Having a PR Crisis? There’s Probably an App for That

Automating social media

Industry players say automated crisis management software is the future of helping firms escape the circle of PR hell that is social media. And brands with numerous locations like H&R Block—which suffered a backlash on Facebook last week after 600,000 of its clients’ tax returns were delayed by as much as six weeks—look especially forward to it.

“When there’s a large workforce of people and unexpected things happen, what they say in social can be hard to rein in during different times,” said Scott Gulbransen, H&R Block’s director of social business strategy.

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