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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.

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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.

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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. KLM had a social media presence as most companies did at the time, but they were getting flooded with questions on Twitter and Facebook about travel plans. Mistakes will be made.

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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. However, when running a smaller company, it is of course not as comprehensive.

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It Was an Epic Failure

For Real Social Workers

We all know that he is the founder of Virgin Records and Virgin Atlantic Airlines. As a result, Sir Richard shifted gears and revamped his outlook to start a discount mail order record company. Always looking for the next best thing, he started an airline with no experience and one plane. Virgin Atlantic Airlines flew again.

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3 Ways to Engage Your Team and Improve Your Blog

Convince & Convert

It’s something that comes up again and again: Your business has a blog, and a team of people responsible for the strategy, content creation, execution, and overall success of that blog. The team of people is actually one or two people partially allocated to the blog. They are the creatives behind the blog.

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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. He has consulted with Fortune 500 companies, influencers with digital products, and a number of A-List celebrities.

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