How to manage a social media crisis. Heather Healy, Creative Communications Director at Stickyeyes, talks about the companies that manages a social media crisis well, as well as the brands that failed completely.
17. 4. ASDA
"Dear @asda, did you take 1 second to
consider how it would affect the 1 in 4
people who experience mental health
problems in any given year?”
Katie Dalton
23. 5. DKNY
“I don’t want any money. But please SHARE
this post if you think that DKNY should
donate $100,000 on my behalf to the YMCA
in Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn. This donation
would sure help a lot of deserving kids go to
summer camp”
38. 8. APPLEBEES
“We wish this situation hadn’t
happened. Our Guests’ personal
information – including their
meal check is private, and neither
Applebee’s nor its franchisees
have a right to share this
information publically…”
56. 10. AMY’S BAKERY
COMPANY
“Obviously our Facebook, YELP, Twitter and
Website have been hacked. We are
working with the local authorities as well as
the FBI computer crimes unit to ensure this
does not happen again. We did not post
those horrible things. Thank You Amy
&Samy’.
57. THE BEST BRANDS
Are human. They’re open about
their flaws, recognise them and
embrace them.
The best crisis management isn’t
a robotic press release, it’s
human.