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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 SEO

on February 14, 2012 | Pinterest | Comments (6)
Pinterest SEO

So Pinterest is getting lots of hype in the social media community – I’ve been looking how we can use Pinterest for SEO. I have noticed Google has started indexing a lot of personal Pinterest profiles. If your profile is keyword rich this is going to help your page rank in search.

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LinkedIn reaches 150 Million Members

on February 10, 2012 | LinkedIn | Comments (0)
LinkedIn reaches 150 Million Members

LinkedIn has just announced their 4th Quarter Financial Results for 2011 and a number of other interesting facts about their social network: Site now has 150 million registered members Revenue for Q4 2011 was $167.7 million USD, up 105% from Q4 2010 Net income for Q4 2011 was $6.9 million USD For the full 2011 […]

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Video Blog: Social Media Weekly Recap 10-02-12

on February 10, 2012 | Video Blog | Comments (0)
Video Blog: Social Media Weekly Recap 10-02-12

Here is my latest video blog discussing the latest social media and technology news we have discussed over the past 2 weeks. Topics Discussed Facebook files for $5 Billion IPO Facebook – 845 Million Users Facebook – Zynga University of Newcastle – 6 Week Online e-Business Marketing Course What is Pinterest? Social Media Statistics Australia […]

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Surry Hills Social Media Meetup 09/02/12

Surry Hills Social Media Meetup 09/02/12

We had our Surry Hills Social Media meet-up last night, and all in all was a successful night meeting people in the social media/ digital media/ public relations space. I came away learning many new things about this dynamic industry. Thank you to everyone who came along and supported the event. I think in the […]

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Do Promoted Tweets work?

on February 9, 2012 | Twitter | Comments (0)
Do Promoted Tweets work?

Twitter has been hard at work developing their ad products and one of these is  Promoted Tweets. Over the last couple of week I have noticed this particular ad showing up in my Twitter feed: I am not sure why this particular ad is showing to me – I’ve never followed Zoosk or sent them […]

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Facebook – Zynga

on February 9, 2012 | Facebook Zynga | Comments (0)
Facebook - Zynga

Facebook has just made an amendment to their filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). More importantly it reveals there is much more than meets the eye between Facebook and Zynga. Here is a summary of the update: Facebook wants to help Zynga build their social gaming platform on-top of the Facebook platform […]

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4 Tips to a Successful Social Media Campaign

on February 8, 2012 | Marketing | Comments (2)
4 Tips to a Successful Social Media Campaign

One thing I have noticed with successful social media campaigns over the last year – is the impact ‘power users’ can have on generating the viral lift-off. We know not every social media campaign is going to be wildly successful, but it’s important to understand that you don’t need hundreds of tweets and likes for […]

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What is Pinterest?

on February 8, 2012 | Pinterest | Comments (1)
What is Pinterest?

A new social media website is taking the world by storm – http://pinterest.com/ According to Alexa.com Pinterest is currently the 110th most popular website in the world, with a but on your average weekday is around the 60th most popular website in the world – so it’s getting HUGE traffic, particularly in the USA. What […]

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Google Updates PageRank – February 7

on February 7, 2012 | PageRank | Comments (0)
Google Updates PageRank - February 7

Google has today updated their PageRank metric that is shown in the Google Toolbar. A number of my sites have moved up in rank, which is great. However the large amount of incoming links I have picked up for this site hasn’t made any change to my PageRank. I am still on PR4 which is […]

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Reminder: Online E-Business Marketing Course, UoN

on February 7, 2012 | Business | Comments (0)
Reminder: Online E-Business Marketing Course, UoN

Hello All, Just a reminder that the Online E-Business Marketing course by University of Newcastle, GradSchool is starting soon. The next intake starts 13 Feb and goes through to 23 March (6 week course). If you are looking to improve your online marketing skills this course will give you the tips and tactics, with the […]

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