What Is Wrong With The Official @TwitterAU Account?
Every month I report the latest Australian Social Media Statistics based on figures freely available and estimations I use on global data. When Twitter created an official Australian Twitter account – @TwitterAU – this was good news for many of us in the industry looking to find out more about how Twitter is actually going […]
Read More | ShareLinkedIn Reaches 4 Million Australian Members – But How Many Are Active?
LinkedIn has now reached the milestone of 4 million Australian members. It was only in March 2012 that we reported LinkedIn reached 3 million members - so over the last 12 months LinkedIn has added 1 million Australian’s, or about 83,000 news sign-ups per month – about 2700 a day. This is a rather impressive milestone […]
Read More | ShareSuccess Story: Man Finds Birth Mother Through Facebook Plea
I don’t know about you, but recently my Facebook feed has been filled with people sharing images of strangers holding hand written signs, looking for help in finding long lost loved ones or people from their past. It’s been a wonder to me if anyone had actually had any success in this research method, until […]
Read More | ShareHamilton Island To Launch Second Instameet Campaign
After the success of their first campaign, Hamilton Island has announced their plans for a second Instameet to be held from 17-19 May 2013. Earlier in the week, we saw Hamilton Island ambassadors – The Pilgramers release a new video with some behind the scenes footage from their first adventure. The May Instameet will see Instagrammers from the […]
Read More | ShareHashtags on Facebook
Facebook is rumoured to be currently working on a hashtag feature. Although the dominant feature of Twitter, hashtags are becoming a part of the Facebook culture with users tagging images and updates, both in connection to other social networking sites such as Instagram, and also ironically since hash tgas don’t work on Facebook (yet). Reported […]
Read More | SharePilgramers Release Another Video About Their Hamilton Island Instagram Adventures
The Pilgramers have released another video showing off their Hamilton Island adventures and also some words from the Hamilton Island marketing team themselves. The ever funny, Jody Johnston shows off our tropical paradise to his friends, fans and followers with his usual humourous and entertaining style. This whole campaign has been rather unique – focusing on visual imagery and […]
Read More | ShareEnough Is Enough – UK Boxer Tracks Down Twitter Troll
A cocky twitter troll has had a surprise visit from UK footballer turned boxer, Curtis Woodhouse, after the user, @Jimmyob88 reportedly verbally abused him over the loss of his English light welterweight crown. After being publically called a “complete disgrace” and “laughable joke”, Woodhouse decided to make the consequences of the trolls actions hit hard, […]
Read More | ShareIs This How Guys Will Use Google Glasses?
Google Glasses looks to be a new tech fad – but will it help pick up women? This video shows a ‘real life’ example of how these glasses can lead to success with the opposite sex. This seems incredibly accurate..
Read More | ShareYouth Use Social Media In Campaign To End Poverty
Around 1000 young ambassadors are using social media to create hype and participation in contributing towards the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger. Using Twitter and Facebook, the ambassadors are gaining celebrity and political attention, including comedians Wil Anderson, Arj Barker as well as Greens senator, Sarah Hanson-Young, former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. They are […]
Read More | ShareMark Zuckerberg Explains New Facebook News Feed
Mark Zuckerberg has explained Facebook’s plans to roll out a new, simplified news feed to users. As per Facebook’s general roll out procedures New Zealand will probably be the first country to have access to the new layout. See the below videos for more information: Facebook Press Event Facebook Promotional Video Goodbye Clutter. Want to […]
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