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
Facebook 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 […]
Read More | ShareVideo 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 […]
Read More | ShareSurry 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 […]
Read More | ShareDo 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 […]
Read More | ShareFacebook – 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 […]
Read More | Share4 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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