Talking Twitterati on radio 17/4/2015

Last night I was on the ABC Radio National ‘Twitterati’ segment to discuss notable topics that were discussed on Twitter during the week. The interview covered Hillary Clinton, the Woolworths ‘Fresh in Our Memories’ ANZAC campaign, ‘selfish rabble’ protestors, and the NCDFREE public health organisation (The ABC is Australia’s national broadcaster, with television, radio and online news; and notContinue reading “Talking Twitterati on radio 17/4/2015”

Preparing & running a Yammer chat

I’ve now worked in communications for more than 14 years, and in that time I’ve done a few professional-related things, but today was the first time I was part of a ‘Yammer Chat’. Yammer describes itself as an ‘enterprise social network’ — or as a colleague once described to me, ‘it is Facebook for work’. For thoseContinue reading “Preparing & running a Yammer chat”

Does your business really need Pinterest?

This article is written by content strategist and writer Justine Webse*, and was first published on her own business blog http://www.justinewebse.com. You can read more of her articles, and sign-up for her updates, there.  I’m sharing it on my blog as I think it makes a great case for why businesses need to think aboutContinue reading “Does your business really need Pinterest?”

Why I like Twitter more than Facebook

{A longer read} I first heard about Twitter in 2009 when I was living in London and a journalist-friend was discussing the Iran Green Revolution of that same year. They were explaining the central role Twitter played both in rallying Iranian protestors, and communicating to international media, who were struggling to get information out ofContinue reading “Why I like Twitter more than Facebook”

Getting your blog noticed & shared #SMSS13

Last week’s sessions of the the Social Media Success Summit 2013 included two great presenters who discussed blog marketing: Marcus Sheridan, discussing ‘How to make your blog stand out in a noisy world’ Jeff Bullas, talking ‘How to create blog posts people love to share’. Each presenter took a slightly different angle (and style —Continue reading “Getting your blog noticed & shared #SMSS13”