Social Media Cowboys
So… you are working in the Social Media industry, and loving it. You are now a consultant, thanks to your strong personality and sales skills – you have a number of clients that pay you a monthly retainer to do their social media marketing and management. You come across as a real business leader, you […]
Read More | ShareGet your CEO on Twitter
So your business is already using social media as a Marketing and Customer Service tool? Great. I have been looking at ways to differentiate your social media plan from the norm and offer your users and followers something different. Many of us want to see company heads on social media sites and interacting with everyday […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Job Board
Hello All, We wanted to give you some news about a recent site update. We have created a job section / job board on the site for Social Media Jobs around Australia. If you are looking for a career or job in Social Media, search for jobs here: https://www.socialmedianews.com.au/jobs/ If you are an employer and […]
Read More | ShareSell your Content for the Price of a Tweet
I came across a great new tool that lets you sell content for the Price of a Tweet or Facebook Share. We all know how much traffic Twitter and Facebook can bring to your site, not to mention the SEO benefits social sharing now has on your search engine ranking. This new product – http://paywithatweet.com lets […]
Read More | ShareGoogle Plus hits 2.2 Million Australian Users
According to recent numbers by Google, their social network Google+ has now reached 170 million users globally. This includes users on their social networking site as well as Google Account holders using the +1 button across various Google properties. Yesterday Google also released a whole new design and look and feel to their social networking […]
Read More | ShareAustralian Social Media Conversation: Climate Change [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Tweet Today the Federal Government is expected to release more details about their Carbon Pricing scheme and this brings the climate change debate to the table once again. On Social Media sites – as Australia’s we have been discussing climate change for sometime. Social Marketers 1000 Heads have done some further research into how we are discussing […]
Read More | ShareEVENT: Australian Government Social Media Toolkit, April 17-18, Canberra
In Australia we have seen the Government embrace new online tools and social media platforms. In fact many government departments are using Twitter and Facebook for reaching out to Australia’s online audiences, and then using Google Analytics to track website metrics. Ark Group is holding an event in Canberra next week (17-18 April): Australian Government Social […]
Read More | ShareSamantha Brick stares in to mirror of Social Media society
Samantha Brick is probably still in tears following the Social Media backlash of her ill-fated manifesto ‘There are downsides to looking this pretty’: why women hate me for being beautiful’ published by the Daily Mail. The article discussed the adversity she’d faced being pigeonholed as a ‘pretty face’ which made her a gift to men […]
Read More | ShareKony Part II: Beyond Famous – and beyond our help
Just a few short weeks ago, what seemed like the entire Western world was talking about Kony 2012. In Australia, television stations took full advantage of the phenomenon – one channel even aired the movie in full. It was all my friends – on Facebook and in real life – were talking about. This was […]
Read More | ShareFacebook to buy Instagram for $1 Billion
Mark Zuckerberg has just announced that Facebook will be purchasing photo social network, Instragram for $1 billion USD. This looks to be a talent purchase, but Facebook is going to continue running the Instagram service and will still allow users to post photos to the other social networks like Twitter, Flickr etc. Instagram has 10 […]
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