Invisible Children fight to maintain new found visibility
74 million people have viewed the Kony 2012 campaign on YouTube, Facebook and other social media websites. For those of you who are living under a rock, Jason Russell travelled to Uganda and met a young man named Jacob. Jacob had been abducted by Joseph Kony a Ugandan rebel and was forced to become a […]
Read More | ShareGoogle+ Pages to get Google Analytics
Over the coming weeks it looks like tracking and measurement tools like Google Analytics will be added to the Google+ social network. This is a good move by Google to provider further tools to businesses using their social network and help them understand the impact Google+ has on their social media marketing. As I have […]
Read More | Share[POLL] Which Social Media site drives the most Traffic to your Website?
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Today we are conducting a poll to see which social networks are most successful at driving traffic to your website. Maybe have a look at your Google Analytics account and see which social media site refers the most traffic through to your website, clients site, or your blog. Every niche is different, some media sites may benefit […]
Read More | ShareInstagram for Android
Finally Instagram for Android is almost here. Co-Founder, Kevin Systrom has confirmed at SXSW that the Android version of their popular photo social network is almost here and in the Androir Marketplace (or Google Play as it has recently been re-branded). Systrom also went on to mention that Instagram has hit 27 million registered users and engagement levels […]
Read More | Share5 Tips to build up your Email List
One thing that is still very much relevant in today’s internet marketing is building a high quality email list. For a long time I wasn’t really interested in building my email list – I thought email marketing was a thing of the past and just concentrated on SEO and Social. How wrong I was. Looking at my […]
Read More | ShareGowalla officially shut down
Mobile geo-location app, Gowalla has now official shut down. We reported sometime ago that Facebook purchased Gowalla - mainly as a talent purchase. Gowalla staff members and CEO Josh Williams have been busy working on the new Facebook Places API. You can see the blog post from Facebook here, which goes on to explain that the API […]
Read More | ShareWhat the Facebook is Kony?
I was planning a quiet night in, then Kony happened. It started on my News Feed on my way to work this morning – ‘”Kony 2012 WATCH!”. I assumed it was a European DJ Set. It didn’t stop once I got in to the office – every colleague had something to say about this illusive […]
Read More | ShareWelcome to the 1K Club
Today marks kind of a special day for this blog. This will be the 1000th post on the site. I started this blog back in early 2010 and started posting articles in May 2010. Why did I start socialmedianews.com.au? Well there were a couple of reasons: 1. Social Media was starting to gain real traction […]
Read More | ShareKONY 2012 – what is it? It’s Viral Marketing
Yesterday my Facebook feed exploded with people sharing the KONY 2012 video, saying they were speechless, amazed, and that something must be done. But what the KONY 2012 video really is, is viral marketing taking on a new form. We’ve all encountered viral marketing before, usually a funny or gimmicky video or picture that you […]
Read More | ShareWhat is Kony 2012?
The social media scene has exploded through sharing information about the “Kony 2012” campaign, leading to the video going viral. Within hours of the YouTube video “Kony 2012” being uploaded by activist group Invisible Children, hundreds of thousands of people from across the world were sharing, tweeting and actively getting involved. The Kony 2012 campaign […]
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