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
Pinterest Statistics Australia
With so much talk about Pinterest lately, I thought it would be a good idea to compile the Pinterest statistics for Australian users. Pinterest in Australia – February 2012 Unique Australian Visitors (UAVs) to the site – 160,000 per month Page Views – 8.9 million per month Total Visits – 970,000 per month Average Time […]
Read More | ShareEVENT: Surry Hills Social Media meet-up, March 8
Hi All, Giving you as much notice as possible here. Please see below details for our next Surry Hills Social Media meet-up. Date: Thursday 8 March Where: The Beresford Hotel Address: 354 Bourke Street, Surry Hills – 2010 Time: 6:15pm onwards Google Map View Larger MapWant to come along? You are most welcome. Please […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Bio: Views are my own
One area of social media that has always intrigued me is when people write: Views are my own on their social media profiles. This is most commonly seen in Twitter bios. Social Media does bring several legal considerations to our use of such sites. For example if someone posts content on Twitter than infringes on […]
Read More | ShareRunning a Facebook Competition
So you have a Facebook page but not much is happening? Not getting many new fans? No-one commenting on your updates? Join the club! One of the best ways to get more Likes on Facebook is to run a competition. Give your readers a reason to Like you! Facebook has pretty strict terms and conditions […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Mobile Advertising
Many people have said that Facebook missed out on Mobile Advertising and harnessing the power of their mobile users. According to their SEC filing, Facebook has 425 million active monthly mobile users. Do remember Facebook Deals and Facebook Places? We wrote previously about Facebook Deals coming to Australia but only a handful of large companies […]
Read More | ShareFacebook to launch Verified Accounts
Similar to Twitter and Google Plus, Facebook is going to be launched Verified Accounts to users with a large number of subscribers. Whilst Verified Facebook accounts will not get a special badge on the profile, they will show more often as a Suggested Subscription: http://www.facebook.com/subscriptions/suggestions/ – obviously getting special prominence in Facebook’s edgerank algorithm. A […]
Read More | ShareGoogle+ shoving Instant Upload on us?
Google has rolled out an update to their Google Plus iPhone application, very prominently trying to get users to turn on Instant Upload. What is Instant Upload? Every time you take a photo or video on your phone this will be automatically uploaded to your Google Plus account when you open the Google+ app. Thankfully […]
Read More | ShareGoogle SEO Overview
So you want to rank high in Google but don’t want to sift through countless articles on Google SEO, or pay someone to do the work for you. No worries, we will give you an overview of how any small business can work on their Google ranking and aiming for page 1. It’s firstly important […]
Read More | SharePinterest 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.
Read More | ShareLinkedIn 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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