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
Telstra and BlackBerry Integrate Billing
In an interesting move that has been rolled out today – BlackBerry users on Telstra no longer have to setup payment details with Research In Motion (RIM) for purchasing games and applications in the BlackBerry App World. Instead BlackBerry users can get all their app purchases added directly onto their monthly Telstra bill. This is […]
Read More | ShareGoogle+ Competition Fail
We recently reported that competitions were not allowed on the Google+ social network. We thought this was a little strange as both Facebook and Twitter have a lot of competition activity and surely Google want to compete in attracting users this way. So Android (Google owned mobile operating system software) is holding a competition on […]
Read More | ShareiOS 5.0.1 update released
Apple has now released iOS update 5.0.1 This fixes a number of bugs, but most importantly for Australian users: – battery draining problems – better voice recognition for an Australian accent. I’m hoping it also fixes the SOS only problem many of us have been experiencing, but I can’t find much information on this. This […]
Read More | ShareAbove the Fold
Often in online marketing you may hear the term – above the fold, but what does it actually mean? Good question. Definition – Above the fold: the content shown to a user when they view your webpage, without scrolling down the page. So generally this would be the header of your site and some space […]
Read More | ShareTwitter Activity Feed
Twitter has created a new section on their website, showing the activity and actions that the people whom you follow are taking. This is done via a Tab inside Twitter, next to other tabs like timeline, @ mentions, searches, lists – and the tab is simply called Activity. It looks to have replaced the ReTweets […]
Read More | ShareBlog Monetisation Strategies
I’ve been looking lately at the best ways to monetise your blogs. Blogging is a great business tool where you can gain a significant following and readership – the hard part is always earning money from your blog. When blogging first start people thought you just create a blog, get readers and slap on some […]
Read More | SharePersonal Branding Considerations
When you are branding yourself online through social media or other digital channels – there are a number of considerations you should think about when posting content, pictures, videos and so on. Fact is that using social media channels to create your personal brand and online identity can be very effective, but we want to […]
Read More | ShareHow to write a quality Twitter Bio
There is no doubt Twitter is a powerful business social network, and with it’s close integration with LinkedIn I really find Twitter a useful marketing tool and information source. Fact is this site gets a fair proportion of monthly traffic from my Twitter profile. So what is the best way we can optimise our Twitter […]
Read More | ShareCompetitions not Allowed on Google+
Now that Google+ has launched business pages, and many brands are getting onboard – we look at the best ways to utilise this new social network. On Facebook many companies like to run competitions or deals on their Fanpages and this has worked well. Part of the Facebook Terms of Service is that any competitions […]
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Thank your Blog commenters
Blog commenting is an important aspect in determining how active your blog is, and how well you are engaging your visitors. Over the past couple of years as blogging has become so popular and with so many blogs now, many have speculated that blog commenting is dead. Whilst I don’t necessarily believe this it is […]
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