An invitation to join a movement called PRCI!

www.publicrelationscouncilofindia.com

Over the past 10 years, Public Relations Council of India (PRCI) - has established itself as The pioneer communication professionals’ body in the country.

With 25 chapters and over 3,400 members drawn from PR, HR and advertising professionals and academicians, PRCI has spread its wings pan-India and is now working towards going global with International chapters in major cities.

PRCI has been holding Global Communication Conclaves with unique themes for nine years with participation and interest rising year on year.

Conclave	Venue	Theme	Dates
1st	Bangalore	Beyond Word	March 26-27, 2007
2nd	Bangalore	Metamorphosis	March 2-3, 2008
3rd	Bangalore	Proactive Communication	April 3-5, 2009
4th	New Delhi	Emerging Avenues in Specialised Communication	April 03, 2010
5th	Chandigarh	PR in the Challenging Times of Today	March 17-18, 2011
6th	Mumbai	PR – Interface or Interference	February 13, 2012
7th	Hyderabad	Communication – Fourth Generation	February 22-23, 2013
8th	Mumbai	Responsible Communication	February 14-15, 2014
9th	New Delhi	Communicate to Connect	March 13-14, 2015

The 10^th Conclave is slated to be held at Kolkata.

Apart from providing a professional networking platform through a calendar of planned events and setting up signature awards under Chanakya series, and inducting  communication professionals into the prestigious ‘PR Hall of Fame”, PRCI has taken up several  initiatives:

• YCC or Young Communicators Club involving mass communication students
• Guest Faculty Forum with profession veterans to impart practical training among BMM and other students
• Advanced skill training programmes for upcoming new PR professionals in PSU and private companies
• Knowledge Forums to conduct seminars on issues of current interest & Tie-ups with prestigious institutions like BARC for spreading awareness about scientific research
• Communicators’ Day to involve a cross section to focus on the need for communication
• Daughters’ Day to focus on girl education etc.,

PRCI awards have now become much sought after, from across India and abroad

Our unique e-magazine - http://prapport.blogspot.in/ -which gets updated on a 24x7 basis with developments at PRCI and across the field of communication has caught the imagination of professionals in India and abroad with about 2,000 page views in a short span of two weeks.

PRCI is led by veteran PR and media professionals at national as well as City levels.

• PRCI’s Chairman Emeritus and Chief Mentor M B Jayaram is a former advisor to the Chief Minister of Karnataka State, apart from being the head of corpcom at Karnataka Power. Now he advises the Government of India-owned National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC).
• PRCI Governing Council Chairman N D Rajpal is a veteran corpcom professional having worked led the communication department at Alembic
• PRCI national President B N Kumar is a media professional with four decades of experience as a journalist and PR consultant. He worked with several top media houses and advised corporate honchos. 
• PRCI is fortunate to have Advisers such as Mr S Narendra, former advisor to PMs and an ex Spokesperson of the Govt of India, on its Board of Directors.

PRCI will soon embark on massive communication activities with prestigious universities like Bombay, Kochi, Madras, Bangalore and private educational institutions like Amity & St Xaviers’, and IITs and IIMs, involving thousands of students.

PRCI is also working with young professionals through Google groups and What’sapp forums and exploring a close-connect with business forums and chambers like CII, FICCI, IMC, trusts like Samachar Foundation and even the Bombay Stock Exchange to undertake training modules/programmes with these entities.

As you can make out, PRCI today is not a mere organization. It has become a movement with the involvement of several corporate brands like the Aditya Birla group, TAFE, Mahindra & Mahindra, Coca Cola, Karnataka Power, Concept PR, id8labs, Canara Bank, Bureau of Indian Standards, IDBI Bank, IDBI Federal Life Insurance, NTPC, Bombay Stock Exchange.

We invite you join us and be part of the global communication movement as we make giant strides ahead.

Contact: B N Kumar, National President, PRCI. +91 9820128332 or +91 93210 48332. 

