CMO’s Guide to Social Media Sites
The social-media landscape has grown since last year with an additional 5 more communities/platforms added and a quite a few of them are already booming. So, which social media tools and channels will work best for your business? This years largest growing community is Pintrest, which reached 10 million monthly visitors in less time than [...]
Will you still Facebook when you’re dead?
Facebook hosts the app ifidie, so people can leave messages from beyond the grave.
The Future of Marketing?
I believe technology is starting to creep into all areas of our life! I have been making a conscious effort over the last three months to be aware of how everyone I come into contact with is using and interacting with technology. We are living in an era where we are “talking” to people more [...]
Yellow Bird missing. Ransom note found.
The Yellow Bird Project mascot is a little bird who, until now, has been safely residing across their branded materials. As part of a very cool new campaign to get their Facebook ‘likes’ up, the yellow bird has been abducted.
New social network to rival Facebook, Twitter and Google
I was reading the Brisbane Courier Mail on Friday and came across this story by Alex Dickinson about “the next big” social network, created right here in Brisbane. Kondoot – a social network based around live streaming video – was quietly launched last month by a small Brisbane team of young technical programmers and already [...]
The Inside Experience – world’s first social film
The world’s first social media powered film will make it’s debut on Monday, 25th July and you’re invited! The Inside Experience is directed by Disturbia director DJ. Caruso and is the story of 24 year old Christina who has woken up to find herself locked alone in a room. Her only connection to the outside [...]
The Ultimate Pleasure Hunt
While checking the latest news on ninemsn the other day an advert on the side caught my attention. The words ‘Pleasure Seeker’ and ‘Streets Magnum’ made me think “yummy, let’s check this out”. What I encountered was the latest global campaign for Magnum, an engaging online game that takes you on journey across the internet [...]
Facebook group chat
At the Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a really interesting announcement about upcoming enhancements to Facebook’s chat capabilities. In particular, he’s announced what’s called Group Chat. Facebook Group Chat is a multi-person feature which is inspired by the functionality already inside the Facebook Groups chat area. The functionality is [...]
Social media in emergencies
Social Media is, by far, one of the most powerful tools on the web. It’s a fast paced way of getting news out to friends, family and the world. In recent times, we have seen the world victim to a number of natural disasters and other emergencies which have been instantly relayed globally via social [...]
Facial recognition switched on by Facebook
If you’ve noticed yourself being Facebook tagged in more photos by your friends in the last 48 hours, it’s due to facial recognition options being rolled out across Australian Facebook accounts in the last 48 hours. The settings that have changed affect all users and their privacy options, meaning that it is up to Facebook [...]