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Social Media Statistics Australia – November 2011
It’s the last day of the month and time for us to report our monthly social media statistics for Australia. As per previous stats, when compiling these figures we look at actual user numbers if officially reported (or by a reputable source ) – otherwise we look at the number of Unique Australian Visitors Per […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Settles with FTC
Facebook has today settled a dispute with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Facebook made a number of ‘privacy mistakes’ with its users such as: In December 2009 making your Friends list public without approval or warning. 3rd Party Facebook Applications were getting a lot more user data that specified on the site. Facebook has […]
Read More | Share5 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 […]
Read More | ShareHow to Blog Faster
Let’s face it – unless your blog is making thousands of dollars a month, spending an hour to write a blog post is not an efficient use of your valuable time. They key to many successful blogs is being able to produce a lot of useful content, quickly. From my research – over 90% of […]
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 | 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 | 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 […]
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