Excellence in Business Communication, 13th Edition
Chapter 8. Crafting Messages for Digital Channels
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Work4Labs has created an infographic named "Mobile Recruiting by the (Surprising) Numbers.
Denise Scavitto covers her topic at Edudemic.
According to Melanie-Grace Obar, "Creating a brilliant business blog need not be a difficult task.
"Unfortunately, too many in public relations and general business alike often overlook the fundamentals of crafting and distributing a stellar online press release," says Jacqui MacKenzie (photo, left).
"Social media PR crises hit companies like tornados—out of nowhere and with deadly force," observes Peter Friedman (photo, left).
Dianne Gottsman (photo, left) advises, "As you set out 2014 with fresh goals and resolutions, don't overlook your social media profiles and activity.
"Apology speeches are best when they actually include an apology," says Leslie Ungar, president of Electric Impulse Communications.
"Let’s take a look at the top social media brands as if it was a game of SNAKES and LADDERS.
"Why do you use social media?
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"Here’s the headline of a sales pitch email that landed (with a thud) recently in my inbox: .
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"You’ve succeeded in getting a social media strategy in place, you’re sharing amazing, relevant content – and then WHAM! Someone posts a negative comment, and you feel like all of the wind has been let out of your sails.
"People are taking to your digital properties with pitchforks and lit torches.
"If you or your CEO has been called upon by a TV news reporter to comment on a mass layoff, product recall or other urgent news situation, you know the feeling that this old Wide World of Sports adage can evoke: 'The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat,'" writes Gwen Chynoweth (photo, left).
"As technology adoption among small businesses increases, social media is an area that more business owners are becoming interested in.
"It’s hard out there for a paranoid cybersecurity reporter," writes Nicole Perlroth (photo, left).
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Scott Schwertly (photo, left) explains "how you can play the social card during your next presentation: .
"One example of how extensively mobile devices have changed long-held conventions of communications is that presenters who once were disturbed by audience members texting on their phones now are worried if they don’t," says Steve Friedman of Present Perfect.
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'"What are the biggest mistakes that you find small business leaders make when using social media?
Digital shaming has become the newest form of public stocks, ensuring the wrongdoings of individuals are widely known and impossible to erase.