Crisis Management
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Branding/Marketing
Setting Your 2025 Budget? Here’s Why PR Is a Necessity
It’s a scenario we’ve seen many times: companies slash PR and lose valuable momentum, only to spend even more time and money clawing back out of their attention deficit when the economy or their market sector comes roaring back.
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Crisis Management
PR Roundup: Helping Journos, Port Strike Messaging, CEO News and Readers
This week’s PR Roundup looks at the difficulties journalists are facing after the devastation of Hurricane Helene and how PR folks can help, what business communicators can learn from the port strike and Memo’s latest study on messaging while your organization’s leadership turns over.
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How to Handle an Influencer-Born Crisis
PRNEWS spoke to Alyson Buck of Samsung Electronics America on how to plan in advance for influencer crises and how brands should respond if one occurs.
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PR Roundup: The Amazon RTO Backlash Continues, B2B Agency Gold, PR Budget Cuts
This week’s PR Roundup looks at the backlash to Amazon’s return to office rollout, how B2B agencies can profit this year and where PR pros are tightening their budgets.
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Crisis Management
The Election and Beyond: Why Your Brand Reputation Is Particularly Vulnerable Now
“Political positions” used to mean explicit support of a candidate or issue, but in our polarized, partisan environment any public stance can be interpreted as political. This includes things you do in your workplace—DEI initiatives, vaccine clinics, voter registration drives and ERG’s can all become weaponized.
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Lessons in Digital Crisis Communications from the California Pizza Kitchen Incident
California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) recently experienced a social media nightmare when employees mishandled delivery order placed at one of its restaurants. But thanks to exemplary crisis communication, CPK transformed the nightmare into a media win.
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6 Ways to Manage the ‘One Article Crisis’ and its Aftermath
For all the emphasis on bigger crisis situations (a la CrowdStrike), a more common issue companies face is the prospect of a one-off negative article. Here are six recommended actions for PR pros in this situation.
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Branding/Marketing
Samsung Electronics’ Head of Corporate Comms on Best Practices in Brand Reputation Management
At the 2024 Meltwater Summit in New York City earlier this summer, Katie Stratakis, Head of Corporate Communications at Samsung Electronics America, shared the company’s approach to proactive brand storytelling and best practices for brand reputation management during crises.
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Crisis Management
PRNEWS Announces Honorees of the 2024 People of the Year Awards
The PRNEWS team has announced the 2024 People of the Year honorees. The coveted awards program showcases top talent, passionate professionals and budding communications leaders who are redefining the modern PR world.
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Brand Building and Supply Chain Woes: Why Reputation Matters Before Disruptions Occur
Today, the average consumer can likely name several major supply chain disruption events while still knowing little about the intricacies of the supply chain. The logistics industry faces a problem: It is only recognized for its catastrophic failures, like the bridge collapse, rather than being recognized for its innovation and growth in the $26B industry.
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