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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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Facebook Australia chief Paul Borrud Resigns

on January 19, 2012 | Facebook | Comments (0)
Facebook Australia chief Paul Borrud Resigns

Paul Borrud has been the man in charge of leading the sales effort for Facebook in Australia and New Zealand since 2009. However, Mr Borrud has resigned from his post at Facebook, looking to spend more time with his family and personal quests. Originally Paul worked at Facebook for over 6 years and relocated from San […]

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Free Webinar Today – Online Marketing

on January 19, 2012 | Social Media | Comments (0)
Free Webinar Today - Online Marketing

The University of Newcastle is holding a free webinar today covering online marketing, email marketing, attracting new website visitors and social media. Start time: 12:30pm (AEST) End: 12:45pm Webinar Link: http://www.gradschool.com.au/are-you-keeping-up.html This webinar gives an introduction to the full E-Business Marketing course being offered. More details: http://bit.ly/tHOQpP

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University of Newcastle – 6 Week Online e-Business Marketing Course

on January 18, 2012 | Social Media | Comments (0)
University of Newcastle - 6 Week Online e-Business Marketing Course

University of Newcastle – 6 Week Online e-Business Marketing Course Conducting business online has never been so important, and people working in the online industry need to keep their skills and understanding up-to-date with the latest industry practices and guidelines. However, finding the time to undertake additional studies in conjunction with a busy work and […]

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Yahoo Co-Founder Jerry Yang Resigns

on January 18, 2012 | Yahoo | Comments (0)
Yahoo Co-Founder Jerry Yang Resigns

Yahoo has announced that Jerry Yang, one of the origional Co-Founders of Yahoo over 17 years ago has resigned from Yahoo’s board of directors. Yahoo recently appointed a new CEO, Scott Thompson who was previously President of Paypal. Jerry Yang co-founded Yahoo in 1994 with Stanford friend David Filo. According to Alexa.com Yahoo is the […]

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How to Build a High Quality Blog Readership

on January 17, 2012 | Blog | Comments (0)
How to Build a High Quality Blog Readership

Are you blogging for business? or personal reasons? Building a high quality readership is important whatever the case – you want your readers to be a valuable asset to your website. In fact many blogs have trouble sustaining a long term reader -  so today we will discuss some tips to help build a high […]

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How to Monitor your Online Reputation

on January 17, 2012 | Social Media | Comments (0)
How to Monitor your Online Reputation

Do you know what your customers are saying about your business and products? Fact is there may already be many people talking about your business on Social Networks and websites without your knowledge. Before you purchase a product or service, do you go online and look for peer reviews? I do. Therefore, it’s important to […]

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The Christmas Slowdown – Alexa Rank

on January 16, 2012 | Alexa | Comments (0)
The Christmas Slowdown - Alexa Rank

Is your business impacted by the Christmas slowdown? Mine is, and we are now starting to see things pick up. I noticed in December my Alexa Rank crashed. Considering I am overly obsessed with my Alexa Rank this did send alarm bells ringing. I was checking all my stats programs, yep Google Analytics down – […]

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Social Media – Viral Expansion [VIDEO]

on January 16, 2012 | Social Media | Comments (0)
Social Media - Viral Expansion [VIDEO]

This is a great video on how viral expansion of Social Media sites can generate huge money for the respective companies and shareholders. If you have a website these days, with lots of users coming back time and time again, just the user numbers alone (ie data) make this a valuable web property.

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Facebook changes Homepage to promote Timeline

on January 16, 2012 | Facebook | Comments (0)
Facebook changes Homepage to promote Timeline

Facebook has updated their homepage (and also logout page) with a new style to promote the Timeline profile layout. Specifically, Facebook has emedded the promotional Timeline video on the homepage, and also a link to information on the new profile design. This is a rather ‘personal’ video, Facebook knows there is a big 2012 ahead […]

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Facebook launches Listen With

on January 13, 2012 | Facebook | Comments (0)
Facebook launches Listen With

Facebook has launched a new feature where you can listen to music (live) with your Facebook friends. This needs to be done by a Facebook music service application, eg Spotify, Rdio and plenty others. To listen to music with a friend, open up your Chat and look for the music symbol – this shows people […]

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