how to manage a social media crisis
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How to managea social media crisis.
Heather HealyMarketing Communications DirectorStickyeyes
Michael HewittContent Marketing ManagerStickyeyes
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A social media crisis can overwhelm your brand.
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You need to act quickly, and restore normality.
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Because if you don’t, it can cost your brand dearly.
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of global consumers have stopped doing business with a brand due to poor customer service on social media.
66%
Source: Accenture
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of consumers expect a response on social media in less than two hours.
50%
Source: Hubspot
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So you need to have a plan in place...
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To make sure that you know what a social media crisis is...
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To identify who is responsible for taking control of it...
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To ensure that you know how to respond to it...
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And to prevent one happening again (or in the first place).
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But “crisis” is a strong word, so how do you define a social media crisis?
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It will usually meet three conditions...
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One: It will be a change from the norm.
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Two: There will be alack of control.
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Three: It will have a material impact on the business.
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When you experience a social media crisis, you need to go through four stages...
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Prevention: Identify the risks, solve the ones you can, manage the ones you can’t.
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Preparation: Have a plan in place, ensure people are aware, spell out the procedure.
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Response: Understand the issue, respond quickly, be human, don’t make the problem worse.
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Recovery: Monitor reaction, return the brand to normality, learn the lessons.
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So why do so many brands get it so wrong?
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1: They don’t assessthe risk of their campaign.
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MasterCard tried to force journalists to tweet their promotion, but the journalists didn’t play ball. It was all very embarrassing. #PricelessSurprises
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2: They turn up when they’re not welcome.
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DHL tried to send well-wishes to Jules Bianchi, but soliciting likes and shares is not the way to do it.#ForzaJules
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3: They don’t always understand the context of their post.
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American Apparel wanted to celebrate thanksgiving with fireworks. They mistakenly used a photo of the Challenger disaster.#BlameditOnTheIntern
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4: They don’t acknowledge and address the problem.
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When a lewd image was posted to US Airways’ Twitter account, they silenced their account. Customer tweets went unanswered for more than 24 hours. #silence
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5: They don’t take control of the situation
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HMV was making huge redundancies in its marketing team. That same marketing team was in charge of the Twitter account.#ChangeThePassword
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6: They don’t recognise and embrace their brand’s flaws 10 10 9
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When a complaint about crisp packets was aimed at Ruffles, they acknowledged it and responded brilliantly. They defused the complaint and turned it into a positive. #HotAir
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7: They aren’t human
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When a negative image about Greggs appeared on Google, it wasn’t a press release and angry lawyers that saved the day. It was humour, honesty and free donuts. #FixGreggs
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8: They don’t respond quickly enough
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When an Applebeeswaitress was fired, it caused a Twitter furore. The brand took too long to respond, and even took to replying to Facebook posts at 3:00am. #NoPlanning
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9: They don’t know when to shut up
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When McDonalds was caught up in a meat sourcing scandal in China, their response was swift, effective to the point. Nothing more needed to be said. #Effective
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So how should yourespond if a social crisis unfolds?
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Have your plan, and make sure that everybody, from the boardroom to the call centre, knows what it is.
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Be aware of the threats to your brand. Monitor discussion across the web, not just your own channels.
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Assess the severity of the problem. Over-reacting can be just as dangerous as under-reacting.
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Be human. Humans can be humorous, empathetic, attentive, insightful and above all, forgiven. A carefully scripted statement is rarely any of these things.
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