We're one month into 2019 and your PR plans and strategic goals for the year are ready to rock and roll, but are you incorporating the anticipated industry trends into your planning? At the end of 2018, it seemed like every PR professional made their predictions on the year to come (we even made our own predictions!), so we want to take your planning to the next level and break down the trends within the trends.
PR and marketing have always been closely aligned, but experts predict that they'll get even closer. The two industries will continue to blur together, and marketing activities will increasingly become part of traditional PR activities.
According to Gini Dietrich, founder and author at SpinSucks, one of the many outlets that covered this potential trend, "Our marketing brethren have known exactly what to do with data and are owning it." Dietrich's theory is that it comes down to control of analytics and metrics that gives marketing professionals the edge over traditional PR.
The takeaway: PR professionals should constantly learn new skills. This make us increasingly agile and adaptable to the ever-changing relationship of PR and marketing.
Data measurement and social listening are as important as ever. As Jeff Bullas puts it, "Human connections are still powerful and useful. But real influence is now starting to be measured with data metrics." It's important to measure pure brand mentions, likes and share, but since we have the technology to gauge sentiment and conversion – we should leverage it.
The takeaway: Keep your measurement strategies intact but consider pulling metrics that can provide deeper insights for your client.
In recent years, influencers have been a mainstay in PR plans for brands of all sizes, but PR professionals are divided. Some say that influencers, including micro influencers, are on the rise but others are more skeptical about their overall impact. However, most can agree that influencers are here to stay for 2019.
From another perspective, Ed Zitron, CEO of EZPR, wrote for The Next Web that influencers should be treated either as a media relations play or an advertising buy.
Skeptics of the continued popularity of influencer marketing warn that it's tricky to measure the actual success of an influencer campaign, but social listening tools can help aid this.
The takeaway: Even if influencer campaigns end up being a fad, it's still an important part of today's PR industry. In future years, influencer campaigns may lessen in value and demand, but for now, it appears they're here to stay.
Building brand awareness with your current (and future) audience and sustaining trustworthy relationships with media are a mainstay of the PR industry – and 2019 will be no different.
While a link back to your client's site is important for driving traffic, authentic mentions even without a link are beginning to carry more weight, according to John Hall, co-founder of Calendar, who recently wrote a piece for Inc, proving that even a mention by name can have an impact – even if it just builds name recognition and doesn't necessarily result in a sale or pageview.
The takeaway: Don't halt your media relations efforts and be sure the content you're sending to both media and your audience is authentic and trustworthy.


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I'm in major trouble. Her's the deal: I installe dthe 20 gig HD and CDROM that I bought from you guys, thanks to you wonderful manual, but I have seemed to run into a few problems. When I go to install OSx, on the new drive, i get to the palce where I am to select a DESTINATION DRIVE, nut here's the problem...no drive is listed. ANy help would be greatly appreciated.
You first have to format the drive. In the menu of the install cd is a disk utility option. Select it, format the drive, and all should be well.
Hi thanks for getting back to me so quickly! But I tried to do that and none of the options are available. Do you think the HD is installed corectly. because be the looks of things, In the Disk utility, it looks as though only the CD ROM drive is being noticed. I am so lost!! Thanks Again!
This type of thing is more difficult to talk through in the OSX installer. Do you have a copy of OS9 either installed or on CD. I'd initilize the drive in OS9 first. It might be easier. If OS9 doesn't see it, then it is probably installed incorrectly.
Ok so here is where I am at. I took out the new HD and put the old one back in, just to make sure I was installing the new one correctly. Then I put in the OS X install disks, and everything went great..just how it should. So then I reinstalled the new 20 gig HD and it didn't work. Then it made me wonder if the new Toshiba 20 gig Hard disk is compatible with my computer. I'll admit that i am new to some of this stuff, but I do have a good concecpt of what is going on. I got the HD from your online store, I guess maybe i should have asked before ordering. If it isn't do you have one that is compatible with the 300MHz tangerine clamshell. And will you take this one back. Thanks again for all your help..Your time is greatly appreciated.
It is compatible. Are you able to partition the drive? If so, partition it into 12 and 8GB partitions, and then try to install. Have you tried drive utility in OS9?
As of now I can not partition the drive. It isn't even there for me to select it. It is not being recgonized at all. I did try to install OS 9, but no luck there either. I will try everything again. Thanks again fr all your help.
Make sure you initilize the drive in Mac OS Extended...that could be your problem too.
I tried everything again and nothing is happening. I tried using OS 9 and it didn't see the HD either. The only drive/disk that the program is finding is the CD Rom drive. I can't even select Mac OS Extended...it is not detecting a drive to initilize. It's like the HD doesn't exist. I don't know what else to do. Thanks for your help. There is nothing wrong with the old HD I just wanted more storage, but I can live with out it.
Wow. This thread was a true case of déjà vu for me. I came to this forum with the exact same problem. Was this issue ever resolved? And if so - how??? I can't get to my new HD at all, but I am pretty sure it is installed properly. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Make sure the drive is set to "MASTER". Check the switch setting in the back of the drive next to the male power plug. It the drives setting are set to "SLAVE" you won't be able to see the drive no matter what your do.
I know a guy who's having almost the exact same problem. It's a laptop drive, so there aren't any jumpers for MASTER or SLAVE. There's just the one cable that covers data transfer and power.
Resetting the PRAM for this guy doesn't work either.
I have just got exactly the same problem. Did anyone ever figure out how to get the computer to recognise it?
Is anyone still having this issue. If so, what models of drives are you using, and do your old drives work properly?


