Archive for September, 2011
Word of Mouth Still best advertising for small businesses?
For some small business owners, word of mouth is still the most effective advertising tool. Despite the growing number of Australian businesses that turn to social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter for advertising (although mainly Facebook), it may be that word of mouth is still the more popular and trusted avenue for finding […]
Read More | ShareFriday Follow – September 9
It that time of the week for getting extra Tweety #fridayfollow #followfriday #FF #Twitter Our Friday Follows for this week are: http://twitter.com/#!/semiplainjane – new Social Media News author Jane Buckle. You can read Jane’s latest article – Work vs Play: Managing your Professional Image Online http://twitter.com/#!/SearchEngineAUS – Follow our other website SearchEngineNews.com.au on Twitter! Have […]
Read More | ShareImplementing Rel = Author (Simple)
About 1 month ago I implemented Rel = Author on this site, and thought I should share the method with you. You may ask, what is Rel = Author? Rel Author is a way for you to distinguish to the web, Google and other Search Engines who is the author of a particular piece of […]
Read More | ShareDownload the Social Media News Toolbar
We have created a Social Media News Toolbar for Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. We want to connect with our users in the easiest ways possible: – via social networks – email subscriptions – RSS feeds – our forum and are now making a dedicated web toolbar available to you. Why Should you Download the […]
Read More | ShareBing renews Search Deal with Twitter
Bing and Twitter have renewed their realtime search agreement which allows Bing to index Twitter data and Tweets into their search engine. In the past year, Twitter didn’t renew a similar agreement with Google, leaving Google to shut down their real time search engine. This is a good win for Bing, and you can now […]
Read More | ShareWork vs Play: Managing your Professional Image Online
Australians are working more than ever. With 24/7 access to the internet, we are increasingly bringing our work home by networking with colleagues and clients online. It doesn’t take much searching in the news to find stories of ordinary folk and those in the public eye losing their jobs over inappropriate posts on their social […]
Read More | ShareOfficial Twitter to Facebook Integration
For a long time now, there has been an official ‘Twitter’ app in Facebook that allowed you to distribute your Facebook status updates to your Twitter account. It seems the reverse has finally been done now. An official integration from Twitter to Facebook. You can setup your Tweets to automatically post to your Facebook account. […]
Read More | ShareVogue Twitter Treasure Hunt
Vogue Australia has developed an innovative Social Media campaign for tomorrow’s Vogue Fashion Night Out (Thursday, 8 September). Vogue will be holding a Twitter treasure hunt through Sydney CBD – people can get clues from Vogue’s Twitter (and Facebook page) about fashion stores they need to ‘hunt down’. There are 10 stores in total they […]
Read More | ShareSearch Engine News Launched
Hi All, I am happy to now announce that SocialMediaNews.com.au has a little baby brother – SearchEngineNews.com.au Over the past 18 months of writing about Social Media, I have consistently found how Search Engine Optimisation and Social Media Marketing go hand in hand. Search is now very much Social, in my opinion. After learning a […]
Read More | ShareEvent: Internet Show Sydney 2011
Sydney-siders, an event is coming up for you at the end of October – The Internet Show Sydney 2011 The Internet Show Sydney 2011 is the largest business related Internet Event/ Expo in Australia. This is a great opportunity to connect with other Internet enthusiasts and social media professionals. Date: 27 -28 October, 2011 Location: […]
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