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
How is Foursquare going in Sydney?
It’s been a little while since we have spoken about how Foursquare is going in Sydney and around Australia. Foursquare seemed to really take off in Australia throughout 2010, now we are not hearing all that much about the Geolocation Service. There is no doubt in America usage is still strong, especially as Media Companies […]
Read More | ShareLinkedIn Tips for Increased Contact
LinkedIn is one of the most popular Social Networks in Australia, but let’s look at some way to increase the amount of LinkedIn contact you are receiving. If you are looking to grow you business – LinkedIn is a must, but often people sign up and are not entirely sure how to tackle this sort […]
Read More | ShareHow Little Blogs Become Big
So you have a small blog, and one day dream that you could be a large media conglomerate dominating your particular industry. Yep. So the question is, how do ‘little blogs’ become big? I’ve always taken the approach of one day at a time – every day you work on your blog it gets that […]
Read More | ShareApple App Store hits 500,000 Applications
There are several reports floating around that the Apple iOS App Store has now approved over 500,000 Applications for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices. This is a great milestone by Apple but I am going to come forward and say the quality of applications does seem to be degrading. Now when sifting through the […]
Read More | ShareWordPress releases Version 3.1.3 – Security Updates
WordPress has released version 3.1.3 of their popular open source Blogging platform. A number of Security Updates are included such as: – Security and Taxonomy hardening – Enhancements to stop username sniffing – Media Library Bug fixes and updates – Improved File uploading security on Low Security Web Hosting Accounts – Cleans up Old Import […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Australia Infograph
So the question for today – is how many people in Australia are actually on Facebook? I will soon be collating my monthly statistics for all major social media sites in Australia, but I wanted to just look at solely Facebook today. Yesterday I was chatting to Craig Kirkwood from Fearless Media, and Social Media […]
Read More | ShareAutomating your Social Media Updates
These days we are always looking for new ways to make our working day more efficient and this often means using technology to ‘automate’ as many tasks as possible. In the Social Media world there are many free tools we can use to automatically update our social networking accounts when we publish new content to […]
Read More | ShareLinkedIn IPO, What Happened?!
LinkedIn yesterday had their initial public offering with shares initially being sold by LinkedIn shareholders to the open market for around $45 USD each. Morgan Stanley and Bank of America were LinkedIn’s underwriters whom managed the deal. It seems they have underpriced the stock considerably as LinkedIn shares are now trading above $80 USD a […]
Read More | ShareMobile Browser Market Share, Australia, May 2011
I was having a look today at the market shares for the various Mobile Browsers being used in Australia. The results are interesting, although somewhat fairly expected in my opinion. The iPhone (and iPod touch lead the way with a huge market share). This simply equates to such a easy to use and inviting interface, […]
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Tips to grow your Blog Readership
So you have a blog and enjoy posting articles on a frequent basis – but how can you leverage the power of Social Media to get more readers and traffic to your website? Position yourself as a subject matter expert There is no doubt the internet has changed the way we go about our shopping. […]
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