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David Correll

Editor and Founder of SocialMediaNews.com.au. I also run a Social Media Agency where I do consulting work and Social Media Management. Connect with me: Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook or contact me here. Alternatively, you can send me an email at david@socialmedianews.com.au

MySpace to Update User Profiles

David Correll on July 16, 2010 | MySpace | Comments (0)

MySpace is testing a completely redesigned version of its user profile pages. MySpace’s vice president of online marketing, Sean Percival tweeted about the site redesign. Some of the updates include: – A new left-hand navigation menu: Profile navigation has been aligned into the left hand navigation menu below the profile picture. – More focus on […]

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Barbie Joins Foursquare as Celebrity Guest

Barbie doll has joined Foursquare (and also Twitter) so promote the new Video Girl ambition Barbie. This new Barbie will be able to record video which you can download and edit on your computer + all the original things Barbie can do. Barbie will be a celebrity Foursquare user to entice location-based scavenger hunts. These […]

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Facebook close to announcing 500 Million members

David Correll on July 16, 2010 | Facebook | Comments (0)

Facebook is close to announcing that they have hit 500 million users. This milestone will really highlight its status as one of the webs biggest and most influential companies. The upcoming movie on Facebook, The Social Network has the tagline ‘500 million friends’ so it seems everything is well timed. Due to this big event, […]

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Full-length Trailer for Facebook movie, ‘The Social Network’ [VIDEO]

David Correll on July 16, 2010 | Facebook Yahoo | Comments (1)

Yahoo! Movies released the first full-length trailer for David Fincher’s ‘The Social Network’ I can’t wait to watch this movie! If you may not be aware the movies closely follows the book The Accidental Billionaires which is based upon the rise of Facebook. The music on the clip is a cover of Radiohead’s ‘Creep’ by […]

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Q2 2010 Google Revenues

David Correll on July 16, 2010 | Google | Comments (0)

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 […]

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How to Build Relationships Beyond Social Media

David Correll on July 16, 2010 | Social Media | Comments (0)

With the rise of social media is has become easier for us to all exchange information and network online. Once initial contact has been made how do you keep the dialogue flowing? We need to gain control off social media sites and entice our prospects to interact with us in different ways. Here are 3 […]

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7 Free ways to Build your Online Brand

David Correll on July 16, 2010 | Social Media | Comments (0)

These days it is much easier for individuals to build and promote the personal brands for free, you don’t need to write a book or become a famous public figure. Using the internet and various social media tools you can build your online presence for free, and should one day you be looking for a […]

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Twitter is the Number 2 Search Engine

David Correll on July 16, 2010 | Twitter | Comments (2)

Biz Stone, Twitter Co-Founder has recently commented that Twitter search queries are up 33% in a month. Looking at data from Searchengineland Twitter is now the number 2 queried search engine on the internet. Twitter does 18 billion searches a month, working off the 600 million per day figure? The figure is now closer to […]

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Best 10 ways to Thank your Twitter Followers

David Correll on July 16, 2010 | Twitter | Comments (0)

Often on Twitter you may get someone Re-Tweeting your update, but saying back to them ‘Thanks for the RT!’ does look a little tacky. @mentions Thanks! @mentions Thanks for the RT! It’s a pretty dull and boring way to communicate over Twitter. There are better ways to show your gratitude when someone re-tweets one of […]

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David Letterman – Top 10 Signs You’ve Purchased a Bad iPhone 4 [VIDEO]

David Correll on July 15, 2010 | iPhone | Comments (0)

If you like watching late night TV you may have seen this clip on the Dave Letterman show about the new iPhone 4. The iPhone sure does seem to be copying some heat about the reception issue experienced by customers. Apple is actually holding a press conference on Friday – we don’t know exactly what […]

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