Category: Sydney

Powerhouse Museum and Social Media

David Cowling | August 31, 2010 | Comments (0)

The Sydney Powerhouse Museum is embracing social media in order to connect with more people and details about the museum’s attractions. This Wednesday The Powerhouse Museum is participating in the worlds first “Ask a Curator” day , an international initiative to connect people with museum curators through social media. On this coming Wednesday September 1st, [...]

Bizarre – Mosman Council, HSC Students, Rap music

David Cowling | August 20, 2010 | Comments (0)

Am i the only person who think this is a little bizarre. Mosman Council has created a great campaign where HSC students can goto the Mosman library exclusively for periods of time to prepare for their HSC exams. The library will even give the students treats as ‘energy food’ to help their studies. Good stuff [...]

Bing Maps adds tool to estimate Taxi Fare for Sydney & Melbourne

David Cowling | August 3, 2010 | Comments (1)

Bing Maps has created a new tool to give you an estimated cost of a taxi fair from one point to another. The tool, very much still in beta mainly has US locations to choose from. However the tool does have Sydney, Australia and we are able to estimate taxi fares to and from various [...]

North Ryde Tweet-up, August 4 [EVENT SYDNEY]

David Cowling | July 27, 2010 | Comments (0)

Hi All, Just to let you know Vivienne Storey has arranged another Tweet-up for the North Ryde (and north shore) folks. Details are: Wednesday August 4, from 7:30am Silverchair Cafe, 80 Waterloo Road, North Ryde To RSVP goto the following link: http://www.meetup.com/northrydecoffeemorning/ The North Ryde Tweet-up events are great for business people wanting to learn [...]

SMCSYD, Social Personas, August 10, [EVENT, SYDNEY]

David Cowling | July 26, 2010 | Comments (0)

The Social Media Club Sydney (SMCSYD) is holding an event on August 10 @ The Ivy on George St starting at 6:30pm. Topic to be discussed: Social Personas: How different is the social media you from the real you? Speakers include: Bernard Salt (KPMG) Dr. Rebecca Huntley Tiphereth Gloria The event is sponsored by Carlton [...]

Optus Holding Midnight iPhone 4 Launch Events, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane

David Cowling | July 20, 2010 | Comments (0)

Optus has confirmed that they are having a midnight launch event in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth for iPhone 4 Thursday, July 29. Who will brave the winter? Technically, the phone is not on sale until 12:01 Friday morning, but given the multitude of people lined up in previous years for the new iPhone, time [...]

Digital Citizens: Crisis and reputation management, Social Media Event Sydney

David Cowling | July 13, 2010 | Comments (0)

Digital Citizens are holding Digicitz 5 next Tuesday, 20/07/2010 from 6:30pm. The theme of the event is: Crisis and reputation management: How to deal when the web gets antisocial Tickets are $10 each + a $1.50 booking free. To register goto: http://digicitz5.eventbrite.com For more information on Digicitz visit their site http://digital-citizens.org Speakers include: Matthew Gain, [...]

North Ryde Tweet up, July 7, 7:30am

David Cowling | July 5, 2010 | Comments (1)

Vivienne Storey from BlandsLaw is heading a Tweetup this Thursday July 7 at North Ryde. Want to discuss Twitter topics with fellow Northern Sydneysiders? Want to discuss the legal implications of Twitter? Social Media Policy? Coffee? Details are: North Ryde Tweetup When: Wed 7th July from 7.30am Where: Silverwater Cafe 80 Waterloo Rd, Macquarie Park [...]

Foursquare has 60,000 users in Sydney, Business Survey

David Cowling | June 14, 2010 | Comments (0)

It is now estimated that there are 60,000 people in Sydney using the Geo-location mobile service – Foursquare. A recent survey of local businesses using Foursquare has generated some interesting responses. Only 10% of businesses using Foursquare said they would be willing to pay for the service. This is an alarming rate, especially considering Foursquare [...]

Foursquare specials do attract customers in Sydney and Australia

David Cowling | June 1, 2010 | Comments (3)

We have seen the success of retailers and restaurants in the US using Foursquare as a marketing tool, but in Australia we have not seen all that much action yet. However, I noticed Wagamama in Sydney CBD has been one of the earlier businesses in Australia to use Foursquare as a marketing tool. The have [...]

Apple Store Bondi opening, get a free T-shirt

David Cowling | May 25, 2010 | Comments (2)

This Saturday the 28th of May the iPad is officially available for purchase in Australia. Also a brand Apple store is opening at Bondi Junction from 8am on the 28th. The first 2,500 visitors will get a free Apple T-shirt. No doubt there will be a huge turnout. Placing an Apple Store in Sydney’s Eastern [...]

Foursquare in Sydney Australia

David Cowling | May 25, 2010 | Comments (6)

Foursquare has over a million registered users globally now. Of these users, what sort of demographic has the highest usage? if you are a business using Foursquare to target customers and see their feedback – what sort of people are you reaching out to? In order the judge the popularity of Foursquare amongst users in [...]

Social Media Club Sydney roundup 24 May

David Cowling | May 24, 2010 | Comments (0)

Tonight i had the pleasure to attend #SMCSYD (Social Media Club Sydney) at the Oxford Art Factory thanks to event organiser Grant Newtown. Speakers of the night were: Cliff Rosenberg – Managing Director LinkedIn Australian & New Zealand Michael Field – Strategy Consultant The night was focussed on how to better used LinkedIn in your [...]