Tag: "growth"
Social Media in Australia – 2012 Year in Review
Over 2012 we have seen Australians further embrace Social Media across all spectrums of society. Not just individual users, but companies, government departments, organisations, not for profits, industry associations, politicians, celebrities – all sorts of people and entities are now using social media. In fact over half of the total Australian population is now signed [...]
Read MoreSocial Media Growth Australia – 2011 [INFOGRAPH]
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Tweet We had a busy 2011, reporting the news and compiling our social media statistics. As a result we have compiled an infograph showing the growth of each major social network over 2011. Table below shows Unique Australian Visitors to the site per month, users numbers reported by a reputable source, or an average of [...]
Read MoreHow to Write Quality Web Content – 12 Tips to improve your Blog posts
We all want to find new ways to write better content and engage our readers – and we have all heard the age old saying ‘Content is King’. This is certainly true and coupled with a good blog design you should be able to attract, retain and grow your online audience. If you let one [...]
Read MoreFacebook Photos [STATS]
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Facebook now has 600 million members globally and half of these log in on a daily basis. Facebook’s growth curve is also on the steady rise and has not shown any signs of flattening out yet. So lets look at how users are uploading photos on Facebook. – At the end of 2010, there were [...]
Read MoreHow to Get more Facebook Fans
What is the best way to generate rapid growth on your Facebook fan page? 1. Generate growth within your own Network of contacts The best way to start is by getting multiple influential users (whom are contacts of yours) to invite all of their friends to become fans your fanpage. If you can get 20 [...]
Read MoreHow to Avoid the Social Media Catch-22
One of the most frustrating moments for a marketers is being asked the question: ‘so why isn’t this social media thing working?’ from a company stakeholder. Companies hear the social media hype and want to see a return on investment. After trying social media, many companies and businesses wondering what all the hype is about. [...]
Read MoreQ2 2010 Google Revenues
Google has now released its second quarter 2010 earnings. The main highlight ofthe news is that their revenue grew 24% year-over-year to $6.82 billion. Looking at Q1 2010 results there was not much growth. In Q1 Google reported $6.77 billion in revenue. Some more details on the latest Q2 earnings report: – Google-owned sites generated [...]
Read MoreFoursquare v Gowalla [FACTS]
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Over the past year there has been lot of talk about Geolocation mobile services Foursquare and Gowalla. There are more players in this space but these 2 hold a majority of the location market. A recent report by RJMetrics compared the services via their API data. Some key facts to note: – Foursquare now has [...]
Read MoreBing and Google Click thru Rates, CTR
While Google still dominates the world of search engines, Bing made some noise quiet since its introduction, slow growth of market share each month. Some experts believe the Internet will soon be released Google "search engine Caffeine" is partly a response to Bing. If you search online you will find SEO professionals, who have been [...]
Read MoreFoursquare reaches 1 Million check-ins per day
Foursquare has now reached 1 Million check-ins per day coming from around 1.8 million global users. This shows a good % of Foursquare’s user base is accessing their product on a daily basis. Foursquare recently got $20 million in a second-round venture capitalist investment mainly by Andreessen Horowitz, valuing the company at around $95 million. [...]
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