Tag: "Social Media"
The 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 | 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 | 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 | ShareKyle Sandilands trending on Twitter
After Kyle Sandilands publicly and personally attacked a female journalist, it seems sponsors of the 2day FM Kyle and Jackie O are leaving. So far it seems to be: Holden – http://twitter.com/#!/holdennews/status/139216064453165056 The Good Guys – http://twitter.com/#!/TheGoodGuysAU/status/139234472431333376 Vodafone – https://twitter.com/#!/Vodafone_AU/status/139278137048571904 This morning Kyle Sandilands is trending on Twitter as public outcry is disappointed in his […]
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 | ShareThe #QantasLuxury Fail – Part 2
You often hear the term: Social Media Backlash Yesterday we reported on the bigtime #QantasLuxury fail. It seems Qantas is still trending on social media (particularly Twitter) with plenty of innovative and smart alec mocking from users, further rubbing salt into the wounds on how bad this social media disaster has become for Qantas. Have […]
Read More | ShareThe #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 | 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 | ShareSocial Media Tips for Beginners
You may just be starting out in social media, or have some family/ friends/ colleagues who are new to using social media websites. This article is designed to give users a broad overview and tips on the best way to use social media and networking websites. 1. Be Yourself When using social media sites, you […]
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