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Showing posts with label social media. Show all posts
Social Media
Even if you are in a remote location, you can often head to a nearby coffee shop or other establishment to pick up an Internet connection for a while. Time zone won’t matter when posting a picture to the Facebook wall of your family members or friends to let them know how you are doing. Updating your statuses on a regular basis will make these important people feel as though they are going on parts of the journey with you, regardless of how far away they actually are.
Good Old-Fashioned Letters
Writing some good old-fashioned letters can help you to stay in touch with loved ones. If you are staying in once place long enough, you can receive them too. In the event that you do not, simply send letters to your loved ones. You can send postcards from the places that you visit, and you can all exchange pictures of the memories you are making on your own. Reading the handwritten words from a loved one and composing your own letter might be emotional enough to move the most even-keeled people to tears.
Shared Experiences
Even though you may be thousands of miles away, you can still have some shared experiences. For example, you can still go to mass on Sundays and know that your family is doing the same. Through having this connection with God, you are also connecting with your family members and friends. For those who are not religious, you could go to a particular tourist attraction while friends and family are looking at pictures of the place online. Another idea is to dine on a certain ethnic cuisine or type of food while your family is doing the same back home.
Video Chatting
While video chatting is never going to be exactly the same as spending time with individuals in person, at least you are able to see one another. When staying in a hotel during your journeys, set up a video chat with your family and friends. You especially want to try to do this if you are away during a holiday. Of course, constantly chatting in this scenario is probably going to be difficult, especially if you do not always have an Internet connection. Therefore, you can save this for special moments.
Sending Mementos
Being away from the people who you love can be difficult, but it does not have to be impossible. When you employ the aforementioned methods, you are really able to connect with these people back home and continue to strengthen your bonds with them.
There
are no excuses for PR (Public Relations) mistakes now that we can manage our PR campaigns 24/7.
Using mobile technology we no longer need to be in the office or at a computer
to be able to rectify a problem or a brewing disaster. A PR professional should be able to manage PR on the go. Here are all the apps a
PR professional should utilize to manage PR on the go. See here the apps to help including communication, organization, social media and news as -
Social Media
Every
PR professional should take advantage of the social media apps for smart
phones. The apps are just as good as the sites and in some cases actually
better. Communicate with fans, offer advice, share information and build
relationships using the apps on the go. Every PR professional should have
Facebook and Twitter for on the go updates, but also consider LinkedIn and
Pinterest.
News
Everyone
working in PR should keep up to date with what’s going on in the world. Few
people buy hard copy newspapers anymore, instead opting to read news online and
on mobile devices. You should especially keep up to date with the news of your
industry, as it’s great to be able to share news on social media sites and
discus it too. For example if you work in technology PR you will want to be up
to date with any technological news at all times. Try the BBC news app,
Instapaper and Zite.
Organization
A
badly organised PR professional just doesn’t work, if you do have some issues
with being organised take advantage of mobile technology to help you get
everything in order. Try file sharing apps like Dropbox, so you can take all
your documents with you where ever you go. There are great apps for to do lists
so you always stay on top of everything, try Astrid to do list, clear and iDoneThis.
Communication
Communication
is essential in public relations. You need to be in touch with the public and
your colleagues at all times keeping everyone up to date. There are lots of
great ways to communicate efficiently and easily using various apps. Try the
Skype app for free video calling, Whatsapp for instant messaging and Cloudtact
that will instantly update your contacts if they change any of their
information or contact details.
No
matter what industry of PR you work in, from Technology PR to Fashion
PR, at the end of it all Public Relations is all the same. You need to be
organised, always in touch with the public and colleagues and on the ball,
making use of various smart phone apps helps you do this.
Protect Your Children From Online Predators
Parents have a natural instinct to protect their children, and as a parent, it’s important for you to keep an eye on your children and know what they’re doing in order to protect them from harm. We love our children and want to keep them safe. Here are some things you can and should do to keep them safe while they are on the internet.
You
need to make sure that you teach your child how to make smart decisions and how
to be safe. But most importantly, you need to teach them to how to be safe both
in real life and online.
There
are plenty of online predators in the world today that prey on young children,
and with social media and online forums becoming more and more popular among
today’s youth, your children are more at risk.
This
is why it’s very important that you not only talk with your child about the
dangers of online predators, but you also set some guidelines and rules for
their Internet use.
Set time limits.
If
your child is using the Internet for social purposes, make sure you set a time
limit. You can decide how much time is spent on these sites and let your child
know that you’re doing it for their protection.
Keep the computer public.
Make
sure that your family’s computer is in a public room in your home and that your
child is not allowed to use the computer in their own bedroom or separated from
anyone else. This way, you can keep an eye on the sites they visit.
Make rules.
Let
your child know that you are willing to allow them to join a social network as
long as they are friends with you and as long as you have their password. This
way, you can monitor who they’re talking to, what they’re saying and how
they’re using these sites. You can then be aware of anything out of the
ordinary that requires your immediate attention.
Keep it private.
If
your child has a social account, make sure that their account is set to
private. This way, their profile is not publicly viewable to anyone and only
their friends can see what they post. Plus, this also makes their name
unsearchable.
