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
Social Media Optimisation
Today I was doing some work for a client and I wanted to look over how to optimise your Social Media Profiles. Social Media Optimisation – the term is fairly self-explanatory. How can we optimise and improve our Social Media profiles to gain even more social traffic? which we can then refer onto our website […]
Read More | ShareFriday Follow – 19 August
TFIG! It’s that time of the week again for our Friday Follow. Commonly hash-tagged on Twitter as: #fridayfollow #followfriday #FF We look at cool people in the Australian Twitter-sphere whom deserve a shout out. Here is our list for this week: @elliot_mist @Patrick_Davey @Local Tag @Pete Nicholls If you think you are exceptionally cool and […]
Read More | ShareFoursquare now lets you check-in to Events
Foursquare has updated their system to allow users to now check-in to major events. Often you will goto the movies and check-in and type in what movie you are seeing, or you may check-in to a park with 50 other people, why? because you are at a big music festival. But if you didn’t know […]
Read More | SharePage rank Vs Alexa Rank
If you are a webmaster, what is more important to you – a good Google Page Rank or Alexa Rank? Page Rank depends on the level of incoming links your site has, where as your Alexa rank is determined by the amount of traffic you are getting (from users with the Alexa toolbar installed). Google […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Deals come to Australia
Facebook Deals have come to Australia and Commonwealth Bank, KFC, 7 Eleven, and Westfield are the first major brands to offer deals. With these deals you generally need to Check-in via Facebook places to the appropriate venue, then you are eligible for a special Facebook Deal. Getting Setup Firstly you want to make sure your Facebook is […]
Read More | ShareFriday Follow – August 12
Every Friday we are of course, going to be part of the #fridayfollow Twitter initiative. Alternatively, sometimes people tag their tweets #followfriday or #FF We all know what it means – Friday Follow This Friday I’ll be doing a shout out to the authors and contributors of this site! 🙂 Clare Crook – @clarecrook Alushka […]
Read More | ShareAlexa Rank Train
Here we go, another post about Alexa. Why? Well I just seem to be overly obsessed about achieving an Alexa rank under 100k. In the Social Media world you often hear the word train. But no we are not referring about transportation – we are referring to community, a community that is active, participating and […]
Read More | ShareFoursquare makes Business Pages Self-Serve
Previously if you were a business and you wanted your own page on Foursquare (similar to a Facebook fan page) you specifically had to contact Foursquare and get access, which was a lengthy process usually only reserved for large brands. Foursquare have now opened up their API and you are able to goto the Foursquare […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Messenger App to replace SMS?
Facebook has released a new iPhone and Android application in the US – Facebook Messenger, that has the potential to replace SMS. The application will allow you to message any of your Facebook friends, like you would an SMS, except there are no carrier/ telco charges as the messages are sent over the internet. I […]
Read More | ShareTwitter Picture upload Feature released
Twitter has released a new feature to their site that allows users to upload pictures and photos directly to Twitter, which are then attached to a status update. The service is actually hosted by Photobucket, and no doubt there is an interesting commercial arrangement behind the deal, but no details have been disclosed yet. Twitter […]
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