Posts tagged Social Media
Politicians as Brands
Sep 30th
Mr. Paolo Pangan, Digital Strategy Manager of Yehey! Corporation, talked about Online and Viral Marketing in our class. I was thinking of nice way to share what I learned from Mr. Pao until I remembered the things he told us in the end. Before he concluded his talk, he mentioned some politicians that have websites and how effective are those in engaging visitors. Well, it’s not exactly what he said but it is almost tangential to my rephrased version. With all the things I learned from OrCom 152, I am curious to analyze the social media initiative of our presidentiables and their running mates for the upcoming elections. For this entry, I will be having an objective description of their websites and a subjective analysis of their effectiveness as social media tools.
Social Media and Calamities
Sep 28th
I have been talking all about New Social Media in this blog and, maybe, some of you just want enough of it. Haha. Anyway, NSM has penetrated almost all aspects of our life and I have written about some of them here—most are in the context of businesses and organizations. I think it is just timely to take a look on how social media helped the initiatives of different individuals and organizations in helping the victims of storm Ondoy.
An Easy Social Media Release
Sep 21st
You can see it everywhere: organizations, companies or even individuals distribute Press Releases to relevant opinion leaders or key people like the media. Press releases are done to spark public interest or to start a hype regarding a specific subject. Usually, when you take a look at the status quo, press releases are distributed to the media during a press conference. The media is invited to this event so that everyone in the planet could know what’s up. Since time immemorial, this kind of practice has been a staple one in the public relations industry–until Web 2.0. Well, there are still press releases but now, they are also done in a new medium—through the new social media. We were asked by our professor to do a sample Social Media Release (SMR). The SMR will feature a real organization. I chose Biokleen Care Hygiene Solutions as my sample company (because it is just situated in our neighborhood; go convenience).
