In my years as a digital media advertising professional, I’ve seen my fair share of social media crisis play out and have had the opportunity to be a part of crisis management for some leading brands in Sri Lanka. Whether it’s an internal team or your agency team working on the task at hand it’s important for cool heads ...
Let’s start with what an influencer is not: it’s not the ability to promote a brand, it’s the fact that you have been handpicked by the brand to represent them. okay, I’m kidding that’s so not it. Now that we’ve got that out of the way: So, according to me: These above-mentioned activities just makes you a mouthpiece of ...
She’s pretty, but how does she make you feel? Pretty good actually but… you know what, never mind. You always do this, over analyze and ruin it for yourself. Besides look how popular she is. Everyone wants to be around her or be her, she’ll never notice you. Maybe she’ll be your friend, you’re very good at being a ...
It’s official the 13th incarnation of the most popular alien with two hearts was announced to be Jodie Whittaker! A WOMAN! Yes! It’s happening. No! It’s not the end of the world. In fact it’s the beginning of an all new world, or should I say worlds? You know since Doctor Who is a show about a time traveling alien in ...
I took a walk in the beach today (as much as I hate the sea breeze and the sticky feeling afterwards) hoping to catch the sunset. Maybe see something beautiful and get some perspective. In a way it was soul searching exercise, as I I was searching for my soul. Lately I’ve begun feel like I might have lost ...
Image source: elegantthemes.comow. Social media has been around for a while now. While some of us have mastered it, we still have some questions that we should know the answer to by now but are afraid to ask at this point. Do not fear, with this post I hope to answer some of these questions so you don’t even ...
Image source: bridalmusing.com If you have been on the internet within the last couple of years, then you have probably noticed that your news feeds and twitter feed are becoming more and more populated with superhero movie related posts and tweets or Game of Thrones references. Even brands are getting in on the action. Internationally, this has been a trend since ...
Image source: thecountrycaller.com Facebook live was first introduces the public first via only iOS, then gradually to Android and eventually to Pages. We saw various individuals, celebrities and brand getting on board the bandwagon and trying out the new feature that Facebook introduced. Cleary Facebook Inc. has big plans for this new feature, which I should probably refer to as ...
Colombo, Sri Lanka: The 18th of February 2016 saw OPPO Camera Phone hosting a press conference at the hotel, Galadari, with the sole purpose of announcing the arrival of the brand new F1, the first of OPPO’s latest F Series. The launch was formerly announced on the 15th of January 2016 in Shenzhen, with online preorder facilities on OPPOStyle.com and ...
During the weekend there was social media uproar regarding an article that was featured in the Colombo Telegraph by Thisuri Wanniarachchi titled: What Your Schools Didn’t Teach You Unfortunately even though Thisuri had some valid pointers, her article was written in a way that depicted a level of prejudice and hurt, which lead most of the reader to quickly disown her ...
I want to wish you a happy Women’s Day today. This doesn’t mean I don’t admire you each and every day. Doesn’t mean that you matter less on other days. It doesn’t mean that your rights matter less the rest of the year. It’s just that I don’t say these things out loud often enough but I should. You matter ...
We are all naturally biased towards ourselves. We do not want to admit our flaws and we definitely do not want others to see them. Everything we do seems to be a cover up of our iniquities and flaws. This isn’t a really a bad thing. It’s always the correct choice to minimise a flaw in yourself and the effect ...
The world of social media, as you would know if you are a social media account manager is forever active. It never sleeps, I have had my phone buzz with inquiries pass midnight from some of the accounts I handle. Smartphone and mobile application have made our job a 24/7 one, and that’s good. We need to be on the ...
In established markets 90% of its users access Facebook through mobile. 47% of its users access Facebook only through mobile. The majority of advertising revenue (51%) continues to come from outside USA. org aims to provide internet access to third world countries. Facebook Inc. released their quarterly earnings last week along with a snapshot of the progress of the Facebook community. Facebook ...
The world of social media, as you would know if you are a social media account manager is forever active. It never sleeps, I have had my phone buzz with inquiries pass midnight from some of the accounts I handle. Smartphone and mobile application have made our job a 24/7 one, and that’s good. We need to be on the ...
rothbourne:24th lessons I learned in my 24 years: 24. Take chances even if you know the outcome is awful. You’re only 24 and you only know so much, so add to your experience what ever you can. Experiment on things you feel that will make you better. Originally posted on Omalee De Silva's Blog: 18th September 2015 – I AM ...
When you see an inappropriate or misleading post by a parody/troll page that is taking advantage of a tragedy please refrain from venting your frustration as comments on the post, in fact refrain from any interaction with such pages. This is exactly what they want. The more people interact with such pages and post the more organic reach the page ...
I’ve missed you, I didn’t expect to. I didn’t think it would be you, I never expected. Didn’t want to, I suppose. God knows it would have been easier if you were someone else, someone I expected. I was pretending it was someone else, I was just getting the hang of it too. Somehow I knew deep inside it was ...
No we are not hiring, but for those who are, I’d like to give out a few pointers. I’ve seen that most employers today have one primary question that lands any individual a job, “Have you handled a Facebook page?” That’s equal to deciding your brands Facebook page is success based on how many likes it’s accumulated. While experience is important ...
