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July 22nd, 2010
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So, BP gets called out for Photoshopping an image of their Command Center for use on their website. I’ve seen two primary, polar reactions: 1″It’s no surprise coming from those no-good, lying, reckless, corner-cutting, profit-hoarding goons!” and 2) “What’s the big deal? They’ve obviously got bigger fish to fry!” (or fish to slick, as it were). I’ll take a minute to stand more toward the middle, but clearly on one side.
Categories: Culture, Environment, Marketing and Branding, Media
Adobe Photoshop, alter, Anderson Cooper, authenticity, BP, British Petroleum, Command Center, Gulf, Harvard Business Review, HBR, honesty, image, information, management, manipulate, Marketing, Media, media access, oil, oil disaster, oil spill, Photo, Photoshop, PR, public relations, restricted, restricting, safety record, Seth Godin, social media, storytelling, Tony Hayward, transparency, truth, website
March 18th, 2010
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Even if they successfully defend against the three class-action lawsuits, the appearance of impropriety threatens fundamentally everything upon which the Yelp brand is built.
Categories: Marketing and Branding
allegations, authenticity, Beute, brand, branding, class-action lawsuits, Ethan, Ethan Beute, ethanbeute, extortion, fraud, Jeremy S., Jeremy Stoppelman, real, Real People, Real Reviews, trust, Yelp
