Saturday 24 August 2013

Corporate Image, We All Have One,Project it.

 
source (www.corporateimage.co.za/)
i am very excited about this profession i am working towards PUBLIC RELATIONS, but do i realy know the work it comes with? today i was attending the SPRA (STUDENT'S PUBLIC RELATIONS ASSOCIATION) Industry talk at the University of Johannesburg and i must say it was pretty inpiring listening to people who are already in the industry telling us that PR is not realy about the glitz and glamour. This industry talk got me thinking about many things such as am i realy into PR, am i realy ready to fight for my company's corporate image, am i realy ready to meet and work with rude people, am i strong enough to handle the pressure and my answer to all this was yes i actually cannot wait to do all of that.



source (www.corporateimage.co.za/
Corporate image is defined as the perceived sum of the entire organization, its objectives and plans. It encompasses the company's products, services, management style, communications activities and actions around the world. You as a PRP must make sure that your company's identity is always on point, make sure that people know your existance and mantain that, obviously all organizations have scandals but how you pull through as an organization is what matters, media is there to make or break you be smart about how you present your organization to the media that will count in the growth of your company. PRP's are the engines of every successfull company make sure you will be able to pride your self about your company, ofcourse we are not super beings we will make mistakes but in PR we cover our mistakes. Future PRP's game on.

Monday 19 August 2013

HOW IMPORTANT IS SOCIAL MEDIA IN PR?
well sitting here wondering how will the world be without social media, how would we communicate with our friends and family, a friend told me it can easily be done because it was done perfectly fine in the past, yeah i agree with her but now that we have social media lets face it the world is a global village so easy for me to communicate with my friend Kate from China hahaha yeah i have a friend in China. Public Relations is practical and in order to do our daily PR jobs we need to keep in contact with the public but how will we do that if not via social media?
source( pixel8smm.com )







Online social media has taken over the Internet like wildfire,organizations that are not able to market themselves online  suffer the consequences from competing businesses. Print press releases and media kits are still a necessary part of public relations, but social media  is equally, if not more important than print PR. Sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn have all grown in popularity as a means to promote a business. If you have a public relations team that doesn't focus on social media, you need to revamp your current PR strategies and figure out how to start using social media to your benefit.

source:(patienttalk.org)
do you understand how important it is just to click LIKE on a Facebook page? so now imagine the whole world liking your Facebook company page, that right there is the art of PR and Social media so now, tell me how important is Social media in your everyday life? lets talk,shall we?