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FOR TWITS SAKE!

Posted on31. May, 2011 by .

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The ugly side of Social Media was exposed last week when National Rugby League team, the West Tigers, found themselves embroiled in a Twitter storm. The rumors involved two teammates Bryce Gibbs and Benji Marshall, who were allegedly involved in a scuffle during a routine training session. Last Thursday was when all the alleged off [...]

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Athletes, Tweets and Co.

Posted on29. Apr, 2011 by .

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There has been no shortage of stories of athletes using Twitter and social media to further their ‘personal brand. Not all stories are bad though. This is why I thought it would be interesting to focus on those athletes who use social media, in particular Twitter, as a way to interact with their fans. Being [...]

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Gender inequality in Social Media

Posted on05. Apr, 2011 by .

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Social Media usage is predominantly female. Well almost. Linkedin and You Tube are used fairly evenly by men and women, but Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, et al are more commonly and regularly used by the fairer sex. Yes, you could argue that women are more personable and open communicators than men.  And indeed they probably are.  [...]

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A piece of the puzzle.

Posted on01. Mar, 2011 by .

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Just because your company has a profile or two on some of the popular social media networks doesn’t necessarily mean you’re social media push will reward you. The key is to maximize the management of your accounts and below I will outline how to go about this. Different brands have different approaches to managing their [...]

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Three things to know before entering social media in 2011

Posted on05. Jan, 2011 by .

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Social media can be a great tool to expand your business and reach a broader audience. With over 10 million users on Facebook and approximately 2.5 million on Twitter in Australia alone, taking those first tentative steps can be scary. Below are the first few things you need to do to get in the game. [...]

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Music (and Social Media)

Posted on01. Dec, 2010 by .

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Digital music file sharing has been around for some time – first there were IRC chat channels followed by Napster and later ‘peer to peer’ (P2P) file sharing clients. The impact of this on the music industry is obvious, but with current trends and the increasingly popular use of social media, it may not necessarily [...]

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Social Media on trial

Posted on15. Nov, 2010 by .

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According to Computerworld as reported in The Week, over half of US organisations’ have banned the use of Twitter and Facebook in the office.  I assume this means that they have banned their use through the corporate network as limiting use on smart phones would be more difficult; however, it continues the trend of organisation’s [...]

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A jack of all trades

Posted on25. Oct, 2010 by .

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You would have had to be living on another (maybe cleaner) planet, not to know that it has been a tough few months for BP.  A 4.9 million barrel oil spill was finally halted when the leak was sealed after 87 days; having left a slick that at its peak covered 6,500 sq km of [...]

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Recruiting through Social Media

Posted on09. Sep, 2010 by .

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According to the recent Jobvite Social Recruiting survey, over 73% of companies are using social media channels to support and/or augment their recruitment activity. Excluding the corporate blog, the top social media applications used by recruiters were: Linkedin          78.3% Facebook         54.6% Twitter            44.8% You Tube         13.7% MySpace        5.4% Jobvite’s survey draws from [...]

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Facebook, Events and the Future of Check-ins

Posted on19. Aug, 2010 by .

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Today (well, yesterday American time) Facebook held a press conference in which Zuckerberg and Co officially revealed what many of us have been eagerly awaiting: Facebook’s push into location based social activity, Facebook Places. You can read the live blog of the event on what was revealed and what went down here on Mashable, but [...]

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