Look Your Best for Your Wedding with HITCHED! Bridal Hong Kong

Looking your best for your wedding is a stressful, tiring task. Lucky for brides-to-be, HITCHED! Bridal Hong Kong has some of the best tips on how to put your best foot, and face, forward whether you’re walking down the aisle or striking a pose.

Photos are a major part of the wedding prep process. Announcement photos, engagement photos, ceremony photos, and more demand that you put your best face forward. Lighting is one aspect that can really bring out your better side. Always stand facing wherever the light is coming from to erase wrinkles and blemishes, but never stand in direct sunlight. Good makeup techniques will also enhance your photos; try powdering your nose, a light lip gloss to enhance your natural lips, and a smoky eye to bring contrast to your face. Don’t forget to moisturize!

Finding the right conditions for your photo is only part of the battle. The other part, of course, is finding the perfect wedding gown for your body type. Busty brides-to-be should accentuate their womanly curves with a good bra or corset, but also balance it out with a full skirt. Women with broad shoulders should avoid trying to hide them and instead focus on halter tops or off-shoulder gowns. Pear-shaped women should find a gown that helps people focus on the top portion of the body. Good options for this are a strapless ball gown or A-line gown. A trumpet styled gown is great for full-figured women, while an empire-waist gown works well with thin frames.

            

No matter what your body style is, HITCHED! Bridal Hong Kong has a dress for you. The Dessy Collection offers chic, elegant gowns that are perfect for a night out, or your engagement photoshoot. Offered in a wide variety of colors and sizes, The Dessy Collection will fit any bride-to-be’s needs. Come see the collection at HITCHED! Bridal Hong Kong today!

Still haven’t found the wedding gown of your dreams? HITCHED! Bridal Hong Kong offers the most versatile selection of designer wedding gowns around. From David Fielden to Augusta Jones, you’re sure to find the perfect gown for your body type and personality. Call them at 852 2815 8330, visit their store in person, or visit them online.

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Reach Beyond Your Limits, The Three Secrets of Organic Reach on Social Media

Recently there have been a number of articles on the failing of organic reach on social media, specifically Facebook. There has also been an equal number showing frustration at the ineffectiveness of content and the unrelenting demand to create original branded content. Since the main benefits of social media has been it’s low cost of entry and ability to easily share one’s thoughts and ideas, there is now a growing tension as these benefits seem to be falling way to paid options being forced upon by Social Media applications. Though Facebook is the first, the trend is moving swiftly for all to follow. What can be done to retain organic reach and manageable costs of good content? Here are 3 things you should ask your agency before signing up and you can also try them yourself.

Real Fans of quality - This is a painful lesson many are just now learning. Having Fans on your page for sake of numbers is very damaging to your marketing success. Fans that are only there for free stuff or, even worse fake, are unlikely to ever purchase. What makes it worse is that Facebook limits the number of your Fans that will see a message to less than 10%, therefore, low quality Fans will continue to soak up your marketing budget without ever returning a cent. Advice is to look for people interested in your Brand. Invite them with value propositions that suggest willingness for future purchase and look to KOL’s that have strong Fan bases (not necessarily huge) as this is what increases reach and ROI.

Listen to your Fans, content is King - most Facebook accounts struggle with keeping Fan’s interest with one or two posts a day. PRDA posts 2 to 3 times more messages a day and our clients have organic engagement rates 2 times that of their peers. How do we do it? Simple, we listen to the Fans. We select and post content they enjoy but is still inline with  brand story and TOV. We write optimised messages specific to the application that makes it easier for Fans to see and select what they like out of all the choices in their newsfeed. And we look at the data to make sure we are listening to what the Fan’s want and not what we think they want to see.

Social Media Cooperative - Cooperation is the simplest way to gain strength. Small and medium size businesses are our passion at PRDA. A single small business with few thousand Fans will not be able to support itself on that. But when 10’s or hundreds of SME’s agree to share product messages across each other’s profiles something spectacular happens. Not only does the reach expand by the number of Fans of all profiles posted on, but through the act of “sharing” a bump in views is seen due to the “reputational value” added through the act of sharing. PRDA manages social media cooperatives for SME’s to ensure quality posting, non-competitiveness and appropriateness. Our small businesses overcome limited reach by doing what is the essence of social media. . . sharing.