Teach them to be cautious.
Children
are naïve, but it’s important you teach them about the dangers of online
predators. Let them know that not everyone they meet online is who they claim
to be, and that they should never “friend” anyone they don’t know. Tell them
that they should never share intimate details about themselves with online
strangers, and they should never under any circumstance meet someone in person
that they met online.
Keep an eye out.
Even
with your rules and guidelines in place, it’s important to keep an eye on your
child and their use of the Internet. Make sure you pay attention to the sites
they’re visiting and who they’re friends with online. This can help you realize
that your child may be in danger or may be making poor choices (such as abusing
drugs or alcohol), and it can help you create a solution before the situation
gets out of hand.
Many people seem to sniff at
the idea that their online identity is something worth worrying about. After
all, what damage can a face book, a tweet and a pinterest really do right?
WRONG! Today’s modern world exists primarily in the virtual sphere, and with
increasingly intelligent and sophisticated technology, our online identity can
be used to mar your reputation, break into your accounts, create passports, buy
houses and travel the world on credit cards all by virtue of your online
presence. There are many reasons why you should protect your online
identity and today we are going to go through the top 4.
1.) Its yours
Sounds
obvious, but people looking for you online are likely to type your name into
their social networks. What turns up, all depends on who owns and manages your
online identity. Today, everybody Googles – so that means potential employers,
business partners and associates, long lost friends and family members,
colleagues, investors, estate agents: pretty much every one you will ever deal
with could potentially Google you and find information about you. Therefore,
its important that when they do find you and interact with you – it is you that
is responding and not someone else.
2.) It’s a gateway to a real identity
Identity
theft is no small, laughing matter. Most social networks are linked to each
other and someone accessing just one of your social networks can quickly reveal
a host of information that can be replicated to create a real life identity in
your name. A real life identity in your name can then have access to everything
anyone else does, with none of the risks associated and that means large and
small purchases, debt, credit, passport and more. Why take the risk? Many
people make the mistake of thinking only “important” people get hacked, however
this philosophy is as weak as believing that only rich people have their homes
broken into. Criminals are opportunists more than they are strategists and
therefore protect yourself as much as you can because your online identity is a
gateway to a real and false identity in your own name, and also gain access to
your personal banking information.
3.) Its your reputation
There
is a common saying that words once said cannot be taken back, and the same is
true of any information that you are streaming out onto the internet. Some
people create online identities and hack into social media accounts only for
fun, and this can create havoc with your online reputation and your personal
computing equipment. An unprotected identity is a vulnerable identity, opening
up your computer and Smartphone to viruses and creating an easy platform for a
person to promote questionable websites and content in your name.
4.) Its very difficult to solve the problem once it has started
Protecting
your identity is also a good idea because if you protect it, then hopefully you
will never have to go through the painstaking process of having to solve a
problem with it. Once your social media and bank accounts have been
compromised, you will need to spend many hours on the phone, filing complaints,
explaining the situation to any people who have interacted with you and also
you will have to change passwords and pins. Save yourself the trouble, and keep
your identity protected instead. 
Useful Apps to increase Page Rank
Public Relations are one of the most technically advanced
industries with the internet and social media playing a huge part. Public
relations can be a demanding industry to work in so every little helping hand
available the PR professional should take. What a lot of PR professionals don’t
do is take advantage of the wonderful piece of technology that is the smart
phone. There are lots of helpful apps the technologically advanced Pr
professionals (particularly those in technology PR) couldn’t live without and
you should take advantage too.
Social Media Apps for Page Rank
Social media plays a big part in PR. You can take your social
media accounts with you where ever you go and they work just as well as the
actual sites-
- Facebook app- Log into any account including your clients and update, message and like pages.
- Twitter- Again you can log into any account and tweet to your heart’s desire no matter where you are.
- Instagram- Instagram is primarily a smart phone app, if you manage the PR for a company you should definitely consider setting up a company account.
- Linkedin-
This app is used for more personal reasons. Download the Linkedin app and
connect with other Pr professionals on the go.
News Apps for Page Rank
As a PR professional you should always be up to date with current
affairs and news worthy stories. Here are the apps to keep you up to date-
- Insapaper- Many of us find great articles and posts we want to read but just don’t have the time. Insapaper lets you save anything you can’t read then and there to look at later.
- Flipboard- A digital news magazine, this app updates constantly with current news. You can link it to your social media accounts too and share anything you want.
- Pulse-
Pulse brings together all your favourite news stories, blogs and posts for
easy access any time.
Organization Apps for Page Rank
I image you have a lot on your plate nearly all the time, and it
can be difficult to stay on top of everything, any PR professional should take
advantage of apps that help you stay organised-
- Dropbox- This handy little piece of technology allows you to access all your files from both your work and personal computer on the go. No need to email files in advance with Dropbox.
- Clear-
Clear is a lovely simple to do list that makes everything, well, clear!
Keep your mind clear and stay on top of everything using this list.
This is a list of the best, which I personally find useful. No
matter which area of PR you work in, whether it’s Technology
PR of Fashion PR these apps will make your job an awful lot
easier. You will find you are more productive and always on top of your
game.
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