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Employee Evangelists: Your Secret Social PR Weapon in a Crisis

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To convert a passive employee into an active evangelist, companies must give their people: Permission to Post. Examples of natural partners include Nestle and Feeding America, DuPont and its STEM education initiatives, or P&G’s Children’s Safe Drinking Water program. Here’s an example touting Colorado Gives Day.

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Creative Communications: Lessons from Health and Wellness Brands

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Instead of following the herd to captivate and activate your audience you must flex your creative muscles. The following examples focus on health and wellness brands, but the takeaways apply to any industry. While these examples are focused on health and wellness brands , the lessons can be applied to any industry.

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I Need to Develop a Strategy. Now What? The Winnie-the-Pooh Way Forward

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For example, you may decide to circle all the barriers that received four or more votes. For example, this fictitious small business focuses on exit strategies for other small businesses which are selling or passing the business on to future generations. One checkmark per idea.) Tally the votes.

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5 Simple Ways Small Businesses Can Ace Social Listening in 2019

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Sometimes it’s not that brands don’t care, it’s because they didn’t hear (on time), because they weren’t actively listening. Become Socially Active. Using our example above, there are lots of groups advocating green living on different social networks. Here are: Some Brands that Failed to Listen.

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Want to Identify Online Influencers? Try Traackr

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For example, for the Blue Key campaign, one of my searches focused on refugees and humanitarian issues, i.e. people who are active online and who post frequently, to any number of online channels, about those issues. So it’s an active search, not a passive one. In a nutshell, here is how Traackr works.

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Become the Pied Piper of Community Building

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Hubspot recommends creating, “blog posts, instructional videos, how-to guides, and showcasing practical examples from your customers. Invite your community to join in and give examples their own. The quickest way for your brand to establish its credibility and build trust is to create content that solves problems. Engagement.

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Looking Good on Paper: Writing a Memorable Bio

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Her example: “Paul Hall, also known as the “Main Money Man,” is an investment banker and radio host.”. Here are some examples: “Sweeping floors and cleaning spills were among Shawn’s childhood responsibilities with Ravitz Family Markets. Here’s a great example from the CEO of a U.K.-based Highlight how you got started.

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