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Comment on Applebee’s Overnight Social Media Meltdown: A Photo Essay by Reach Further | Applebee's has a social media meltdown - Reach Further

Reach Further | Applebee's has a social media meltdown - Reach Further — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:30:08 +0000

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Comment on Applebee’s Overnight Social Media Meltdown: A Photo Essay by How to Avoid a Social Media Meltdown | Online Customer Service

How to Avoid a Social Media Meltdown | Online Customer Service — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 11:01:19 +0000

[…] have been a number of massive meltdowns in social media lately. It can be easy to lose your cool when someone insults your business and […]

Comment on Conservatives Open to Comparing Obama to Things Other than Dictators by nilesstarcaptain

nilesstarcaptain — Fri, 31 May 2013 16:50:02 +0000

I’m an independent, not a Republican or Democrat, so I can maintain some measure of objectivity here.

In complete fairness, during 2000 – 2008 large numbers of people on the Democratic side of the spectrum were definitely comparing Bush to Hitler and Stalin at the large anti-war and other rallies.

Now that the other side is in power, Democrats have conveniently forgotten their opposition to war and calling the President out for his abuses of power in the harshest language possible is now verboten.

The sides will flip again in 2016 or 2020 or whenever the Republicans take power again and the same structure continues.

Comment on Applebee’s Overnight Social Media Meltdown: A Photo Essay by Jackson Marketing Group

Jackson Marketing Group — Thu, 23 May 2013 12:42:31 +0000

[…] Applebee’s. That same night the Applebee’s social media team was answering responses, and one journalist tallied more than 40,000 negative Facebook comments. Keeping in mind, that was after some comments were […]

Comment on Applebee’s Overnight Social Media Meltdown: A Photo Essay by #social #media #breakdown #seewhatididthere | EXPAND & DISRUPT

#social #media #breakdown #seewhatididthere | EXPAND & DISRUPT — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:23:16 +0000

[…] Amy’s Baking Company - currently having the meltdown of the millennium (aside from the Applebee’s debacle some months ago) and have proved to be unaware of how the internet […]

Comment on Applebee’s Overnight Social Media Meltdown: A Photo Essay by Most Companies (Still) Don’t Understand Social Media

Most Companies (Still) Don’t Understand Social Media — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:09:27 +0000

[…] Sure, people will complain about the brand and possibly gain a lot of coverage for their complaint (Applebee’s anyone?). But the opposite is true as well! A company that is truly aligned with its customers’ core […]

Comment on Applebee’s Overnight Social Media Meltdown: A Photo Essay by Social Media Crisis: What You Should Know Before One Happens to You | Women of Technology

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:25:13 +0000

[…] those times when the unthinkable happens, such has happened to many very big brands before; such as Applebee’s, and more recently, Epicurious during the Boston Marathon Bombings. What would you have done? Have […]

Comment on Applebee’s Overnight Social Media Meltdown: A Photo Essay by sweet serendipity

sweet serendipity — Wed, 15 May 2013 04:04:26 +0000

LOL three months later this article is hilarious! what’s-her-face never did get her job back did she? cyberbullies are so easily distracted.

Comment on Applebee’s Overnight Social Media Meltdown: A Photo Essay by Social Media Crisis: What You Should Know Before One Happens to You | R3 Social Media

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:01:45 +0000

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Improving Your Business with Social Media | — Fri, 10 May 2013 14:48:15 +0000

[…] Click here for the full story with screen captures. In all, Applebee’s garnered more negative press for failing to use social media properly to diffuse the situation. Their lack of transparency in dealing with the issue only angered the public and tarnished the reputation of a once-popular brand. Their inability to understand the power of social media cost them thousands of customers, not to mention what will probably be an expensive PR campaign to restore consumer confidence. […]