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Q: Como puedo utilizar la sentencia switch cuando el usuario tiene que introducir dos variables por pantalla? Estoy intentando hacer un programa con sentencias switch (ya se que es mas fácil con if, y ya lo tengo hecho así pero quiero hacerlo con switch), en el cual debo meter las variables dia y mes por pantalla, siendo las dos números enteros.
Me esta dando errores ya que al meter los valores se salta a default y no se como hacer que lea los cases he intentado poner if dentro de los cases pero creo que no he mejorado el problema. Que puedo hacer para que este programa funcione?
He intentado buscar durante todo el día ejemplos de como utilizar dos variables con la sentencia switch pero solo encuentro con una variable.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main()
{
  int dia, mes, signo;

printf("Introduzca el dia {1-31}: ");
scanf("%d", &dia);
printf("Introduzca el mes {1-12}: ");
scanf("%d", &mes);

switch(signo)
{
    case 1: if(mes == 3 && dia >= 21 || mes == 4 && dia <= 19)
        printf("\nAries");
        break;

    case 2: if(mes == 4 && dia >= 20 || mes == 5 && dia <= 20)
        printf("\nTauro");
        break;

    case 3: if(mes == 5 && dia >= 21 || mes == 6 && dia <= 20)
        printf("\nGeminis");
        break;

    case 4: if(mes == 6 && dia >= 21 || mes == 7 && dia <= 21)
        printf("\nCancer");
        break;

    case 5: if(mes == 7 && dia >= 23 || mes == 8 && dia <= 22)
        printf("\nLeo");
        break;

    case 6: if(mes == 8 && dia >= 23 || mes == 9 && dia <= 22)
        printf("\nVirgo");
        break;

    case 7: if(mes == 9 && dia >= 23 || mes == 10 && dia <= 21)
        printf("\nLibra");
        break;

    case 8: if(mes == 10 && dia >= 22 || mes == 11 && dia <= 21)
        printf("\nEscorpio");
        break;

    case 9: if(mes == 11 && dia >= 22 || mes == 12 && dia <= 21)
        printf("\nSagitario");
        break;

    case 10: if(mes == 12 && dia >= 22 || mes == 1 && dia <= 20)
        printf("\nCapricornio");
        break;

    case 11: if(mes == 1 && dia >= 21 || mes == 2 && dia <= 18)
        printf("\nAcuario");
        break;

    case 12: if(mes == 2 && dia >= 19 || mes == 3 && dia <= 20)
        printf("\nPiscis");
        break;

    default: printf("Error al introducir la fecha");

}
return 0;
}

A: Tu falla es por que utilizas mal switch. La variable signo en tu código no esta inicializada con ningún valor, y al entrar al switch, no calza con ningún caso y salta al default.
Para usar switch:
switch ( <expresión> )
{
   case <expresión_1> : [ <bloque_de_instrucciones_1> ]
                        [ break; ]
   case <expresión_2> : [ <bloque_de_instrucciones_2> ]
                        [ break; ]
   ...
   case <expresión_n> : [ <bloque_de_instrucciones_n> ]
                        [ break; ]
            [ default : <bloque_de_instrucciones_n+1> ]
}

Donde expresión1,expresión2, ... se comparan para valores los posibles valores de expresión. Para el problema que intentas resolver usar un switch de esa manera no es solución !!
Si lo que buscas es la solución ordenada, puedes crear estructuras de la forma typedef struct para cada horóscopo y así limitar los casos, pero si es una tarea sólo puedo dejar esa recomendación, saludos !

A: El problema principal es, como ya te han comentado, que la variable signo no está inicializada.
Ahora bien, antes de usar switch tienes que decidir primero cómo debe funcionar (bueno, esto es aplicable a cualquier algoritmo que quieras implementar).
Por ejemplo, switch podría usarse para separar los casos en base al mes:
switch(mes)
{
    case 1:
      if( dia <= 20 )
        printf("Capricornio");
      else
        printf("Acuario");
      break;

    case 2:
      if( dia <= 18 )
        printf("Acuario");
      else
        printf("Piscis");
      break;

    case 3:
      if( dia <= 20)
        printf("Piscis");
      else
        printf("Aries");
      break;

    case 4:
      if( dia <= 19 )
        printf("Aries");
      else
        printf("Tauro");
      break;

