How to deal with
Internet problems when running a social media page:
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| Good reception in this tree! |
Living in Africa
sometimes has challenges for a social media manager or blogger. The past mouth
I found myself in a rural district, doing my internship at a tourism company,
and found myself on a daily basis struggling with internet problems. Here is
some of the ways I overcome those problems:
1.
Smartphones:
Lucky for you we live in a 21st centaury, which
allows you to make updates from your phone. When running
a page always remember that a smart phone can help you to make updates on your
social media, as well as post photos when at an event. Make sure that your page
is set up while you’re in good reception to make the process easier when you don’t
have perception.
2.
Work on your laptop by tethering
on your phone
When you plug your phone into your computer, you can use
your smart phone as a modem to go on to the internet. The tethering function
allows you to do that. When plugged into your laptop your phone will give you
the option or you can turn it on at your internet settings.
3.
Data bundles instead of
minutes
Make sure that your airtime or minutes, is switched to
data. This will help you save money with all the reconnecting due to bad
perception. It will also allow you to estimate how many megabytes you have left
on your airtime and how many you’re using uploading or downloading from the
internet.
4.
Schedule your posts
Some social media allows you to schedule posts, which can
help you ahead of time when you know you’ll be going somewhere that might not have
internet. The only problem with this is that you have no control over the
future and what may happen or change in it. This also means that you won’t be
able to give feedback on the posts if you don’t have internet access.
Fighting bad reception, or isn’t that bad if you prepare
for it, even if you have to climb into a tree to get reception. Good luck and
may the reception be on your side.
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