5 reasons (some) companies fear Social Media
Social media has been embraced by millions of companies around the world. But amongst the digital converts there are a number who actively avoid, and fear, engagement with social media for a number of different reasons. Sometimes these fears are unfounded and other times they are not. Fear number 1 : People ‘might’ say bad […]
Read More | ShareWikipedia Donations – Align Right!
Many of you will have noticed on Wikipedia, Founder Jimmy Wales asking for donations again this year to keep Wikipedia’s services running smoothly. Wikipedia is a not for profit and relies heavily on donations and corporate funding. The only problem with this is Wikipedia should align the photos of staff to the right, not left […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Manager or Community Manager?
We are seeing an increase in organisations and and companies hiring staff internally to manage their social media activities. Most medium to large companies now have staff responsible for the social media management. What exactly is the difference between a Social Media Manager and a Community Manager? Community Manager – a community manager is responsible […]
Read More | ShareThe Digg Effect – a Google Analytics Visual
In the world of blogging we are always looking to social media tools and websites to help drive traffic and engagement from users. One website that is often overlooked to achieve this is Digg.com. For some time I have been experimenting with a wide variety of content on Digg and trying to determine what would […]
Read More | ShareJulian Assange wins Walkley Award
Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder has won the Walkley Award for Most Outstanding Contribution to Journalism. This is a significant prize for Journalists and Julian Assange released the following acceptance speech, whilst still being under house arrest. You can watch the video here on the SBS website: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1608279/WikiLeaks-Assange-awarded-at-Walkleys Walkley Twitter Update:
Read More | ShareNBN Co opens Melbourne Op Centre
NBN Co has now opened their Melbourne Operations Centre as part of their national broadband rollout. The centre at Docklands, Melbourne will be the headquarters for managing the day to day operations of Australia’s broadband network, and is expected to create 900 jobs in Victoria by the end of 2012. The centre cost about $32 […]
Read More | ShareThe Social Network 2 – [VIDEO]
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You may have heard there is a new Facebook movie coming out. The Social Network 2 Wow, i am looking forward to this and seeing behind the scenes on Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg’s life. Here is the trailer, enjoy Yeh this is a spoof, but very funny 🙂
Read More | ShareSocialShout! – Rewards from Social Networking
How much time and effort have you put into building your social network and general social media presence? You know, searching and inviting all your friends to join you ; inundating them with endless (and often mindless) updates on what you’re doing, where you’re doing it and who you’re doing it to ; uploading pictures […]
Read More | ShareHow Twitter Effects Change
Following up from our earlier post today on Kyle Sandilands Trending on Twitter … Kyle Sandilands has put his foot in it again and the backlash has been swift. His comments about news.com.au journalist Ali Stephenson, who wrote an article reporting criticism of his TV show have made a big impact on the Australian public, and […]
Read More | ShareJournalism & Social Media: How they work together
In today’s constantly developing technological world, the link between social media and journalism is becoming stronger than ever. Such collaborations can be witnessed through news and social media platforms, such as the recent implementation of Yahoo! News’s content sharing option for Facebook, which allows users to share with their friends what news articles they have […]
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