The #QantasLuxury Fail
After the recent social media PR failures of the union pay discussions and resulting grounding of their fleet, Qantas today tried to recover some online brand reputation. And crashed and burned. Qantas launched the #QantasLuxury campaign, encouraging twitter users to tweet their luxury inflight ideas on the hashtag to win one of 50 $30 prize […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Messenger Desktop App – Win7
Facebook is beta testing a new Windows 7 Desktop Application that lets you chat to your friends without being on the Facebook.com website. Similar to Windows Live Messenger, the application will let you: – Message and Chat with your Facebook friends – Get notifications as they happen on Facebook, eg someone liking your photo – […]
Read More | ShareEmo Social Network Launched
A new social network has been created where uses don’t have to use the real names, can discuss ‘sensitive’ topcis and generally geared towards an alternative audience. Ok, it may not be specifically designed for the ’emo crowd’ but it seems nice to have a blog post with this title, maybe lots of people are […]
Read More | ShareIs Social Media a Career Killer?
A lot has been said about the negative effects that social media can have on your career . An ill-timed tweet, an inappropriate Facebook photo, that video of you on YouTube dancing like crazy after having a few drinks; all of these can come back to haunt you later. There are a number of groups […]
Read More | ShareAustralia posts 80 Tweets a second
According to a National research study by University of Technology Sydney (UTS), on average Australian’s send out around 80 tweets per second, or 5000 Tweets a minute on average – which equates to about 234 million tweets a month. Dr Suresh Sood from UTS undertook the study and has a number of other interesting facts, […]
Read More | ShareGoogle Plus SEO
Want to expand your understanding of Google Plus SEO? This article will summarise the main SEO points you should consider with your Google Plus profile – both personal and business pages. 1. Use your correct name on your account as this will show your profile when people Google Search your name. 2. The Introduction section […]
Read More | ShareSponsored Stories in Ticker
There are rumors floating around that Facebook will be adding sponsored stories to the ticker news-stream in the top-right of their site. This is a highly visible area and expected to increase CTR and prominence of sponsored stories. This change is expected to rollout tonight Australia time and we will keep an eye on the […]
Read More | ShareGoogle Search Quickly Indexing Google Plus Content
Now both personal and business pages are available on Google Plus there is currently a fair amount of content being shared. Not sure how long it will last but most major brands are atleast setting up Google Plus Business Pages. The other day I wrote about Google Plus SEO and how you can maximise your […]
Read More | ShareGoogle RealTime Analytics rolls out to Australia
Recently Google updated the analytics interface to the new design, boasting a number of new features and functionality. This afternoon I have had several confirmations from Australian users that the RealTime analytics feature has been enabled in their account. What is RealTime Google Analytics? This is a feature inside your tracking account that shows how […]
Read More | ShareAmazon working towards Smartphone
According to CitiGroup, Amazon.com is looking to compliment their tablet lineup with their own smartphone devices. The phone is expected to be a mid-range device and use a Texas Instruments processor and internal chips from Qualcomm according to Mark Mahaney, a CitiGroup analyst. The total component list is not expected to exceed $100USD. The move […]
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