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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

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Making your Like-Gate most Cost Effective

on April 19, 2012 | Facebook | Comments (2)
Making your Like-Gate most Cost Effective

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 […]

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Social Media Cowboys

on April 18, 2012 | Social Media | Comments (3)
Social Media Cowboys

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 […]

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Get your CEO on Twitter

on April 17, 2012 | Twitter | Comments (2)
Get your CEO on Twitter

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 […]

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Social Media Job Board

on April 17, 2012 | Social Media | Comments (0)
Social Media Job Board

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: https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/jobs/ If you are an employer and […]

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Sell your Content for the Price of a Tweet

on April 16, 2012 | Social Media | Comments (1)
Sell your Content for the Price of a Tweet

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 […]

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Google Plus hits 2.2 Million Australian Users

on April 13, 2012 | Google Plus | Comments (0)
Google Plus hits 2.2 Million Australian Users

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 […]

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Australian Social Media Conversation: Climate Change [INFOGRAPHIC]

on April 12, 2012 | Australia | Comments (0)
Australian Social Media Conversation: Climate Change [INFOGRAPHIC]

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 […]

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EVENT: Australian Government Social Media Toolkit, April 17-18, Canberra

EVENT: Australian Government Social Media Toolkit, April 17-18, Canberra

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 […]

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Facebook to buy Instagram for $1 Billion

Facebook to buy Instagram for $1 Billion

Mark Zuckerberg has just announced that Facebook will be purchasing photo social network, Instragram for $1 billion USD. This looks to be a talent purchase, but Facebook is going to continue running the Instagram service and will still allow users to post photos to the other social networks like Twitter, Flickr etc. Instagram has 10 […]

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KONY 2012 Video – Part 2

KONY 2012 Video - Part 2

Here is the 2nd Video for the Kony 2012 campaign. The Invisible Children activist group goes on to show us how successful the first video was – and how much this has grown their organisation and support for the removal of the LRA. We also see further promotion for “Cover the night” on April 20, […]

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