{"id":12628,"date":"2019-05-22T09:26:05","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T09:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.say-u.com\/?p=12628"},"modified":"2021-04-27T16:04:24","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T16:04:24","slug":"what-to-do-in-brand-crisis-situations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/en\/o-que-fazer-em-situacoes-de-crise-de-marca\/","title":{"rendered":"Brand Crisis Situation - What to do?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Brand Crisis Situation - What to do?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18298 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/SayU-Blog-5.png\" alt=\"Brand Crisis Situation\" width=\"545\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/SayU-Blog-5.png 545w, https:\/\/say-u.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/SayU-Blog-5-480x251.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 545px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p>No company, no matter how solid, ethical, or responsible it may be, is immune to finding itself in the midst of a brand crisis. Given how easily and quickly information spreads these days, no company can afford to be too complacent or inattentive to this issue.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the most important thing in situations involving a <a href=\"https:\/\/pt.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Risco_reputacional\">reputational crisis<\/a> It\u2019s about being prepared. Creating a crisis management manual is essential, so we should always start by identifying all the risks the company may face, in order to figure out how to address them sensibly, without being overwhelmed by the stress associated with a crisis.<\/p>\n<p>But what about when we\u2019re faced with a crisis that\u2019s already underway? Learn the six most important steps for dealing with this type of situation:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Create a crisis management team<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The priority is to bring together a group of people who can help resolve the situation. We should designate the people in charge of each area within the organization: management, the communications department, operations, the legal and finance departments, etc.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Assess the damages<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We should try to gather as much information as possible about the situation in order to determine exactly the nature and extent of the damage caused or that may occur.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Be agile, transparent, and positive<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The important thing is not to stand idly by. If the company is clearly at fault, we shouldn\u2019t hesitate to take responsibility\u2014otherwise, someone else will do it. The only difference is that we\u2019ll be the first to do so. It\u2019s important to commit to the situation and demonstrate goodwill by addressing the problem from the outset. Above all, we must make rational, fact-based decisions and outline the steps needed to resolve the issues, whatever their nature may be.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Communicate with the public<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Staying silent is not usually the best course of action. Thinking that the problem will go away if we say nothing is something we should never do. We must be honest and transparent with our audience, creating effective communication channels for that purpose. Whether through the media or social media, the important thing is that our audiences know our side of the story and our position on the situation at hand.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Delivering on Promises<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In crisis situations, it is not enough to promise that we will take action and resolve the situation. In such cases, actions are more important than words, so we must always keep our promises\u2014or at least promise only what we can deliver.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learning from mistakes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After taking all possible measures, we must remain calm and patient. Once the crisis has passed or subsided, we must analyze what was done, what should have been done, and what preventive measures can be implemented to ensure that this type of situation does not happen again.<\/p>\n<p>Count <a href=\"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/en\/we-do\/\">with us<\/a> to help him prevent a crisis.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Situa\u00e7\u00e3o de Crise de Marca &#8211; O que fazer?\u00a0 Nenhuma empresa, por mais s\u00f3lida, \u00e9tica ou respons\u00e1vel que seja est\u00e1 livre de se ver envolvida numa situa\u00e7\u00e3o de crise de marca. Com a facilidade e velocidade com que a informa\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e9 disseminada nos dias de hoje, nenhuma empresa pode ficar demasiado descontra\u00edda e desatenta quanto [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[715,2504,734],"class_list":["post-12628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-successsteps","tag-crise-rp-marcas-reputacao","tag-crise-reputacional","tag-situacoes-de-crise"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12628"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18299,"href":"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12628\/revisions\/18299"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}