Much success,

Douglas White

Founder

www.PRDA.Asia

Why Companies Should Give Fruit Bouquets This Christmas Season

Have you just been given the task of looking for the perfect corporate gift that your company should give as holiday presents to its business partners and clients? Don’t fret. Edible Arrangements Hong Kong has the solution for you - fruit bouquets!

Just consider the advantages - first off, fruit bouquets are gender-friendly gifts. Whether the gift recipient is a boy or a girl, you can be sure that your edible fruit arrangement is acceptable. Secondly, fruit bouquets have become more and more colorful, creative and majestic these days. They also come in various sizes whether you want to give corporate gifts to the big boss or to several employees, you can be sure Edible Arrangements Hong Kong has the perfect sizes in store. Thirdly, fruit bouquets are just simply delicious. Just about everybody loves biting into those juicy fruits shaped into flowers, stars and even reindeers!

So without further ado, here are two holiday fruit bouquets from Edible Arrangements Hong Kong that make for perfect corporate gifts this holiday season.

Presenting the Blissful Star Festival! This winter fruit bouquet features sweet, star-shaped pineapple, fresh strawberries, orange slices, cantaloupe, honeydew and grapes. Take note that half of the included strawberries in this arrangement are dipped in gourmet semisweet chocolate, too! Absolutely lip-smacking good!

 

Now for smaller corporate presents (that you can give to many!), order the Welcome Aboard Bouquet, which is practically overflowing with pineapple daisies, strawberries, grapes, cantaloupe and honeydew!

 

So go on and make a wise business decision. Make fruit bouquets your corporate gifts of choice this holiday season. You won’t regret it.

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It’s A Smooth Sailing Holiday With the Edible Arrangements Reindeer Collection

Holidays can be a mad rush of everything - from inviting family and friends to gathering them in one place and to preparing the Christmas trimmings and decors. Plus there’s that one tricky challenge: preparing holiday food and thoughtful sendoff gifts. Is there a surefire way of keeping things smooth sailing, though, you wonder? Well, wonder no more. Edible Arrangements Hong Kong has released their cool and colorful Reindeer Collection - which has all the makings of a holiday blockbuster winner!

Your relatives will definitely swoon over the Reindeer Sleigh Ride Bouquet Swizzle Berries and Apples. This oh-so-pretty holiday fruit bouquet, which comes in a keepsake, reusable ceramic sleigh container, features reindeer-shaped pineapple dipped in semi sweet chocolate, crisp green apple wedges and fresh strawberries dipped in gourmet semisweet chocolate with white swizzle!

 

For the kids, on the other hand, the Reindeer Daisy Swizzle Berries and Apples fruit arrangement is guaranteed to keep them busy and full of holiday spirit. This special fruit bouquet features reindeer-shaped pineapple dipped in semi sweet chocolate, crisp green apple wedges and fresh strawberries dipped in gourmet semisweet chocolate with white swizzle, too! The kids will surely be grateful for such delicious, chocolatey treats!

 

Keep the holidays smooth sailing with these mouthwatering fruit arrangements from Edible Arrangements Hong Kong!

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Stoking the harm reduction debate while lawmakers stall decriminalization

By Pablo Cymerman, Intercambios (Argentina)

In August 2013, Intercambios organized the 11th National Conference on Drug Policy at the Argentine Senate in Buenos Aires, highlighting debates surrounding laws on drug use. Progress appears to be stalled as key lawmakers seems torn between the current punitive approach on drug-use, on the one hand and a rehabilitative approach, on the other hand. 

 

Horacio Pietragalla of the Addiction Prevention and Drug Trafficking Control Commission was vocal about the pressure from some segments of society, despite sharing the views of several civil society organizations: “We have decided not to move forward with decriminalization because relatives of those with problematic drug use have told us, ‘You want to legalize when it is the only resource we have to treat our children.’”