Email: mailbnk@gmail.com

A PRapport Special: 12 Free Social Media Management and Marketing Tools to Boost Your Social Media Presence

By Jessica Davis in Marketing Social Media Social Media Marketing

(By arrangement with SiteProNews)

Businesses simply cannot afford to ignore the power of social media in boosting brand value. Social media allows you to connect with your target audience in a way that was not possible with traditional media. However, to reap the benefits of social media marketing, audience engagement has to be consistent. You must also pay attention to what your audience is saying about you and use those insights to improve your overall business.

However, this can’t be achieved by just opening an account on Twitter or Facebook and posting content erratically without a clear strategy. There is so much more to social media marketing and that’s why you need social media tools to help you out. Here are the top 12 free social media tools to boost your social media marketing efforts.

SocialMention

SocialMention monitors the number of mentions you receive on a social media platform. This tool works with platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and a host of others. SocialMention carries out monitoring based on four metrics and they are strength, sentiment, passion and reach.

DrumUp

DrumUp curates relevant content for your social media profiles on platforms such as Twitter and Facebook using several NLP algorithms. It allows you to edit queued content and even add customized posts. Another great feature is that it prioritizes fresh content, which means you get the advantage of posting the latest content before anyone else. This gives you a shot at being the first in line to go viral.

TweetDeck

The tool is optimized for Twitter and allows you to manage and monitor every single detail of your Twitter account using a single interface. You can even use it to customize your display. For example, you can choose whether to display a particular column or not.

Twitter Showdown

This free tool actually allows you to compare your Twitter performance with other Twitter accounts. Though it might seem like an app meant purely for entertainment and fun, it can actually help you gain insights on how you are performing against your competitors. You can look at data such as number of mentions, tweet timings, follower to following ratios, and the engagement level of your tweets. The data collected can be compared with a competitor.

SumAll

SumAll is designed exclusively for small business owners. Apart from helping you measure and mange your social media profile on platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, it also connects you to services such as PayPal, Google Analytics and 42 others at no cost whatsoever. Updates are usually e-mailed to you.

Rapportive

Rapportive is a very unique tool that allows you to view the LinkedIn profile of the message sender/recepient on your Gmail account. It shows you details such as geographical location, job title, and name of organization from the person’s LinkedIn profile. You can even follow people’s Facebook statuses or tweets. The purpose of this tool is to help you expand your network by connecting with people who share similar interests.

Twazzup

This is the perfect tool if you happen to be an amateur at social media. Twazzup helps you monitor the top influencers on Twitter. All you have to do is enter the name and Twazzup does the rest. You can also get real time updates on them.

HowSociable

HowSociable lets you monitor your social media presence as well as your competitors’. The free-to-use tool allows you to access up to 12 platforms that include Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Pinterest. It even provides you with scores for each social media account, so that you can decide which one is working better for you.

Postific

A relatively new social media management tool, Postific is perfect for beginners. It has an auto-posting function for LinkedIn and lets you operate multiple social media accounts through a single interface, which is quite rare in other tools.

Topsy

Topsy is a great social media management tool that helps you search for useful and relevant content on the Web. You can even sort the content on various parameters to identify how influential an article or blog is. It even has access to Twitter’s data stream, which means you can access data all the way back from 2006. There is also a robust analytics feature that allows you to determine how often you’ve been searched in comparison to your competitors.

CircleCount

This tool is exclusively developed for Google+. You can access continuous reports and statistics on the performance of your profile and also on the level of influence you have. You can track down high ranking profiles, pages, communities, and also identify posts that have been reshared or +1ed the most. It even allows you to see the various circles that you have been included in.

Commun.it

Commun.it allows you to create a network of influencers, supporters, and possible customers. It tracks your followers and your interaction to accumulate performance, which is then displayed on a dashboard. You can study the data on the dashboard and decide on what action is to be taken, such as responding to or thanking a customer. It also calculates the number of interactions you’ve had and identifies followers whom you interact with the most.

(Jessica Davis has a keen interest in social media and content marketing, and writes extensively about it. She represents Godot Media, a leading content marketing firm.)

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