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PR Lessons From Target’s Data Breach Debacle

Even ultra-clever commercials with catchy drum beats can’t distract millions of consumers from wondering, at least a little, if they can still shop safely at Target.


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Topics: public relations, reputation management, crisis communications, online reputation management

How Sonic should respond to the controversial Redskins' sign incident

It seems like there isn’t a direction you can turn when it comes to the NFL where you won’t hear about the Washington Redskins and the calls to change the team’s name. The situation has now worsened due to a controversial sign at Sonic, a major fast-food company, that called for the Kansas City Chiefs to “scalp the Redskins” and “send them to a reservation.”


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Topics: public relations, PR tips, reputation management, crisis communications, online reputation management

PR lessons from the Obamacare website disaster

 


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Topics: public relations, reputation management, online reputation management

Got a full complaint box? Online reputation management could save serious revenue loss

If you’re offering an online “complaint box” for customers to voice concerns or issues about a product or service, or if you’re using one yourself, you need to know that a plan for managing these comments is absolutely essential – lest you be surprised later on. It’s very difficult to get any potentially brand-damaging comments about your company removed, and this process in itself can cause great brand damage (not to mention costing thousands of dollars in lost revenues).


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Topics: media relations, public relations, reputation management, online reputation management

Building a Good Reputation with Great PR – 5 Powerful Steps

 


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Topics: media relations, public relations, PR tips, reputation management, online reputation management, shared media

Prank Gone Viral? Use it for a PR Move, The Harvard (and Yale) Way


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Topics: public relations, reputation management, crisis communications, online reputation management, shared media

JPMorgan’s Snarky Twitter Surprise: Lessons Learned

 


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Topics: public relations, reputation management, crisis communications, online reputation management, shared media

Social Media’s Impact on PR (It’s Big – Really Big – and So is Reputation Management)

Frankly, online communications are to our message style what TV was to the phonograph; what the sleek crossover has been to the original boxed-out minivan; what the Kindle Nook has been to the 960-page paperback version of Gone With the Wind.


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Topics: digital PR, reputation management, online reputation management, shared media

Astroturfing: Online Reputation Management Can Solve the Problem

Somebody’s got some explaining to do.

 

They’re calling it “operation clean turf,” and it’s all about cleaning up the online reputation of companies that previously used fake online reviews to help promote their brands.


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Topics: SEO, reputation management, crisis communications, online reputation management, shared media

Need to fix a negative online reputation? Seek professional help

Public relations has always been critically important for handling a crisis, successful reputation management and increasing audience buy-in. However, with the pervasiveness of social media, where complaints can go viral quickly, smart PR is the oxygen and the lifeblood of repairing a negative online reputation. PR is the answer to jagged comments pulled from that great and rapid-fire social media complaint box, where your company (or any company) could be the next point of interest.


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Topics: public relations, reputation management, crisis communications, online reputation management

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