Lessons Shared From a Real-Live Social Media Crisis

I recently interviewed a friend of mine, Frederic Gonzalo, on a social media crisis he found himself faced with one unsuspecting Sunday morning back in March 2011, when he was VP of Marketing at Le Massif, a major ski resort in Quebec, Canada.

This story is filled with many valuable lessons and wise insight from Frederic, who experienced first hand what it means to deal with a social media crisis without being prepared with a social media crisis plan.

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A couple quotes from within this paper:

“The power of an apology – we realized it, and we also realized that it should have come earlier.” – Frederic Gonzalo

“That’s also something that people have to be ready for, that those things [crises] always happen on the day that the manager’s not around, or it’s the evening time or the weekend, so you have to sort of prepare to not be prepared, really.” – Frederic Gonzalo

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Have you experienced a social media crisis of your own that you feel others can benefit and learn from? If so, leave me a comment below, or send me an email, and I’ll be happy to schedule a Skype meeting to see if we can’t get your story heard!

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About Melissa Agnes

Melissa Agnes, president of Melissa Agnes Crisis Management, is a specialist in social media crises and online reputation management.

From evaluating the risk that social media and the Internet present to your organization, to developing a comprehensive social media and online crisis management and communications plan, Melissa offers an array of well-rounded services enabling organizations to empower themselves and their team when it comes to the prevention, detection and management of online crisis situations.

Melissa writes a daily blog on the subject of online crisis management and invites you to connect with her on Twitter and Linkedin.

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2 Responses to Lessons Shared From a Real-Live Social Media Crisis

  1. Morgan April 3, 2012 at 2:50 pm #

    Congrats on publishing this white paper! :) Is this your first?

    I’m downloading it now and will get back to you about my thoughts – but I know it’ll be fantastic! I can’t wait to learn from someone that you’ve interviewed personally about how they handled a social media crisis.

    • Melissa Agnes April 3, 2012 at 2:53 pm #

      Hi Morgan,

      It’s my first that I share on this blog. I write them regularly for my Social Media Crisis Academy members, but hadn’t done any for my blog readers… figured I was due!

      I hope you enjoy it (tons of awesome tips and lessons in this one!) and I look forward to hearing your thoughts and what you learned from it!

      Enjoy!

      Thanks for letting me know you’re looking forward to reading it ;)

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