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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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Pinterest Australia, Small Business Chat, Radio Interview [PODCAST]

on March 16, 2012 | Pinterest | Comments (0)
Pinterest Australia, Small Business Chat, Radio Interview [PODCAST]

Last week I had the opportunity to chat with Amanda Rose from Community Radio Station Alive 90.5 I was on to discuss with Amanda the rise of Pinterest in Australia. We all have to agree that Pinterest has got a lot of hype lately and not just in the US, but also Australia and worldwide. […]

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Nokia invites Aussies to ‘Step-Up and Dance’ with Timomatic

on March 16, 2012 | Nokia | Comments (0)
Nokia invites Aussies to 'Step-Up and Dance' with Timomatic

Nokia Australia has invited Australians to test our their dancing skills against a comupter generated ( Augmented Reality ) with Timomatic. This is to celebrate the launch of the new Nokia smartphone – the Lumia 800 The location was in Martin Place, Sydney. The new Lumia 800 has some great Microsoft and Nokia features bundled […]

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Spread.us – Social Content Distribution

on March 15, 2012 | Social Media | Comments (1)
Spread.us - Social Content Distribution

I have come across a new social application for publishers that helps push your content to the social web. The site is called spread.us and allows your followers and website readers automatically share to Facebook and Twitter your new content everytime you publish an article. The service has been around for over a year but […]

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Google rolls out new +1 Button

on March 15, 2012 | Google + | Comments (2)
Google rolls out new +1 Button

Do you have the Google +1 button on your blog or website? Google is rolling out a new design for the +1 button as they bring the design and layout inline with the newer style Google Plus logo. To explain simply, the new Google Plus logo has been for awhile this:     So now […]

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LinkedIn reaches 3 Million Australian Members

LinkedIn reaches 3 Million Australian Members

LinkedIn has just sent an email out to all their Australian members – letting us know that there are now 3 million Australian’s registered to LinkedIn. According to Google Adplanner, in February 2.2 million unique Australian visitors went to the LinkedIn site. So whilst LinkedIn has reached this 3 million milestone, how many are active […]

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Google+ Pages to get Google Analytics

on March 14, 2012 | Google + | Comments (4)
Google+ Pages to get Google Analytics

Over the coming weeks it looks like tracking and measurement tools like Google Analytics will be added to the Google+ social network. This is a good move by Google to provider further tools to businesses using their social network and help them understand the impact Google+ has on their social media marketing. As I have […]

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[POLL] Which Social Media site drives the most Traffic to your Website?

on March 13, 2012 | Social Media | Comments (0)
[POLL] Which Social Media site drives the most Traffic to your Website?

Today we are conducting a poll to see which social networks are most successful at driving traffic to your website. Maybe have a look at your Google Analytics account and see which social media site refers the most traffic through to your website, clients site, or your blog. Every niche is different, some media sites may benefit […]

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Instagram for Android

on March 13, 2012 | Instagram | Comments (0)
Instagram for Android

Finally Instagram for Android is almost here. Co-Founder, Kevin Systrom has confirmed at SXSW that the Android version of their popular photo social network is almost here and in the Androir Marketplace (or Google Play as it has recently been re-branded). Systrom also went on to mention that Instagram has hit 27 million registered users and engagement levels […]

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5 Tips to build up your Email List

on March 12, 2012 | E-mail | Comments (0)
5 Tips to build up your Email List

One thing that is still very much relevant in today’s internet marketing is building a high quality email list. For a long time I wasn’t really interested in building my email list – I thought email marketing was a thing of the past and just concentrated on SEO and Social. How wrong I was. Looking at my […]

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Gowalla officially shut down

on March 12, 2012 | Gowalla | Comments (0)
Gowalla officially shut down

Mobile geo-location app, Gowalla has now official shut down. We reported sometime ago that Facebook purchased Gowalla - mainly as a talent purchase. Gowalla staff members and CEO Josh Williams have been busy working on the new Facebook Places API. You can see the blog post from Facebook here, which goes on to explain that the API […]

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