Intercambios is convinced that the amendment of Narcotics Act No. 23,737, which continues persecuting and criminalizing drug users, and whose regulations were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court more than three years ago, should be discussed urgently. The position that proclaims that "there must be guaranteed treatment first" implies that the decriminalization of possession increases consumption, a statement refuted by the statistics of the countries where it is already applied. There must be broad, comprehensive, diverse, public and free care services across the country, as a basic human right for all people, inclusive of people who use drugs. And people should not have to risk being approached by law enforcers, whilst accessing these same health services.

Although in its last report UNAIDS said that since the beginning of the millennium, global rates of new HIV infections remain stable, we must not forget the significant rate of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmitted by sharing injection equipment, especially in the eighties and nineties in the south of Latin America.

Since the curve of infections among injecting cocaine users related to sharing injecting equipment began to decline in Argentina - whether it was because they had transformed their practices with new care measures, or because of a change in the way of using drugs - the idea of focusing on HIV prevention among people who inject drugs began to spread.

At the same time, studies were conducted with non-injecting cocaine users (consumption via inhalation), which resulted in an average of 5% HIV prevalence in this population, which is certainly a higher percentage compared to the prevalence of the general population measured in blood banks.

Although this evidence has been around for at least ten years, there are still few public health initiatives aimed at reducing the harm of cocaine or other drugs that are not injected. Moreover, the non-injecting category has not been incorporated in epidemiological surveillance of HIV/AIDS, in spite of the recognition of most Latin American countries of a growing problematic use of coca paste or 'crack'.

Intercambios has been campaigning for the decriminalization of drug-use and institutionalization of a Comprehensive National Program on Care for Drug Users. The latter facilitates universal health access and services for drug users and provides resources for prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, harm reduction and social integration. In its position paper, Intercambios explained that a National Program of Comprehensive Care for Drug Users must have adequate budget and human resources which will allow the integration of diverse and related services such as universal and selective prevention, low-threshold services, crisis aid, outpatient services, detoxification centers, day centers, therapeutic communities, and services for social support, education, and labor.

Prior to the 2013 elections, Intercambios ran a survey among politicians, mapping their positions on drug-use policy. Each candidate was asked two questions.

The first one was if he/she would support the approval of a law decriminalizing drug possession for personal use. 85% of the respondents were in favor of decriminalization.

The second question was if he/she considered that the bill proposing the creation of a National Program of Comprehensive Care for Drug Users -approved by the Chamber of Deputies- should be passed. 70% of the respondents answered that they supported the initiative.

There was an almost unanimous agreement that drug use should be approached as a public health issue and not as a criminal one. Regarding the creation of a National Program of Comprehensive Care for Drug Users, there was majority support, but the need of improving the bill was highlighted by several candidates. Major concerns included the need to pay more attention to imprisoned populations, lack of existing treatment options according to the type of substance, and the importance of promoting greater involvement of civil society.

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The Company Christmas Party: Get Preparing Before It’s Too Late

Have you just been designated to plan and prepare your company’s Christmas Party? Truth is, it’s a lot of work and we mean A LOT of work! Don’t fret, though. You still have several days to take it all in, accept the challenge, breathe in and breathe out and pull everything off like a certified rockstar employee! Here are some tips from Business Registration Hong Kong to help you get started.

The what, when, where, who and how. List down several options. What type of company Christmas party would you like to hold? Should there be a theme? Should it be grand or will a simple gathering do? This is important because this can help you determine the appropriate dress code. If you only want a simple gathering, then perhaps casual or cocktail attire is suffice. A much grander event may call for suits and ties and dazzling evening gowns.

Think of the possible dates, venues and party attendees. Should you invite investors or stakeholders or will the event just be purely for employees only? Where do you want to hold the party? You may want to list down at least 3 options. Do you just want it at the office, at a pub that you and many of your co-workers frequent in or perhaps at a hotel ballroom? Once you figured that out, call the venues and check rental rates, food and venue availability.

Food and drinks should also be considered. Do you want to ask the big bosses if there’s a certain budget to work around with or should the employees themselves just bring food and drinks potluck style? Consider the venue, time of the party and the theme of the Christmas party also to figure out which food and drinks would go best.

Did those help you? Grab a pen and paper now and start planning! Feel free to let us know how you’re planning your company Christmas party as well.

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