Censorship – How far is too far?
I’m certain many of you would be aware of the controversy in recent months surrounding the plight to legislate internet censorship laws, in particular SOPA and PIPA in the US. For those that don’t know, SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act) were bills that were introduced into the House of Representatives […]
Read More | ShareHow to get more Pinterest Followers
So we are all hearing about the latest crazy in the social media world, Pinterest. This new pinboard social network is getting a lot of media coverage and businesses are flocking to the site looking for new ways to market themselves and their products/ services. Many of now want more followers! This article will give […]
Read More | ShareVideo Blog: Social Media Weekly Recap 23-02-12
Here is my latest Video blog discussing the latest social media news over the past 2 weeks. Thanks for watching! Topics Discussed Top 10 Australian Google+ Pages Facebook Australia 2012 [INFOGRAPHIC] Pinterest Statistics Australia EVENT: Surry Hills Social Media meet-up, March 8 Running a Facebook Competition Pinterest SEO Do Promoted Tweets work? E-Business Online Marketing […]
Read More | ShareTop 10 Australian Google+ Pages
We have been looking at Australian Google Plus pages and wanted to put together a post showing off the most popular Australian Google+ pages. This is still very much a work in progress, and we will update this article if you find any pages that are more popular. Top 10 Australian Google+ Pages 1. Google […]
Read More | ShareWeb Directories are Finished!
In the old days of SEO, getting links from Web Directories was standard practice for building incoming links to your website. Often Google and other search engines would rank these links and pass the pagerank through to your website, thus increasing your domain authority and ranking. But Google has cracked down on sites offering Paid […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Australia 2012 [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Facebook has well and truly penetrated the Australian market – so much so that it may have reached saturation point and will be very slow from now on to gain new users. We decided to look more into this and give you some new statistics about Facebook in Australia as of February 2012. Thanks to […]
Read More | SharePinterest Statistics Australia
With so much talk about Pinterest lately, I thought it would be a good idea to compile the Pinterest statistics for Australian users. Pinterest in Australia – February 2012 Unique Australian Visitors (UAVs) to the site – 160,000 per month Page Views – 8.9 million per month Total Visits – 970,000 per month Average Time […]
Read More | ShareEVENT: Surry Hills Social Media meet-up, March 8
Hi All, Giving you as much notice as possible here. Please see below details for our next Surry Hills Social Media meet-up. Date: Thursday 8 March Where: The Beresford Hotel Address: 354 Bourke Street, Surry Hills – 2010 Time: 6:15pm onwards Google Map View Larger MapWant to come along? You are most welcome. Please […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Bio: Views are my own
One area of social media that has always intrigued me is when people write: Views are my own on their social media profiles. This is most commonly seen in Twitter bios. Social Media does bring several legal considerations to our use of such sites. For example if someone posts content on Twitter than infringes on […]
Read More | ShareRunning a Facebook Competition
So you have a Facebook page but not much is happening? Not getting many new fans? No-one commenting on your updates? Join the club! One of the best ways to get more Likes on Facebook is to run a competition. Give your readers a reason to Like you! Facebook has pretty strict terms and conditions […]
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