Facebook Logout ads showing to Australian Users
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It looks like Facebook is rolling out their Logout ads to more countries internationally. Australian users may now see Logout ads when they sign-out of their Facebook account. For example, today I’ve seen this ad a couple times: It will be interesting to track this product in Australia and what sort of advertisers it attracts [...]
Confessions of a desperate Twit
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I’d hit virtual rock bottom. I begged Corey Worthington to ReTweet me. The Party Boy gave me a shout out and for a second there, I thought all of my social media problems had been solved. You see, I’ve developed an online inferiority complex as a result of failing to recruit Twitter followers fast enough. [...]
Facebook – 901 Million active users
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Facebook has just made another update to their SEC filing. Key figures to note: 901 Million Monthly Active Users 526 Million Daily Active Users 488 Million Monthly Active Users accessing Facebook Mobile 300 Million Photos uploaded every day 3.2 Billion Likes and Comments every day To put this in perspective, the number 2 social network Twitter [...]
Use Social Media to boost Real-World Relationships
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What I have realised with Social Media is that sometimes we become so focused on the metrics we are not paying enough attention to the opportunities being created. Yes we want more Likes, Followers, Views, Hits etc – but if we are getting real world business relationships and new clients – this is the ultimate goal from [...]
WordPress version 3.3.2 Released
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WordPress has just released an update to their WordPress.org software – version 3.3.2. This update fixes a number of security bugs and vulnerabilities. It has been some time since we’ve had an update from WordPress but I am glad to see this is a security update instead of feature upgrades. For me security is far [...]
Yahoo Adds Google+1 Button to News
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We saw recently Google rolled out a new +1 button for their social network, Google+. Many webmasters around the world have added this button as it can now impact search results for Google web search users, especially people who run Google searches logged in to their Google account. In an interesting move, Yahoo Australia and [...]
Making your Like-Gate most Cost Effective
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As social media marketers, many of us are using Facebook Ads to build a targeted audience of fans and followers. I have been looking around at the most cost effective price marketers get when acquiring Facebook fans – $1 per fan? $2 per fan? What are you paying? When you start a new campaign for a customer [...]
Social Media Cowboys
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So… you are working in the Social Media industry, and loving it. You are now a consultant, thanks to your strong personality and sales skills – you have a number of clients that pay you a monthly retainer to do their social media marketing and management. You come across as a real business leader, you [...]
Get your CEO on Twitter
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So your business is already using social media as a Marketing and Customer Service tool? Great. I have been looking at ways to differentiate your social media plan from the norm and offer your users and followers something different. Many of us want to see company heads on social media sites and interacting with everyday [...]
Social Media Job Board
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Hello All, We wanted to give you some news about a recent site update. We have created a job section / job board on the site for Social Media Jobs around Australia. If you are looking for a career or job in Social Media, search for jobs here: http://www.socialmedianews.com.au/jobs/ If you are an employer and [...]
Sell your Content for the Price of a Tweet
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I came across a great new tool that lets you sell content for the Price of a Tweet or Facebook Share. We all know how much traffic Twitter and Facebook can bring to your site, not to mention the SEO benefits social sharing now has on your search engine ranking. This new product – http://paywithatweet.com lets [...]
Google Plus hits 2.2 Million Australian Users
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According to recent numbers by Google, their social network Google+ has now reached 170 million users globally. This includes users on their social networking site as well as Google Account holders using the +1 button across various Google properties. Yesterday Google also released a whole new design and look and feel to their social networking [...]
Australian Social Media Conversation: Climate Change [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Tweet Today the Federal Government is expected to release more details about their Carbon Pricing scheme and this brings the climate change debate to the table once again. On Social Media sites – as Australia’s we have been discussing climate change for sometime. Social Marketers 1000 Heads have done some further research into how we are discussing [...]
EVENT: Australian Government Social Media Toolkit, April 17-18, Canberra
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In Australia we have seen the Government embrace new online tools and social media platforms. In fact many government departments are using Twitter and Facebook for reaching out to Australia’s online audiences, and then using Google Analytics to track website metrics. Ark Group is holding an event in Canberra next week (17-18 April): Australian Government Social [...]
Samantha Brick stares in to mirror of Social Media society
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Samantha Brick is probably still in tears following the Social Media backlash of her ill-fated manifesto ‘There are downsides to looking this pretty’: why women hate me for being beautiful’ published by the Daily Mail. The article discussed the adversity she’d faced being pigeonholed as a ‘pretty face’ which made her a gift to men [...]
Kony Part II: Beyond Famous – and beyond our help
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Just a few short weeks ago, what seemed like the entire Western world was talking about Kony 2012. In Australia, television stations took full advantage of the phenomenon – one channel even aired the movie in full. It was all my friends – on Facebook and in real life – were talking about. This was [...]
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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