Category: Australia
Can Social Media Predict The Election Result?
That is the big question everyone is asking. Both sides have been working tirelessly on getting their social media followers to Like, Comment on and Share their latest political messages. We have seen the Facebook pages for both Liberal and Labor explode over the past month. Just going on the Facebook comments and Tweets there […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Statistics Australia – July 2013
It is the first day of the month and that means today we post our monthly report showing Social Media Growth in Australia over July 2013. You can view last months report here if you want to see the figures for June. July 2013 Stats: (Please note all stats represent the Unique Australian Visitors to the […]
Read More | ShareHamilton Island Proves Social Media’s Positive Effect on Travel Desires
Hamilton Island’s Ultimate Instameet social media campaigns have proven to be the Island’s most successful standalone PR activity to date, according to new results released today. Following the inaugural Instameet, Hamilton Island witnessed $2million room revenue growth over the campaign period, compared to the same time last year, as well as a nine per cent […]
Read More | ShareLocal Newcastle Girl Visits Gold Coast Club, Risky Picture Goes Viral, Ends In Disaster
Warning: This story certainly shows the darker side of social media and the contents are of sensitive nature. So last night as I was relaxing at home, flicking through my Facebook newsfeed – I noticed one particular post getting a lot of attention and commentary. Looking a little closer I saw this was indeed a […]
Read More | ShareOverly Sexual Roxy Ad Causes Social Media Stir
Australian women’s surfwear brand Roxy has been slammed on social media for using an overly sexual advertising promotion for their latest pro surfing contest – the Pro Biarritz 2013 in Biarritz, France. The video shows an attractive female surfer (presumed to be five-time world champion - Stephanie Gilmore) waking up in the morning, putting on a white shirt, […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Statistics Australia – June 2013
Today we post our montly report, showing the most popular social networks in Australia over the month of June 2013. You can see our report from May which has a number of interesting insights and commentary from last month. June 2013 stats: (Please note the numbers below are the number of Unique Australian Visitors to […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Statistics Australia – May 2013
It is time to report our latest social media stats update for May 2013. Social Media growth in Australia has pretty much halted for the main social networks, but we are still interested in checking every month if there has been a gain or loss in user numbers. You can check out our report from […]
Read More | ShareHamilton Island Reveals New Celebrity Ambassadors For Their 2nd Instameet: Return2Paradise
Hamilton Island enjoyed a great first ‘Instameet’ campaign with the popular Instagram users – the Pilgramers, coming out from the USA to enjoy our tropical paradise. Now Hamilton Island has secured a new lineup of talent to be ambassadors for its second Ultimate Instameet: Return2Paradise from 17-19 May. The who’s who list of Australian fashion, business, […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Statistics Australia – April 2013
Another month has flown by and it is now time to report our Australian Social Media statistics for April 2013. As I have mentioned in the past, social media growth in Australia has slowed right up. The larger networks are now reaching saturation point and not growing like we saw in 2010 and 2011. In […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Statistics Australia – March 2013
Today is Easter Monday and whilst a public holiday time to post our monthly stats for March. We are starting to get to a point in Australia where social media growth is slowing and for some sites, static. We see larger sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and blogging platforms driving much of the engagement. […]
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