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”

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”

A picture tells a thousand words #SMSS13

As mentioned previously, I’m ‘attending’ the Social Media Success Summit (#SMSS13 on Twitter) this month, and the good stuff to share keeps on coming. This time the topic is Instagram, and specifically, ‘How to succeed on Instagram: A brand panel’. This photo-sharing smartphone application started out as a tool for individuals to share images ‘instantly’ butContinue reading “A picture tells a thousand words #SMSS13”

Rethinking social media marketing #SMSS13

Today is the first day of the Social Media Success Summit — the biggest online summit of its kind in the world, and I’m attending. There are more than 3000 participants signed-up from around the globe, and it runs for a 11 days throughout October. I’m ‘attending’ in the sense that I am signed up, paidContinue reading “Rethinking social media marketing #SMSS13”