Social Media Club is Back!

Social Media Club July Auckland

SOCIAL MEDIA CLUB – MONDAY 16th JULY Guest Post by Suzanne McNamara The Social Media Club was back on in Auckland at the new Telecom building after a hiatus of 6 months. Last night’s panel discussion was titled Social Media Managers Forum: Tales and Tactics from the Front Line The panel included social media managers from Read More…

Is Pinterest useful for your Business?

There’s nothing like being the new most popular  kid on the social networking block  and right now Pinterest has that spot. Pinterest was launched in 2010 as a place where members can post (or as Pinterest calls it) “pin” their favorite photos, videos or images of a certain topic onto a pinboard. It has become Read More…

LinkedIn: How well are you using this powerful network?

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LinkedIn is a remarkable business tool that in my view, is underutilised in New Zealand. Many people think of  LinkedIn  only when they are looking for a new role but have you had a look at Linkedin recently? LinkedIn can be used for: Building brand awareness. Establish people in your company as industry experts. Connecting with prospects, customers, vendors, Read More…

Being on Linkedin, Twitter and Facebook is not a social media strategy

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Being on Linkedin, Twitter and Facebook is not a social media strategy. They are merely tools and channels for you to distributeyour content. Presence and content mean little to your customers, unless you can really engage with them. Plenty of social media is same old, same old. The action in the social space is marketing Read More…

Kia Ora – The Social Whirl

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There is plenty of discussion that print media is dead. For me, not so -a small mention in August Air New Zealand magazine has lead to plenty of nice comment. Social media soon won’t be a term. It will just be media. It is just another part of the media mix. What is different is Read More…

Taking a Community from online to onland

Businesses can get to a point with their social media where they find they are using the tools but things have stagnated.  A business can understand that social media is a conversation, a two way process. It can be doing most things right,  but not really bringing them along the ‘ladder of engagement’ or forming Read More…

Now for some light entertainment!

“The Social Network” – The movie about Facebook, coming to New Zealand in October.

Finding Twitter hard to use?

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Once you start using Twitter, it doesn’t take long before you realise that the www.Twitter.com interface is hard to use. No wonder Twitter is so confusing when you start. Hootsuite is a great web-based Twitter client. You don’t have to download an application to your computer. You can access it anywhere. Amazingly it is free Read More…

Getting started with a new online community

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1. Keep it simple. Are you going for a full blown social network or are you going to use the tools that already exist? There is no need to try and beat Facebook! What about a forum? L 2. Keep it private (at first) Your community will  never be ‘finished’. Best to keep your community Read More…

Social Media for Social Good event

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Social Media Club Auckland (Twitter #SMCakl) returns to Auckland this Tuesday (July 13), with a 6pm start at Saatchi & Saatchi in The Strand Parnell. “With social media now on the marketing mix, the question everyone’s asking is: How do we monetise SM?” says organiser Amar Trivedi. “Charities and NGOs do just that on a Read More…