PR Failure
PR Failure #36: Playing the Blame Game Does Not Pay!
Aaron Blank
June 27, 2024
It is generally never worthwhile to focus energy on blame versus the problem when it comes to communicating—rather focus on solving things and be strategic ...
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PR Failure #35: Embracing Your Employee’s Influence
Aaron Blank
May 23, 2024
It is still in the early days when it comes to companies empowering employees to become effective brand advocates—supporting team members in sharing smart, superior ...
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PR Failure #34: The Crown’s Communications Crisis
Aaron Blank
April 26, 2024
The British royal family’s PR strategy has long been “never complain, never explain” when it came to how they behaved in public and what news ...
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PR Failure #33: Kyte Baby’s Parenting Blunder
Aaron Blank
March 21, 2024
The Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 was an important step forward in providing American parents with at least one option in welcoming a new ...
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PR Failure #32: Reflecting & Reframing Last Year’s Comms Disasters
Aaron Blank
February 13, 2024
Ending a year and reflecting on it is always a good thing. So, it feels appropriate to muse on a few notable PR fails from ...
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PR Failure #31: Fly the Accessible Friendly Skies (or NOT!?)
Aaron Blank
November 16, 2023
A perception persists that persons in need of a wheelchair or other assistive device don’t travel (or don’t travel often). However, the World Health Organization ...
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PR Failure #29: Vrbo Reputation Questioned after a Delayed Response to Cancelling D.C. Stays
Aaron Blank
January 29, 2021
PR Failure #29: Vrbo Reputation Questioned after a Delayed Response to Cancelling D.C. Stays Competitor of Airbnb, Vrbo, found itself in a public ...
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PR Failure #28: Tesla Cuts Its In-House PR Team
Aaron Blank
November 13, 2020
The PR industry’s mission is to serve the public’s needs by acting as a conduit between companies and clients and key audiences. This is the golden rule. ...
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PR Failure #27: All Trick, No Treat – CEO PR Failures Test Comms Teams
Aaron Blank
October 23, 2020
This month, we’re corralling some recent contradictions and CEO PR failures and the lessons we can learn. These leaders’ commitment to saying one thing and ...
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PR Failure #26: The Ellen-ments of a Talk TV PR Nightmare
Aaron Blank
September 1, 2020
This month, we begin at at the end. Ellen DeGeneres closes each episode of her wildly popular daytime television talk show by saying, “Be kind ...
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