For a glimpse of what’s driving meltdowns on social media across Asia, take a look at Bitches, Bones & Botulism, an article by yours truly on ClickZ today.
Whats driving these meltdowns?
- Poor quality product and/or customer service
- Misconceived or badly implemented product launches and promotions
- Lack of online disclosure
- Failure to handle fast escalating negative situations and crises in social media.
The accompanying deck highlights the top 10 incidents, selected principally on account of their impact:
Many organisations I talk to remain fearful of the potential for reputational fall-outs online.
As spelt out in the article, a good dollop of common sense usually helps miminise these risks.
More concretely, companies of all sizes are advised to undergo a comprehensive Social Media Risk Assessment to identify, assess, prioritise and mitigate the risks connected with social media specific to their business.
This can be done as a module of social media strategic planning, or before or during crisis communications planning.
Contact me for details of what such an assessment involves.