Category: Social Media Policy
Managing your Social Media Policy
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We previously wrote about creating a social media policy for your organisation. This is always an important aspect of any businesses social media activities so all ‘rules and procedures’ are understood and followed by staff and outside agencies. Today we will look at effectively managing your Social Media Policy. 1. Don’t simply outsource your Social [...]
Common mistakes Businesses make on Social Media
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Social Media has given businesses in Australia and around the world new opportunities for connecting with its customers, clients and users. Unlike traditional media business need to take a different approach with communicating on Social Networking sites. Here are some common mistakes business make when using Social Media platforms: 1. Non-personal Hiding behind a corporate [...]
Writing your Social Media Policy
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We previously discussed how important it is for organisations to have a useable Social Media Policy so that employees have guidelines for acceptable conduct on social networking sites. If you missed it, check out our previous article on starting off your Social Media Policy. Today we want to highlight some more important areas for consideration [...]
Social Media Policy
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Many companies these-days need to develop a Social Media Policy to ensure employee behaviour on Social Networks is responsible and acceptable by company standards. This is especially important for Government Departments, Not For Profits and Organisations whom provide a service for the general public on a large scale. Developing a Social Media Policy can become [...]
Medical Social Media in Australia
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It’s a well known fact that Social Media is an extremely powerful marketing tool that is capable of building brand awareness, increasing your company’s visibility, establishing credibility, as well as generating new leads. However up until recently doctors, medical students, medical centres and other health organisations have been reluctant to try the new community building [...]
North Ryde Tweet up, July 7, 7:30am
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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 [...]
What companies are the most social? Infograph
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A recent study – the NetProspex Social 50 looks at the social media/network usage of employees, and ranks the top 50 organisations overall social media activity. A range of companies are analysed including: Microsoft, LinkedIn, Facebook, MySpace, eBay, Amazon, Google, IBM, Sun, Dell, Oracle, CISCO, HP, Intel, Twitter, Nike, Coca Cola, Kodak plus many others. [...]
Are you addicted to Social Media? Infograph
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Are you addicted to Social Media? Do you wake up in the morning, log-on to Twitter and send a tweet whilst still in bed? Do you reply to text messages or tweets during sex? Do you update your status on Facebook while in the bathroom? If you don’t log on to Facebook all day do [...]
Event Sydney: Crime and Legal Issues in Social Media
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Ark Group Australia is hosting a one day event which will brief professionals on how to use social media and social networking without the worry of crime and legal risks. The event will be held Jun 28 – 29, 2010 at Rydges World Square in Sydney CBD. For more information about the event goto: http://www.arkgroupaustralia.com.au/Events-D026-CrimeSocial.htm [...]
Lawyers getting results out of Social Media
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While law firms have generally been hesitant to market via social media, some savvy firms have given social media ago creating new opportunities and portraying themselves as thought leaders and entrepreneurs. Lawyers and solicitors are now also looking at social networks to obtain their business, legal and industry news. Using social media has effectively raised [...]
Social Media campaign to reduce smoking rates
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The Cancer Council of South Australia has recently been using several social media channels to spread their messages about anti-smoking campaigns. Cancer Council SA CEO, Professor Brenda Wilson said social media has the potential to reduce South Australia’s smoking rate from 20% to 17%. Every year a little over 1100 people die from smoking. The [...]
ACCC suggests product recalls via Social Media
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These-days large companies are finding all news sorts of ways to interact and communicate with their customer base. The Australia Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has said 60-70% of Australians now have internet access and issuing product recalls via social media sites such as Twitter, blogs and forums is a good way to reach another [...]
New Facebook privacy controls
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Facebook is in the process of rolling out their new privacy controls. Facebook is simplifying their system so with a single click you are able to set the privacy option on various account and information settings. Mark Zuckerberg announced the changes yesterday and there has been positive comments from various Government officials, Senators and technology [...]
ANZ Debt collector creates fake Facebook profile to lure customers
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An ANZ debt collector has created a fake Facebook profile under the name ‘Max Bourke’ to track down customers with bad credit histories that have not updated their personal and address details. ‘Max Bourke’ was a single guy, who like football, running on the beach and playing poker. ANZ spokesman Stephen Ries has said: ‘This [...]
Australian Federal Police want a Facebook cop
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The Australian Federal Police (AFP) are calling for Facebook to employ a law enforcement expert in Australia to overlook the Australian user-base of Facebook. Last month, Nona Belomesoff of Sydney was murdered by a man she allegedly met of Facebook. Several Governments around the world are holding a meeting to discuss the social media site [...]
Communications Minister not happy with Facebook and Google privacy
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The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy – Stephen Conroy has expressed his concern about Google’s recent privacy hitch when their Streetview cars were collecting WiFi data from private homes around Australia. Conroy remarked about Google: ‘They consider that they are the appropriate people to make the decisions about people’s privacy data’. Stephen [...]
My name is David Cowling and I am the Founder and Chief Editor of Social Media News AUS and I also run my own 
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