    case 5:
     if( dia <= 20 )
       printf("Tauro");
     else
       printf("Geminis");
     break;

    case 6:
      if( dia <= 20 )
        printf("Geminis");
      else
        printf("Cancer");
      break;

    case 7:
      if( dia <= 21 )
        printf("Cancer");
      else
        printf("Leo");
      break;

    case 8:
      if( dia <= 22 )
        printf("Leo");
      else
        printf("Virgo");
      break;

    case 9:
      if( dia <= 22 )
        printf("Virgo");
      else
        printf("Libra");
      break;

    case 10:
      if( dia <= 21 )
        printf("Libra");
      else
        printf("Escorpio");
      break;

    case 11:
      if( dia <= 21 )
        printf("Escorpio");
      else
        printf("nSagitario");
      break;

    case 12:
      if( dia <= 21 )
        printf("Sagitario");
      else
        printf("Capricornio");
      break;

    default:
      printf("Error al introducir la fecha");
      break;
}

Pero claro, el código resultante es un poco redundante ya que tenemos que repetir dos veces cada signo.
Efectivamente, lo más sencillo, en este caso, sería usar if-else:
if( (mes == 3 && dia >= 21) || (mes == 4 && dia <= 19) )
    printf("\nAries");
else if( mes == 4 || (mes == 5 && dia <= 20) )
    printf("\nTauro");
else if( mes == 5 || (mes == 6 && dia <= 20) )
    printf("\nGeminis");
else if( mes == 6 || (mes == 7 && dia <= 21) )
    printf("\nCancer");
else if( mes == 7 || (mes == 8 && dia <= 22) )
    printf("\nLeo");
else if( mes == 8 || (mes == 9 && dia <= 22) )
    printf("\nVirgo");
else if( mes == 9 || (mes == 10 && dia <= 21) )
    printf("\nLibra");
else if( mes == 10 || (mes == 11 && dia <= 21) )
    printf("\nEscorpio");
else if( mes == 11 || (mes == 12 && dia <= 21) )
    printf("\nSagitario");
else if( mes == 12 || (mes == 1 && dia <= 20) )
    printf("\nCapricornio");
else if( mes == 1 || (mes == 2 && dia <= 18) )
    printf("\nAcuario");
else if( mes == 2 || mes == 3 )
    printf("\nPiscis");
else
    printf("Error al introducir la fecha");

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Software lets Mozilla collaborate
John Fontana (Network World)
While Mozilla Foundation's Firefox browser tries to carve out its Internet niche, Advanced Reality has delivered a collaboration plug-in for the fledgling Web client that just might help it find a spot on corporate desktops.
The company last week released Jybe, a small piece of client code and a companion server, that together let users link their browsers to search the Internet or corporate intranet in unison. There is also a version of the client plug-in for Internet Explorer, which lets Web page collaboration take place between users regardless of their chosen browser. Jybe, which adds two buttons to the browser for creating and ending sessions, also adds an instant-messaging-like text chat capability directly into the browser.
Advanced Reality says the collaboration will work well for customer service/support, Web conferences, online demonstrations and in academic settings for creating services such as online librarians for helping users conduct Web-based research.
"It's a convenience thing, a customer service element," says Landy Haile, a sales associate with Scott Gray Commercial Real Estate in Houston. "Sure our customers can already see online photographs of properties, but we can walk them through details of the financial statements we have online." The company focuses on buying and selling apartment buildings.
Jybe works by linking browsers through its server, which runs on Windows and lets users view the same URL at the same time. When one user changes the URL, all users in the Jybe session see the new Web page. Users also can store files on the server and share those files with others during a collaborative browsing session. Advanced Reality is developing a utility that will let PowerPoint presentations be converted to HTML.
With Jybe, users don't share screens, they share only the small bit of data contained in a URL, which keeps bandwidth consumption at a minimum. But Jybe has its limitations. The sharing is read-only, which means users cannot manipulate any data on the screen, such as filling out a form. Also, there is not a control that lets one user be the leader of the browsing session.
Also, everything on each screen happens independently, so users don't see each other moving mouse pointers or scrolling through a page.
Advanced Reality plans to add some of those features in future versions.
The company also says it hopes to link the software with instant-messaging buddy lists, e-mail contact lists and corporate directories. With Jybe 1.0, users must send a request via IM, e-mail or phone to provide other users with a session name used to log on to a Jybe multiuser browser session.
"What we are doing is making the Web collaborative through the browser vs. having users share screens," says Brian Hoogendam, president of Advanced Reality. Jybe is based on Advanced Reality's Presence-AR technology, which can be added into any number of applications so users can share them. The company already offers Presence-AR adapters for Microsoft's Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and Adobe Systems's Acrobat.
Pricing for the Jybe server has not been announced, but Advanced Reality is hosting a Jybe server. The client plug-in is free and supports Internet Explorer 6.0 and, later on, Windows 2000 or above, and Firefox 1.0 on Windows, Linux or Macintosh.

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