Tag: "social"
Google’s Social Media History

Over the years Google has made many attempts to join the social media realm. Some successful some not. There have been rumors lately that Google is launching a product Google Me which will be a Facebook competitor. Lets look at Google’s history with social media to date: – Feb 17, 2003, Google buys Pyra Labs […]
Read More | ShareFree Social Media Marketing Campaign by SocialMediaNews.com.au

The team at SocialMediaNews.com.au is proud to announce an additional new service offering being launched – Free Social Media Marketing Campaigns for Australian business, organisations, companies, government department, educational institutions, charities, not-for-profits and so on. The service is also available for select international businesses. If you don’t know where to start or don’t have the […]
Read More | ShareWhen will we see this sort of Social Media advertising in Australia?

I received a tip recently from John Oates, Project Manager, Vayner Media in the US. On July 1st, the start of NBA free agency, The Nets’ launched a 225 x 95 foot painted wall at the corner of 34th & 8th in NYC, just a few blocks from New York Penn Station, and more notably, […]
Read More | ShareGoogle rolling out Facebook competitor – Google Me

There have been several reports around the net that Google is going to be releasing their Facebook competitor soon called ‘Google Me’. Yahoo already has a twitter like service – Yahoo MeMe which sounds a little the same. Kevin Rose the Founder of Digg tweeted the following statement: Ok, umm, huge rumor: Google to launch […]
Read More | ShareWhy CFOs and Lawyers arn’t using social media?

CFOs and Lawyers have displayed a slow uptake when it comes to using social media for marketing and promoting their services/expertise. Many think it is out of their scope/desires. Some financial and legal people think the leads and contacts they get from social media would be of no value. Many are just too busy to […]
Read More | ShareWhat companies are the most social? Infograph

A recent study – the NetProspex Social 50 looks at the social media/network usage of employees, and ranks the top 50 organisations overall social media activity. A range of companies are analysed including: Microsoft, LinkedIn, Facebook, MySpace, eBay, Amazon, Google, IBM, Sun, Dell, Oracle, CISCO, HP, Intel, Twitter, Nike, Coca Cola, Kodak plus many others. […]
Read More | ShareSolo Goes Social

Solo and the Qantas Socceroos have teamed up to create a new social media campaign which is designed to help gather supporters in the lead up to this years soccer World Cup in South Africa. I first got the heads up of the campaign when I pulled up behind a truck showing this signage: The […]
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