BE A PROUD CAPETONIAN AND VOTE FOR THE TABLE MOUTAIN

Table Mountain is one step closer to being named on of the New 7 Wonders of Nature. South Africa's iconic mountin, ans its only official nominee, has been vored as one of the top 77 sites selected from over 261 participants from around the globe.

The much-loved landmark beat fellow category contenders Mount Everest, K2 and Mount Fiji in round two of the international competition that relied solely on votes from the public. Table Mountain neeeded to be ranked in the top 11 of its category-montains and volcanoes. Other categories inclie seascapes, lakes, islands, ice formations, waterfalls and forests.

Table Mountain is in the running to become one of the New 7Wonders of Nature's online vote ranking list, Table Mountain is occupying position number 10. Results of the top 7 of the New 7 Wonders of Nature will be announced on the 11/11/11.

SOCIAL MEDIA VERSUS TRADITIONAL MEDIA

Im 21 years old, PR student. I dont read newspapers, as much as I should, I browse through my favourite magazines now and then, because I dont have time and the time I have is whereby Im texting on my phone, because Im on facebook, twitter, mxit or watching some funny videos on youtube. I barely watch television, because the only time I watch tv, is when I watch soapies and comedies or when my phone battery is low and Im charging it.


Sometimes its even hard to study for my tests or do my assignments at school, because facebook will always be ringing in my mind especially when Im at university and suppose to do my school work.


Im  curious which media  will last and which one will fade? or does it depend on the  generations?
Will the newspapers , magazines, our parents read fade with their age or generation or will the social network , which generation X which is the people from 80's to downard survive?


Check my next post where I will discuss this topic.....*watch the space*

SOCIAL MEDIA

Social media is fastest vehicle of communocation, its like a wild pigeon that flys 280km/hr. Social media which contains social networks like facebook, twitter, linked in, My Space etc. Every company raced into having a facebook, twitter page, because it has the most influence and many people around the world are connecting and chatting through this social mediums.

Twitter is another social media which gives companies a chance to follow one another and to see what their competition is doing especially the PR Consultancies of Cape Town, its what they are doing now.

Social Media has four I's (Involvement, Interaction, Intimacy and Influence).

In all this Public Relations is moving from reactive to proactive to interactive,
meaning that Managers will be able to hear about events affecting their organisation immediately and they will be able to respond it. In this manner they have the power to correct all communication pollution, especially if they have someone whos constantly monitoring social media, like Virgin Mobile does and Bush Radio 89.5FM.

And another important factor that PR Managers should do is to measure social media to see if it has positive or negative impact regarding your organisation. And check if it adds value and what value does it add to your organisation. The other important factor is that by measuring social media , you are able to measure the company's brand or corporate reputation and so on.

Social media its a must have thing right now, if your organisation wants to stay on top of communication trends, and social media can bring traffic to your website, especially if you as the PR Manager, you must be able to use social media very effectively.

At the end of the day, it needs to be clear from the outset, what we want to achieve and how are we going to achieve it.

Social Media is an additional tool an organisation communicattion strategy.

NEW BLOG.....NEW ME....NEW LIFE

Life is a very strange thing, I remember starting my first blog in 2009, when I was doing my first year in Public Relations Management (PR), and then I didnt know what a blog is, or what it must contain in terms of content , in honest truth I was clueless. Now its three years down the line and Im doing my third year in PR still, and things have changed because I now am sitting at the Newsroom, at Bush Radio 89.5FM, where Im a PR intern.

This is my second blog and is called "NEW LIFE" meaning it is my life now, in the 20's and its about all things containing life that affect me as an individual, growing up in this fast pace world that is full of mystery and more mystery.