Posted in Social Media, Social Media News on Oct 13th, 2011
According to research by Deloitte Access Economics, the firm which sets the benchmark for economic analysis and insight in Australia, has reported that the Internet industry in Australia makes up $50 billion of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Obviously, this is a huge amount and equates to roughly the same size as the Australian retail [...]
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Posted in Facebook Friday, Social Media on Apr 1st, 2011
Social media giant Facebook has recently released a new tool that allows you to convert your personal profile into a Facebook page. So that’s the difference and why do you need it, you might ask? Well, it has a similar layout, but with a few different features and allows for more than the 5,000 friend [...]
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A Montreal man who sent more than four million spam emails to Facebook users over a two month period was ordered to pay more than one billion dollars US in compensation to the company. So even though it will never be paid, it still sets a precedent for internet users. Would the message sent out [...]
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Posted in Internet Marketing on May 27th, 2010
With how social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook and MySpace are changing the landscape of the Web 2.0, it’s about time we talk about crowdsourcing for your business. While traditional media meant that the audience can’t possibly talk back to companies in real time, new media has changed the rules of the game. Investing on [...]
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Posted in Internet Marketing Tips on May 8th, 2010
Let’s talk about your website traffic. In the Internet, the number of visitors you have is the next step to a high conversion rate. Conversion rate in internet marketing is the number of casual website visits that turn into desired actions. If your website’s aim is to sell a certain product, your conversion rate is [...]
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Posted in Around the Web on Apr 27th, 2010
A relatively young company, SortFix is responsible for what can be considered as a breakthrough in the search engine experience. It doesn’t attempt to compete with the search engine giants Google, Yahoo! or MSN. What it does is to aggregate the results from top search websites and deliver an organized report to you in no [...]
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Posted in Social Media News on Apr 20th, 2010
Nielsen recently released a report entitled ‘Understanding the Value of a Social Media Impression’, which provides measurable standards on how brands can effectively advertise in social networking sites, specifically Facebook. The research was a result of six months of research and a survey of more than 800,000 Facebook users. It examined 125 Facebook campaigns from [...]
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LinkedIn is a marvelous social network for business people who hope to make new contacts, stay in touch with colleagues (past and present), keep their “career options” open, and pick up some free tips, advice, and information. As with all social media, however, it is important to understand that a LinkedIn account will not govern [...]
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