Top 5 Influencers brands should consider to follow

I bet you are wondering why I’m bombing you with a post on a Saturday night. Truth is I never had a specific day for blogging. I was thinking, why waste precious time doing nothing relevant when blogging feels so much better?  

Have you ever tried to market your campaign, product or promoting your brand and never had anyone in mind to use as a 3^rd party mediator? Oh!  Well, I have some great influencers also known as opinion leaders whom you can use to post relevant information that your audience need to know and believe.

TOP FIVE INFLUENCERS TO FOLLOW



http://api.ning.com/files/6HjbiNe-q6i...

1.    South Africa’s IT girl Bonang Matheba also known as queen B*. She is perhaps the queen of everything and has done quite a lot in the Media industry. She is a Model, Television presenter, Radio Dj, Business woman. First black African woman to be the face Revlon SA. Mail and Gardian says she is one of the most influential youngsters South Africans in Media. She has a huge following on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

http://goo.gl/y3ilJh

2.    The king of courage and controversy Gareth Cliff is also another influencer one can never regret following on social media. He recently opened his new online radio station cliffcentral and has also worked at 5fm as radio Dj and he is also a judge on idols SA.

http://goo.gl/I2CkB3

3.    Thato Sikwane famously known as DJ fresh is a Radio Dj, Rocking club Dj, and Entrepreneur. He is one of the most influential and respected media personalities in the South African Music industry.  Follow on Twitter and Facebook.

http://goo.gl/HkSr25

4.     Khaya Dlanga is a frequent writer of Mail & Gardian and has previously written columns for news 24. He is also an opinion leader on Twitter. His 6.5 million views on his youtube channel with 12000 subscribers have put him in the top5% of most viewed and subscribed users in the world.

 



http://goo.gl/6NYDqz

5.    She is a famous female Dj and have been announced in the Top 100 Social Media influencer. Follow her on Instagram @roxxiofficial

JOURNALISM VS SOCIAL MEDIA

I'M not one to comment on what’s happening in the media industry. This time, however, I’m going to make an exception for it is not often you become a media student and you don’t have sentiments about what is happening within the industry.  I decided to start this blog with a very interesting topic that makes me worry and at the same time excites  me about the beauty of technology (social media).

I didn’t know much about social media, up until I decided to study Public Relations and Communication and met up with my amazing media lecturer. I then realised one thing, that every morning we  are waken up by a hot cup of coffee and  news distributed on social media. And the ideal news breaker is twitter. It is the ultimate journalist challenge that people document news on social network before published.

http://goo.gl/UM6E7X

http://goo.gl/z8H6On

Journalists used to use pen and papers, cameras to film events on news. Today things have changed. I personally listen, watch and read news on my cell phone.I no longer wait for 7oclock news to be documented.

Twitter, Facebook and Instagram had really become fantastic platforms to use as source of news. I’ve gained, spot and shared news on these phenomenal platform.

 I think the beauty of social media is that people can now engage on topics. I’ve seen newsfeed of Oscar’s trial, citizen journalist reporting on the recent tremor experienced.

I believe that social media is a significant tool for the freedom of the press and It really enlarges the number of people who can contribute information. Let’s not get carried away and get to the topic. Do you think we still need journalist in the age of social media? This is open for discussion.