Intentionally or not, somehow some of Apple’s internal policies leaked. The first thing Apple acknowledged and made a point of, starting their document with: The lines between public and private, and personal and professional are blurred in online social networks. This means that there will be consequences to stuff […]
Read moreLessons learned from Apple’s Social Media Policy
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Can 2012 be even better than 2011?
2011 has been a challenging and interesting year for me, on many fronts. Work, family, career choices, health… the list continues… 2012 has some other significance for me, as I’m turning 40 half way through the year. For some reason, the big 4 0 is a turning […]
Read moreGuaranteed to fail – Social Media & Corporates
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Over the past few years, I had the pleasure of working with many small & medium size businesses, and introducing them to Social Media. Over the past year, I’ve been exposed to the “big end of town”- LARGE organizations, Banks, Insurance giants,and other conglomerates. The difference between them? […]
Read moreLinkedIn Tip #15 – Company Status updates
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LinkedIn announced two major developments in marketing solutions that give brands powerful new ways to engage with LinkedIn members. 1. Company Status Updates – providing companies the ability to share direct updates with their Company Page followers 2. LinkedIn Certified Developer Program, connecting marketers and agencies with […]
Read morePosted in LinkedIn, Social media | Comments Off on LinkedIn Tip #14 – Customise your homepage updates
Once you get over a certain number of connections, your home page, by default, get clogged up with your network updates – ALL of them. You’ll mainly see connection updates (“Jon is now connected to Mary, a real estate enthusiast”) , some application updates (“Lisa is leaving […]
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New research from LinkedIn shows one out of every five hiring managers in Australia have hired a candidate because of their volunteer work experience LinkedIn today announced that members can now add a “Volunteer Experience & Causes” field to their LinkedIn Profile. The company also […]
Read morePosted in Social media | Comments Off on Promotions, Competitions & Social Media. Legal perspective.
This is a guest blog by Danica Leys, Solicitor, BlandsLaw.Danica holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of New England, and a Bachelor of Science (Agriculture) degree from the University of Sydney. Danica Tweets and blogs regularly.. There are various rules and regulations that govern the running of competition and […]
Read moreFacebook’s working on User Experience
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It seems like Facebook has been listening to the complaints. Even thought the allegation weren’t accurate, as it was always an option (creating Lists, which are like Google+’s Circles). What they really needed to tweak, was the User Experience – making targeted sharing easier. Facebook settings used to […]
Read moreIs Facebook stealing your phone contacts?
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This week many people received warnings on their Facebook wall that the company is “stealing” their cellphone numbers and their friends’ and publish them to all Internet users. But is that true? Syncing – Two way communication If you recently installed a Facebook mobile application, you had an option […]
Read moreIs Facebook really so evil?
There are two major gripes people have with Facebook: the first one, is claiming it’s not secured enough, and the information we share isn’t protected. The second, that the information we upload and share on Facebook, is now belong to Facebook, and we can’t access it. RUBBISH, […]
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