Archive for July, 2011
Census Australia goes Social Media
Australia is getting ready for Census night on Tuesday August 9, 2011. This year the Australian Bureau of Statistics has utilised Social Media channels to spread the word and get the community further engaged. The ABS has released some interesting facts about the census on Twitter, such as: – 29,000 volunteers helping distribute census forms. – […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Statistics Australia – July 2011
We have collated our monthly Social Media statistics showing the most popular social networking sites in Australia. These stats show average user numbers over the month of July. UAVs / mo = Unique Australian Visitors Per Month visiting the site. Social Media Statistics Australia - July 2011 1. Facebook – 10,436,860 users in Australia 2. […]
Read More | Share10 Best Marketing Practices for Social Media
A random perusal of all Twitter users will reveal that there is no dearth of experts in the field of social media, all plying their wares on the website. (Meditation gurus, spiritual guides and self-help aids appear to be a close second.) How are you going to stand out from the crowd, and connect with […]
Read More | ShareGoogle Plus traffic down
There have been several reports across the internet that the Google Plus social network has been dropping in traffic numbers. Experian Hitwise data reports a 3% drop in traffic for average daily visitor numbers. Whilst the site is still in beta mode, basically everyone can signup now if you get any invite from soneone already […]
Read More | Share3 Benefits of Twitter in Social Media Marketing
The success of a business rises and falls on marketing. It doesn’t matter how great your product is. If people don’t know about it then it won’t sell. For this reason, huge companies have made a science out of marketing. They continually study and improve the way they market their products. Right now, the trend […]
Read More | ShareAlexa now ranking sites by Suburb
I was checking my Alexa Rank yesterday and noticed something new about the data summary that is displayed. When you look up your Alexa Rank you get a summary of broad demographic information about your users, such as gender, age, and salary level. I have noticed now that on my listing – Alexa is displaying […]
Read More | ShareLinking to Google Search Results Page for SEO
A trend I have noticed lately is people linking to a Google Search Engine Results Page (SERP). But why? I have seen many high ranking sites and blogs doing this kind of linking and I am trying to understand why. Does linking to high quality sites improve your own SEO? I am under the proviso […]
Read More | ShareHow Social Media has penetrated traditional media
Social networking has an increasing presence in all forms of traditional media. Just turn your Television on to any given News channel during a breaking news story and you’ll be greeted with information from Facebook and Twitter at least every hour. Back in 2001, during the attacks on the Twin Towers, the only way to […]
Read More | Share5 tips to make your Social Media content go viral
Viral content is the type of information that people want to share because it is valuable, informative and timely. Getting your content to go viral will benefit your website by incoming links, more traffic and visitors, comments on your articles and an increased reputation from your audience that you can create quality content. Generally viral […]
Read More | ShareAdd me to your Google+ Circles
Now more and more of us are getting into the Google Plus social networking site I am going to be distributing my news to this medium. Whilst Google hasn’t specifically created Business Pages, or capability to upload RSS feeds – I will be experimenting with ways to push my content across and keen to share […]
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