PR Failure
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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PR Failure #25: Outdoor Brands Embrace Corporate Social Justice
Aaron Blank
July 21, 2020
*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* View this email in your browser PR Failure #25: Outdoor Brands Embrace Corporate Social Justice This month, we’re flipping the script on our ...
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PR Failure #24: Learning from companies’ mistakes during COVID-19
Aaron Blank
May 4, 2020
*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* View this email in your browser PR Failure #24: Learning from companies’ mistakes during COVID-19 For the past two years we’ve been focusing ...
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PR Failure #23: Hallmark Channel’s Zola Ad Decisions
Aaron Blank
January 24, 2020
View this email in your browser PR Failure #23: Hallmark Channel’s Zola Ad Decisions For a company built on happy memories ...
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PR Failure #21: It’s Time to Rip Off the Band-Aid, J&J’s Response to the Opioid Crisis
Aaron Blank
October 2, 2019
PR Failure #21: It’s Time to Rip Off the Band-Aid, J&J’s Response to the Opioid Crisis Headlines and news crawls across the nation have ...
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PR Failure #20: Customers Pedal Away from Equinox, SoulCycle
Aaron Blank
September 4, 2019
PR Failure #20: Customers Pedal Away from Equinox, SoulCycle Your company is known by the company you keep. The causes and candidates you support ...
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PR Failure #19: The #WayfairWalkout
Aaron Blank
August 1, 2019
PR Failure #19: The #WayfairWalkout Wayfair, the popular discounted home and furniture store, has been finding itself in a bit of a firestorm ...
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PR Failure #16: A Science Journal’s Negligence to Affirm the Truth
Aaron Blank
May 7, 2019
*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Another Month, Another Blunder. It feels like one crisis after another has been hitting Seattle. Last month, we talked about Boeing’s PR failure ...
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