Cleaning up your Social Media Channels

  • Jennifer Hatton
  • May 18, 2020
  • 3 min read

There’s a lot going on in the world right now and that has resulted in some brands going dark, some changing their messaging, and others pushing on like everything was status quo. No matter what camp you find yourself in you may be analyzing your social profile, finetuning your messaging, and developing a go-forward strategy […]

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Is It Time to Wake Up and Test Your Social Media Channels?

  • Fran Stephenson
  • April 27, 2020
  • 7 min read

What happens after a disrupting event? Everything Changes. So Should You. This is the fourth in the series on Managing Social Media through a Prolonged Crisis. In the first post, we talked about what you should be doing during this time. Then we tackled what happens when your strategy is altered. Finally, we addressed changes […]

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Will My Audience Change Because of this Crisis?

  • Fran Stephenson
  • April 20, 2020
  • 3 min read

For many of us, we are at four plus weeks staying at home.  It’s given us a lot of time to think, or maybe too much time to think.  If you’re holding on to the old notions of how your social channels worked prior to a worldwide crisis, it might be time to start thinking […]

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Part 2 in a Series No one ever expects the kind of crisis that is pervasive to every community and industry like this health care epidemic is right now. So if you’re struggling with how to cope, you are not alone. A lot of organizations are using their social media channels as their first, or […]

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Part 1 in a Series As the public health crisis of 2020 began to unfold, many communicators struggled with how to manage communications in an ever-changing environment.  By the time you had something drafted and in the approval pipeline, the recommendations or guidelines changed. It’s really hard to pivot so quickly. And in case you […]

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5 Ways for Communicators to Cope in a Prolonged Crisis

  • Fran Stephenson
  • April 2, 2020
  • 1 min read

Communicators are struggling to keep up the pace of a crisis that seems never ending. Here are 5 ways to help you go the distance during this public health crisis. Trusted Advisor Communicators need advisors too. Find a colleague in another industry or state to  Share Ideas and Test Messages Check-In This is NOT your […]

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Work From Home: Sharing Our Virtual Team’s Daily Tips

  • Fran Stephenson
  • March 19, 2020
  • 3 min read

New to working from home? We’re not! Our team is virtual and geographically dispersed across three time zones! And we have spouses, kids and fur babies in the mix too!  Earlier this week, we shared our top tips on Working from Home on our Facebook page . We got a lot of positive feedback on […]

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Here’s a checklist for crisis communicators to assist them in being truthful, succinct, accurate and understandable as they gear up for prolonged crisis communications in anticipating the spread of Covid-19. Lead with the Headline News Create an Information Hub Point to Authority Sources https://www.sanantonio.gov/Health/News/Alerts/CoronaVirus https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-in-us.html Check All Outgoing Communications Breathe What would you add to […]

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Four Tips to Manage A Facebook Page in Meltdown

  • Fran Stephenson
  • February 13, 2020
  • 2 min read

I recently assisted two small business owners with crisis response.  While I’m still processing everything that happened for one of them, we could actually see it coming and were able to do several things on social media to prepare for critics bombarding their Facebook page (which they did for 7 straight days!) This owner posted […]

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Using Twitter Lists For Content Ideas and Industry Monitoring

  • Jennifer Hatton
  • February 10, 2020
  • 3 min read

Twitter lists should be an important part of your 2020 marketing strategy. What is a Twitter List? A Twitter list is a curated list of Twitter handles within Twitter that allows you to view the tweets of those within that list only. You can create your own lists or subscribe to one created by someone […]

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