rather large grain of salt, less than one month …
Social Media Demographics
Know who’s using what to maximize messaging Every communications plan has (or should have) a social media component. And, as with other forms of media, you’ll want to select the social media platforms best suited to your intended audience. The precise demographics on the most popular platforms are constantly shifting, but …
SeaWorld's Hashtag Disaster
Before you launch that “hot” new hashtag, stop and think about what could go wrong What’s it going to take for people to learn that you can’t just slap up a hashtag and assume the outcome will be a positive one? From huge organizations like McDonald’s and British Gas to …
#myNYPD and Why Social Media Managers Need #CrisisPR Training
A dangerously overlooked aspect of social media management Twitter hashtag hijackings have been happening faster than we can cover them. The shellacking the New York Police Department took as a result of attempting to employ the #myNYPD hashtag was just the latest in a string of incidents that, quite frankly, …
Should I Post This? A Social Media Flowchart
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. …
#NBCNYE #Fail
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 …
Nokia’s Quick Social Media Crisis Management for F-Bomb Tweet
What would you do in this situation? It seems not a day goes by where some organization or another isn’t doing crisis management for a social media mishap. Nokia New Zealand’s Twitter account was the victim of a strange incident recently where a single post with the words, “Fuck you” …
Social Media Crisis Management #Fail: The Secret Plumber
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 …
Campaign Aide Lands Herself in the Running for a Weiner Award
Another nominee, and a personal crisis management lesson for the young’uns While we certainly knew there were a lot of social media mistakes happening all around us, the launch of the Weiner Awards has resulted in our being told of an absolutely staggering number of outrageous incidents requiring serious crisis …
The Weiner Awards – Recognizing Social Media Darwinism at Work
[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, …
Social Media Crisis Management: Don’t Drink and Post
Should you really even need to be told? Most people wouldn’t hold a press conference or shareholder meeting after spending a few hours at the bar, yet for some reason many of those same people feel strangely comfortable sharing to social media when they’re in the midst of tying one …
Business Insider CTO Canned Over Twitter Posts
Not watching what you say and do on social media can cost you dearly Last week, Business Insider CTO Pax Dickinson joined the continuously swelling ranks of those who have lost their jobs because of careless social media use. Dickinson was (quite understandably) canned the day after being called out …
Panera Needs Social Media Crisis Management after Campaign Backfires
Stop, think and listen – a necessary social media pre-publishing fire-drill Panera Bread wanted to give the fact that it uses only antibiotic-free chicken a little PR boost, so it did what many organizations are doing and took to Twitter. The popular fast-casual chain created a new profile, @EZChicken, complete …
How-To: Turning off Twitter Tracking
Make it easy for users to disable tracking services, or face potential reputation backlash as a result It seems like every brand wants to track our activities online, and people are sick of it! But, you may ask, if you’re not doing anything wrong, why are you worried? Consider this …
Social Media as a Crisis Management Tool
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 …
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