
Ronn Torossian on Social Media Crisis Communication Strategies
In today's interconnected world, social media has become a double-edged sword for businesses and organizations.

In today's interconnected world, social media has become a double-edged sword for businesses and organizations.

2020 compressed more crisis PR work into 12 months than most firms see in a decade. The rules didn't break — but the assumptions underneath them did. Here's what changed and what it means going forward.

Papa John's founder John Schnatter created a years-long PR crisis — racial slur, NFL commentary, board battle. Here's the crisis arc and what the brand needed to do to reset.

A social media PR agency does more than manage posts — it builds brand identity, manages reputation, earns media coverage, and serves as a strategic partner in the digital world.

What separates organizations that recover from negative PR from those that don't isn't luck. It's preparation, speed, and the discipline to execute a framework under pressure. Here's the playbook.

When Walmart ignored months of requests from a local transit authority — and faced a community boycott — it was a preventable crisis that became a lesson in corporate listening.

VW and Chipotle both faced catastrophic crises in the same year. One survived with its brand intact. The other is still paying for it. The difference was communications strategy — not the severity of the crisis.

Positive publicity isn't just good press — it's the foundation of public trust. Here's why it matters more than advertising, and how it creates compounding brand value over time.

Volkswagen's emissions scandal hit 11 million cars and wiped out brand trust built over decades. Here's the crisis PR playbook VW deployed — and what a real rebuild actually requires.

Eleven million vehicles, four PR firms, and a brand built over 50 years — all at stake. Here's how Volkswagen deployed crisis PR and what it would actually take to recover.