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
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 […]
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 […]
Read More | ShareWhat 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 […]
Read More | ShareGoogle 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 […]
Read More | ShareReminder: 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 […]
Read More | ShareSEO – White Hat – Grey Hat – Black Hat
In the SEO world, you may often hear the terms: White Hat Grey Hat Black Hat But what exactly does this mean? White Hat SEO White Hat SEO refers to legitimate and ‘proper’ ways to search engine optomise your website. This is ethical SEO and utilises tactics allowed by the search engines such as: Internal […]
Read More | ShareEvent: Social Media Marketing in Tertiary Education, Melbourne, Feb 22-23
Criterion Conferences has organised an interesting Social Media Event in Melbourne: Measuring and Optimising Social Media Marketing in Tertiary Education. The conference looks at several aspects of social media promotion: 1. Driving student recruitment through your social media strategy 2. Using social media as a customer service tool 3. How to handle negative comments on […]
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