THE OTHER SIDE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING...

Chatting on social networks is a hip but it also has some dangers

 

Dinner time in most households is family time, a chance to interact. This is the time where you are likely to hear things like how was your day at work? And what are your plans for tomorrow? Those conversations no longer happen in many families and social networks takes away the family bond because they have everything to do with it.

Social networking is not bad in itself, allowing the cyber relationships to replace true family interaction is dangerous. Other experts believe that cyber technology is hindering the ability of children to develop social skills, and nurture interpersonal relationships. Family conversations have been replaced by texting sessions. Family activity time has given way to countless hours of internet surfing, and as a result families do not enjoy the special bond that comes from intimate interaction with those who are closest to us.

 

If you spend too much time on social networks you tend to ignore those around you. You may not realise it but that is actually being rude and could offenders especially those who are not connected to social networks.It has been noted especially in schools that people who spend time on social networks tend to struggle to spell words properly because they are used to shortcut words when they are chatting on social networks.

Eventually you become more comfortable with technology than people. Using social networks make you struggle to deal with interpersonal situations and getting to know other people in real life.

Instead of being unaware of what is happening in the world you could research certain topics and learn new words to increase your vocabulary. This could enhance your intellectual capabilities.

 

 



TWEETDECK / HOOTSUITE

Similarities and difference between Hootsuite and Tweetdeck

 

 

 
 

Hootsuite is one of many tools referred to as a “Social Media Management System” or tool. It helps you keep track and manage your many social network channels. It can enable you to monitor what people are saying about your brand and help you respond instantly. Key social network integrations include Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google+ Pages

Adavantages of hootsuite

Hootsuite allows you to delegate responses to different team members.

Hootsuite allows you to manage so many different social networks

Hootsuite’s messaging feature which allows team members to send private messages to each other.

Hootsuite allows you to store draft messages that you can post

Helps to find the weekly analytics report very useful.

Hootsuite is the sheer number of networks and apps that it supports.

TweetDeck is a social media dashboard application for management of Twitter and Facebook accounts. Like other Twitter applications it interfaces with the Twitter API to allow users to send and receive tweets and view profiles.

Advantages of Tweetdeck

An advantage of using this tweetdeck is that you can keep your Twitter feed organized.

You can organize the feed into several columns.

You can also schedule tweets.

SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO

 

 

Both TweetDeck and HootSuite have similar layouts. They use dashboards with separate columns for you to organize your streams, @mentions, messages, tracked hashtags. You can add as many columns as you want to either platform and scroll from side to side to view all of them.

 TweetDeck will only connect to Twitter profiles, Facebook profiles or Facebook pages. That’s it. It used to include other social networks, but those were taken away after Twitter acquired it and updated it. You can connect an unlimited number of Twitter or Facebook accounts, but if you also want to update Google+, Tumblr, Foursquare, WordPress or anything else, you won’t be able to do it with TweetDeck.

TweetDeck: If you press the little tool icon in the upper right corner of your dashboard and click “Settings,” you’ll see all the extra things you can do with TweetDeck. It’s definitely quite limited. You can add or remove accounts, choose your link shortener or picture sharing platform, and create filters to help clean up your stream from unwanted topics.

 

University Life....

It’s not by luck, it’s not by chance – It starts and ends with hard work. Determination, motivation, perseverance, commitment, and passion.

People tend to forget their goals when they meet other people because they want to belong to a certain group and forgetting the main objective of coming to university, you will find that it will be an issue if you go out with friends all the time instead of studying, because when the exams come, you will feel overwhelmed because your mind is not used in studying.

The workload and due dates is unbearable at times and expectations are very high, if you want to succeed in University life you have to put more time on study and less time on leisure activities. A genius once said “first thing first” so if you follow that your dreams will come through.

If you want to do well in life be part of the hardworking people and by doing so your dreams will be reality. You need to associate yourself with people that have faith and always believe that to every challenge you come across with there’s always an answer in store for you.

To make it you have to focus on your books and study hard, don’t forget your primary objective and always bear in mind that you are there to get an education so that you can be somewhere one day!

Are companies waisting their time with social media profiles?

So what have you been hearing about social media? "its the frontier! The Future! The special sauce that makes all marketing successful"
 

Social media is generating a lot of buzz among businesses. Those who can leverage social networks to distribute business content and increase the community of advocate for their business experience significant growth in revenue.

Social media provides a platform for direct communication between your customers, prospects and employees. What is more, it is a key driver of content distribution and brand visibility online.

Most businesses need to focus on the major social media platforms this includes, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

From my personal perspective it’s not a waste of time; social media platforms need to be monitored effectively so that they can keep people updated with whats happening in an organisation.

Social media platforms play an important role in an organisation first and foremost:

 

 

•Drives traffic– most people interact with on social media platforms and through the posts and tweets.

•Customer retention – it builds relationships with existing and potential customers and thoroughly engages with them. It also helps to get the opportunity to communicate with people about the things that really interest them.

•Brand awareness –help people to know more about the company

•Attract target audiences – through the social media platforms companies can attract more people who then find some useful information they need.

 

It is not fairy dust that makes business leads come rushing in for the company. Its Hardwork!!

Student’s life at risk

"Security need to be considered in campus"

 

The high rate of theft in campus and residence is becoming out of control, not to mention the parking areas it’s seriously out of control. Students need to take this issue serious because they are the ones who can improve the security around the campus by changing their behaviours and becoming more conscious of their surroundings. Students should be warned to avoid incidence of insecurity around the campus Mr Joose, CPUT head security declares.

After hours, students have been informed to always be in groups when leaving the campus, so that insecurity can be reduced. Mr Joose said “A lot of crimes have been reported by students in their residences but nothing can be done if students don’t prevent incidents themselves “Joose claims.

Students need to start paying attention on the rules and procedures of residence, anybody who does not stay on res inside the residence without special permission. However students don’t always abide by the res rules even if is for their own safety.

Students need to keep their students cards safe as once a student lose its, it can be stolen. This can result in somebody taking the card and use it to access the university and steal useful resources such as computers.

Students need to keep this need regarding security at campus. They must keep their valued items in hidden place to avoid theft. Keep their bags in front of them and make sure that it’s closed. When they are leaving campus they need to be in groups and avoid use of cell phones in the streets as the criminal are highly in need of them.

The improvement of security in campus does not only depend on people work for security in the campus but also on the students. They are the ones who should take full responsibility of the equipment as it is important in their daily lives. Students need to improve the security and reduce insecurity so that the campus cannot be at risk of theft.