Category: Social Media
How to Avoid the Social Media Catch-22

One of the most frustrating moments for a marketers is being asked the question: ‘so why isn’t this social media thing working?’ from a company stakeholder. Companies hear the social media hype and want to see a return on investment. After trying social media, many companies and businesses wondering what all the hype is about. […]
Read More | Share5 Business Facebook Tips

Here are 5 tips most businesses can use to maximise their Facebook experience. 1. Create A Facebook Fan Page Having a fan page is another portal for your visitors to get information on your business/service/product. You can add applications, newsletters, photos, events and promote them to your network on Facebook. When someone becomes a fan […]
Read More | Share22% of Time Online Spent With Social Media

Over the last year, the rise of social media has grown at record speed. And.. Australia still holds the number 1 spot of time spent on social media sites. Other stats worth noting: – average US worker spends almost 5.5 hours a month visiting social network sites from the office, either as personal or business […]
Read More | ShareMicrosoft’s Head Of Sales Blames Social Media site for Low Online Ad Prices

Keith Lorizio head of Microsoft’s US sales has said that Facebook and other social networks are driving down the price of online ads, particularly on a Cost Per 1000 impressions basis. Social networks generally have high user usage and therefore a much larger number of page views to regular sites. These social media sites have […]
Read More | ShareBarbie Joins Foursquare as Celebrity Guest

Barbie doll has joined Foursquare (and also Twitter) so promote the new Video Girl ambition Barbie. This new Barbie will be able to record video which you can download and edit on your computer + all the original things Barbie can do. Barbie will be a celebrity Foursquare user to entice location-based scavenger hunts. These […]
Read More | ShareHow to Build Relationships Beyond Social Media

With the rise of social media is has become easier for us to all exchange information and network online. Once initial contact has been made how do you keep the dialogue flowing? We need to gain control off social media sites and entice our prospects to interact with us in different ways. Here are 3 […]
Read More | ShareAustralian Businesses Using Social Media to gain new Customers and Clients

Social networking has proven its success around the world in being a useful marketing tool for businesses and organisations. Australian internet users are also some of the highest users of social meida – we actually top the ranks globally in time spent on social media sites at around 8 hours per month for an average […]
Read More | ShareUser Donations helping Reddit

Social Bookmarking Service, Reddit, has been in a spot of financial troubles lately and they asked their users if they could support the site with contributions. This has been a success with Reddit after about 6000 members donated to their cause. The donations will goto employing new staff and keeping the service reliable and online. […]
Read More | ShareFree Social Media Marketing Campaign by SocialMediaNews.com.au

The team at SocialMediaNews.com.au is proud to announce an additional new service offering being launched – Free Social Media Marketing Campaigns for Australian business, organisations, companies, government department, educational institutions, charities, not-for-profits and so on. The service is also available for select international businesses. If you don’t know where to start or don’t have the […]
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7 Free ways to Build your Online Brand
These days it is much easier for individuals to build and promote the personal brands for free, you don’t need to write a book or become a famous public figure. Using the internet and various social media tools you can build your online presence for free, and should one day you be looking for a […]
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