Comms/PR

Should Marketing and Communications merge?

nickjohnson, (Apr 12, 2013)

As part of the run up to the 2013 Incite Summit, we asked 300+ marketing and communications executives about the key issues they see impacting on...

Marketers: Speak when you're spoken to

nickjohnson, (Apr 6, 2013)

Altimeter Group have just released new research suggesting that 51% of customers do not want companies ‘eavesdropping’ on their...

British Gas and using social for corporate communications

adaptive, (Mar 20, 2013)

With a new impetus to leverage its social media presence, British Gas is showing other corporations how social networks are a vital component of its communications network

Content is King Part 1: Carefully crafted content will build your brand

adaptive, (Jan 22, 2013)

The content strategy across an organisation’s social media channels is often so far removed from the brand identity that it doesn’t even come close to being content royalty, much less king. Here’s how

Why companies need to be prepared for online criticism [infographic]

Nick Johnson, (Jan 14, 2013)

An infographic highlighting some key findings from our recent business intelligence report on social media for reputation preservation and crisis communications.

An introduction to a Key Concept: Customer-Centricity

nickjohnson, (Jan 1, 2013)

This is the first in our series of blog posts on the big marketing themes that emerged from an in-depth period of primary research with over 100 CMOs...

Touchpoint Series 3: Are you ready for 1-to-1 customer communication?

adaptive, (Oct 17, 2012)

It is theoretically possible to know precisely what individual customers think about products or types of products. Are they fans of Macs or PCs; Galaxy or iPhone users; Kindle or paperback read...

Crisis Response Part 2: Finding the right solution

adaptive, (Oct 3, 2012)

It’s all falling apart: what are we going to do Every business should have a crisis management plan in place, one that has been rehearsed and practiced so that everyone knows precisely what they...

Crisis Response Part 1: Spotting the Problem

adaptive, (Oct 3, 2012)

The first installment of our two-part series of crisis management over social media covers how your business can recognise a crisis brewing early, setting up crisis plans and more

How do you get engagement right when using social for customer service?

adaptive, (Sep 26, 2012)

Many companies are guilty of creating a robust and well-planned strategy for social customer service delivery, but fall at the final and most important hurdle: Getting customer engagement right is ...

The Art of Influence

adaptive, (Sep 5, 2012)

With B2B enterprises often operating within very narrow and specific sectors, social media can deliver influence that many businesses thought impossible says Dave Howell [O]ne of the key compone...

Social media and B2B communications

adaptive, (Aug 21, 2012)

Can social media make the same impact in the B2B world as it has in the B2C sector? [T]here’s no denying social media is now a powerful force in the B2C world, but does social media work in th...

Working with social media within regulated industries

adaptive, (Aug 15, 2012)

Social media like every other aspect of business activity is impacted by current legislation – none more so than within the already highly regulated industries. It’s important to understand the...

Social media for better crisis response - insight from Gap Inc

Nick Johnson, (May 29, 2012)

Sue Kwon, Director of Social and Digital Content Strategy at Gap Inc was recently interviewed by Nick Johnson at Useful Social Media's Reputation Preservation and Crisis Communications Summit in Ne...

Nick Johnson Interviews: Linda Rutherford, VP of PR at Southwest Airlines

Nick Johnson, (May 2, 2012)

Connect via Facebook to download an exclusive interview with Linda Rutherford, who is responsible for Southwest Airlines' PR and communications teams. Linda discusses how Southwest Airlines use ...

Socially Mobile: How marketers can use mobile to enhance social engagement

Anonymous, (Apr 11, 2012)

[T]he latest research from Ofcom reveals the love affair that Britain has with the smart phone. Over a quarter of adults now own a smart phone with this figure rising to almost half when teenagers ...

'Discountitus' and reputation tarnishing

adaptive, (Dec 13, 2011)

One of the fundamental components of an organisation’s presence on social media networks is to protect their reputations. Trust is emerging as a vital part of a business’ social media interacti...

Managing the negative

adaptive, (Dec 13, 2011)

With commercial power now shifting to the consumer, individuals can have a profound negative impact on a businesses reputation in the market place. How do companies cope with this fundamental chang...

Made by Us: How Dell leverage consumer interaction for product development

Nick Johnson, (Dec 6, 2011)

Already Dell is using social media to define its new products with the help of the social networks its customers are a part of. How far will this level of consumer interaction influence future prod...

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