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
Mark Zuckerberg Stars In New Facebook Home Ad [VIDEO]
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Facebook Home is now available on Android devices via Google Play, and initially the reviews were not that great but now the app is sitting right in the middle with 2.5 stars. Google Play gives us an indication there has been between 100,000 – 500,000 downloads already since April 12. What is even more cool, […]
Read More | ShareInstagram Music Video – Selfies, Hashtags, Duck Faces
Are you one of those people that takes endless Instagram selfies, and then uses the maximum amount of hashtags to get likes? Well I’m definitely not one of those people (kinda). But if you are, that’s OK. You are not alone. I was sent this funny video produced by Yeahfilms.tv and I think may Instagram users will be […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Starts Surveying Australian Users
Facebook has started surveying Australian users to get some feedback on the general experiences and how we feel about the functionality on the site. It’s clear from the questions that Facebook wants to check how we feel about the news feed, reliability of the site, and how advertisers ads are making their way into the […]
Read More | ShareTaking A Leaf From Twitter – Vine Finally Adds Trending Hashtags
Twitter’s Social video sharing app, Vine has finally made the update many have been waiting for – the inclusion of trending hashtags, as mentioned in their latest blog post. The application has an explore tab, similar to how Instagram shows off their most popular content – however many users have been wondering why Twitter hasn’t […]
Read More | ShareMark Zuckerberg Reveals Facebook Home on Android [VIDEO]
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Mark Zuckerberg and the team at Facebook have built a modified version of Android, so users can have Facebook’s social functions to built into the Android home screen. This new product is called Facebook Home. This means that your Android home screen basically becomes your newsfeed. Users will be able to Like and Comment straight […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Statistics Australia – March 2013
Today is Easter Monday and whilst a public holiday time to post our monthly stats for March. We are starting to get to a point in Australia where social media growth is slowing and for some sites, static. We see larger sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and blogging platforms driving much of the engagement. […]
Read More | ShareSnapchat, Sexting Tool or Photo Phenomenon?
In case you are not aware, Snapchat is a new iOS and Android app that allows users to send photos among their contacts, which automatically delete after a short period of time (between 1 – 10 seconds). If the recipient takes a screenshot of the photo before it deletes, the send is notified, sometimes. The app […]
Read More | ShareWhat Is Wrong With The Official @TwitterAU Account?
Every month I report the latest Australian Social Media Statistics based on figures freely available and estimations I use on global data. When Twitter created an official Australian Twitter account – @TwitterAU – this was good news for many of us in the industry looking to find out more about how Twitter is actually going […]
Read More | ShareLinkedIn Reaches 4 Million Australian Members – But How Many Are Active?
LinkedIn has now reached the milestone of 4 million Australian members. It was only in March 2012 that we reported LinkedIn reached 3 million members - so over the last 12 months LinkedIn has added 1 million Australian’s, or about 83,000 news sign-ups per month – about 2700 a day. This is a rather impressive milestone […]
Read More | ShareHamilton Island To Launch Second Instameet Campaign
After the success of their first campaign, Hamilton Island has announced their plans for a second Instameet to be held from 17-19 May 2013. Earlier in the week, we saw Hamilton Island ambassadors – The Pilgramers release a new video with some behind the scenes footage from their first adventure. The May Instameet will see Instagrammers from the […]
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