Category: Twitter
Sydney Twestival 2011 coming soon – 24 March
Sydney Twestival is coming up next week in an effort to support Redkite charity. Twestival (or Twitter-Festival) are offline events organised via Social Media (generally Twitter) in an effort to support a cause or charity. This trend is becoming increasingly popular and again this year Sydney Twestival will take place. Here is the event info: […]
Read More | ShareBooty Appreciation Day, mmmm ok.
I don’t normally write articles of this nature, but today on Twitter a trending topic emerged that is close to my heart. The topic trending the most on 8/03/11 is #bootyappreciationday Do you know someone with a great booty? Let them know how good it is today. Do you have a great booty? Well let […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Statistics Australia – January 2011
With Australia day over lets look at the Social Media Statistics across Australia for January 2011 – which sites are most popular? what is the trend? and can we see any new trends/ players in the Australian market? I think the most important stat to note is the number of Unique Australian Visitors (UAVs) per […]
Read More | ShareBest Techniques to Maximise Social Media Content Sharing
If you are looking to get your content shared on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter take note of these techniques to encourage social sharing. Firstly make sure you blog posts have short concise headings, keyword rich articles and stimulating material for the user to read. Twitter – Do short tweets so people can […]
Read More | ShareTwitter and Tumblr raise VC funding
Twitter and Tumblr have both recently secure additional venture capitalist funding from Silicon Valley VC firms. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has put in around $200 million to Twitter giving the company a valuation of around $3.7 Billion. Spark Capital, Sequoia Capital, and Union Square Ventures have reportedly put in $30 million to Tumblr. This […]
Read More | ShareTwitter endorsements to start in Australia
Keep an eye out for Celebrity Twitter endorsements to start appearing from Australian celebrities. In the USA particularly big companies such as Microsoft, Sony, American Airlines, Toyota and AT&T are sponsoring celebrity tweets. Basically the companies will pay the celebrities to tweet about their products. Some celebrities have hundreds of thousands or millions of followers […]
Read More | ShareBlackout sends Politicians to Social Media
For all those following the federal election via social media and Twitter do make sure you check out www.election.ly before its all over. As you may well know, the advertising blackout kicked in last night (thank goodness!) and now: 1. Tony Abbott has tweeted for first time in over a month (twice in 17hrs) 2. […]
Read More | ShareTwitter Web Application Tracks 2010 Election Voting Intentions In Real Time
We received a tip today on a new Twitter tracking application tool that is collating all the Tweets about the Australian 2010 Federal Election. AUG 2010: A new web application, Election.ly, from PeopleBrowsr, has launched today converting twitter conversations into real time, quantitative data about voting intentions for the upcoming Federal Election. Candidates used to […]
Read More | ShareParody Twitter Movie Trailer OUT!
Check out this Twitter parody that has been created. very funny. description from the Youtube page: If Hollywood can make an overly dramatic film about the early years of Facebook, why can’t we make an overly dramatic movie about Twitter? Or at least the trailer to that movie! Check out the exclusive (parody) trailer for […]
Read More | ShareTwitter launches their own official Tweet button
Twitter has launched their own official Tweet button, similar to TweetMeme. When you click on the Tweet Button, a Tweet box will appear that is pre-populated with a shortened link that points to the content you are sharing. TweetMeme who is currently seeing more than 750 million retweets every day has said they will be […]
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