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It’s natural to want to respond fast to a negative story. However, patience sometimes is a better course, as one or two bad stories often fail to grow into a full-blown PR crisis.

The communication planet, Mercury, will appear to orbit backward soon. Similar to anticipating a PR crisis, planning for it now can help.

Some marketers may see the inherent benefits that come with arriving early to a trending social platform. Others may balk at the very idea of running ads on an unvetted, unproven and perhaps even unsafe app. Both are right. Both options should be considered, argues our author.

Social media strategies no longer exist in a vacuum. As such, holistic approaches permeated the early sessions at The Social Shake-Up 2021 conference in Atlanta. Platforms, job expectations and strategic planning were woven into sessions covering executing social media campaigns and plans. 

How can social media leaders create a steady cadence of fresh, customer-centric social posts, especially when formal case studies are resource-intensive and can take months to produce? Our contributor provides five tips.

With the flood of new direct-to-consumer brands to market, some startup founders might question whether they need, or could vastly benefit from, PR. As entrepreneurs evaluate their business strategies and budgets for how to launch and grow their brands, where to spend branding dollars is among the top of the list. With so many areas to consider, from digital ads to social media content, one that may feel a bit more elusive is PR.

PRNEWS looks at social media terminology to ensure proper AP style use for important campaigns, announcements and releases.

Bad stories rarely blow over or become tomorrow’s bird cage liner. Addressing them directly, promptly and truthfully usually is your best route.

In this month’s issue, we explain Green Steel and Information Aversion.

This month’s reader question asks whether it’s ethical to pitch positive stories as a way to deflect attention when you suspect a crisis is about to hit your organization.