Posts Tagged ‘Crisis Management’

Head-In-The-Sand PR Apparently Is Trending

May 11th, 2012

With the volumes of resources, insights, and an entire industry built around crisis management, it’s amazing that even the biggest names in the news still fail to heed the basics. …

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Lessons From the Credit Card Hack

April 2nd, 2012

A lesson in consumer public relations… You probably heard last week about the massive credit card data breach at Global Payments, Inc., affecting potentially 10 million customers.  Data leaks are …

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$7.2 Million Could Buy Awesome Crisis PR

January 17th, 2012

The controversy may be local to Washington, DC, but its PR lessons are certainly universal.  The University of Maryland recently announced construction of a new school president’s house, and adjoining …

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An (In)Convenient Fee… Part 2

January 9th, 2012

We didn’t expect to do a second post on the theme from the last one, but customer fees continue to grab negative headlines.  That means in the age of 1% vs. …

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An (In)Convenient Fee

January 3rd, 2012

Here is free PR advice for every global corporation that markets a service. Never, under any circumstances, call any of your fees “convenient.” Verizon, as you might know, committed a …

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How To Apologize Via Twitter, Part… Ah, We Lost Count

November 16th, 2011

The Penn State sexual abuse scandal and tragedy will prove a significant moment in future crisis public relations case studies.  For now, nearly all the attention has rightfully focused on …

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9 + 9 + 9 = Ineffective Crisis Management

November 1st, 2011

With Herman Cain, the (d)evolution of his campaign’s response to sexual harassment allegations has marked a total failure on basic crisis public relations principles.  Here’s a rundown of all the mistakes …

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Daily Deal: Half-Off Crisis PR

October 18th, 2011

When a damning news story appears about a major company, chances are other big players are involved.  In crisis PR, a fundamental element is knowing who your client’s business partners …

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The Shaggy Defense Won’t Work for Kenyon Martin

October 11th, 2011

Has it really come to this?  NBA Commissioner David Stern announced that the first two weeks of the season will be canceled.  We, of course, look at this move in …

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Mile-High Crisis PR!

October 7th, 2011

What is it with Southwest Airlines?  For some reason, the carrier seems to get caught in a regular media firestorm by kicking off high-profile passengers from their airplanes.  The latest …

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