article thumbnail

United Airlines: Principle Over People & Profits…Was It Worth It?

Myrland Marketing

Unless you’ve been stranded on a remote island for a few weeks, you are well aware of the incident on United Airlines that resulted in a passenger being forcibly removed from the plane. As ugly as that incident was, and that word doesn’t do it justice, the response from the airline matched it. Every airline does it.

article thumbnail

United Airlines: Principle Over People & Profits…Was It Worth It?

Myrland Marketing

Unless you’ve been stranded on a remote island for a few weeks, you are well aware of the incident on United Airlines that resulted in a passenger being forcibly removed from the plane. As ugly as that incident was, and that word doesn’t do it justice, the response from the airline matched it. Every airline does it.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

How a Volcano Created a World-Class Social Media Program for KLM Airlines

Convince & Convert

Karlijn manages social media at KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines), which is no small task, as KLM gets about 60,000 mentions per week on social media. After all, for an airline, people aren’t traveling on a 9-to-5 schedule. After the panic, we decided to be frank about it and to write a blog to explain what happened and to apologize.”

article thumbnail

It Was an Epic Failure

For Real Social Workers

We all know that he is the founder of Virgin Records and Virgin Atlantic Airlines. Always looking for the next best thing, he started an airline with no experience and one plane. The maiden flight of Virgin Atlantic Airlines almost sunk his vision. Without a plane, he could not get his airline certified.

article thumbnail

Use of Social Media to Inspiration for All Businesses

Mindjumpers

Tweet Laurel Moffat , who is a Communication Specialist at Southwest Airlines, has made a presentation about the company’s successful social media strategy at a January 25 Kansas City American Marketing Association lunch event. Southwest Airlines works with outside partners as well, including Kansas City-based VML and Buddy Media.

Airlines 232
article thumbnail

Five Ways to Boost Your Brand Value Using Social Amplification

Webbiquity SMM

For example, Southwest Airlines rebranded themselves by implementing a yellow, red, and blue tri-color scheme. Here’s a snapshot from their website that showcases their new color scheme: Images via Southwest Airlines. You should use the same fonts and styles in your images and videos as well. Connect with Shane on Twitter or LinkedIn.

Brands 159
article thumbnail

Blogging Success Summit – 23 Tips From Blogging Top Dogs

Convince & Convert

Tweet If you want to take your personal or corporate blogging to new heights in 2011, here’s an opportunity to get a leg up. The Blogging Success Summit kicks off in February , with 23 presentations from a murderer’s row of blogging luminaries (+ me). Debbie Weil , author of The Corporate Blogging Book.

Airlines 114