BuzzNumbers Blog, page 3
Posts from February 2011 to May 2012.
Chrome takes the lead!
As web technology increases and users begin to realise that a better browser means a better browsing experience, we begin to see the fall of Internet Explorer. The pie chart below shows that for buzznumbershq.com, Google’s Chrome...
Social Media Monitoring Checklist
Social media can quickly consume your every working hour, so it is important to remember what is really important so you can ensure you spend time effectively. Here are a few top tips that might put your mind at ease. LISTEN. It...
Launch of the new website!
Welcome to the new BuzzNumbers website! We have been working on creating an awesome new website to make it easier for users to find out the latest in all things social media! Also included on the site now is information regarding...
World of WordPress!
Thinking of starting a blog? Keen to move with the times and follow the trends? When we take a look at what platform bloggers are flocking to, the answer couldn’t be more clear. With 49% of blogs being directly associated with...
KEYBOARD WARRIORS (BRW)
When it comes to customer relationships and brand profile, social media has taken the private public. Companies may want to remain offline and avoid the unpredictable world of social media but for a brand or company with any...
Social Media in Court
Social media is now not simply a marketing tool, but a source of evidence that is being used increasingly in the courts. In 2011 saw a definite trend where cases referenced the leading social media sites. It is now common...
CEOs Who Tweet Held in High Regard.
There may be new reasons for CEOs and CMOs to join the Twittersphere. According to a study by social media branding firm BRANDfog consumers and employees regard company leaders who engage on social media platforms positively...
An Airline Doing Social Media Well?
It seems like over the last few months all that we have heard about in regards to airlines on social media has been negative to say the least (not mentioning any names of Australian national carriers!). So it was great to read...
Staff to be banned from sending emails
Thierry Breton, CEO of Atos and a former French finance minister, wants a “zero email” policy to be in place within as early as 18 months, arguing that only 10 per cent of the 200 electronic messages his employees receive per day...
Social Media Fail, Airline Style
Source: Harvard Business Review The capacity to operate a 747 is incompatible with social media smarts. That’s the conclusion one might draw from the social media fail of the week — a prize that should exist if it doesn’t yet...
BuzzNumbers announces enterprise social media solution for SharePoint Intranet’s and CIO’s
The BuzzNumbers product team have been hard at work and we are pleased to announce our latest product - BuzzNumbers for SharePoint! Why did we build this? - 75% of Australian Enterprises have Microsoft SharePoint as an Intranet...
Android overtakes iPhone as #1 Mobile Phone in USA (44% to 27%)
ComScore just released its U.S. mobile subscriber numbers for the three-month average period ending September 2011. According to the report, 87.4 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones during the three months ending in...
Will Social Media one day become a mass “e-grave” for profiles of the dead?
Bumped into a very interesting conversation about the future of “history” on the popular social media site reddit Will Facebook one day become a mass “e-grave” for profiles of the dead? In a hundred years, the internet will hold...
Digg founder Kevin Rose launches new Social Media Recommendation Service
Kevin Rose, once synonymous with Digg.com has announced a new iPhone application under his new company, Milk. The announcement of the new iPhone app, deemed ‘Oink’ was made at the Web 2.0 Summit 2011 and was met with positive...
China steps up response to Social Media dissidents
Source: The Economist China has vowed to intensify controls on social media and instant messaging tools, in the highest-level official response to the extraordinary surge in microblogging in the country. The communique from the...
How To Roll Out A Social Media Policy
Increasingly we get asked by clients about how to implement a social media policy in their business. I guess writing it is one thing but getting people to pay attention and actually buy into it is a whole other game. Vivienne...
Accenture 2010 Global Consumer Survey: “Social media...dramatically accelerating the exchange of customer opinions.”
Accenture recently released its 2010 Global Consumer Survey which highlights that word of mouth is still the basis for consumers’ decisions and it has gone viral!”Word of mouth extends to postings on social media sites”, and it...
Saab Automobile hires Aussie blogger who ‘saved’ the company
On Tuesday, Saab Automobile announced it was adding Australian Saab-enthusiast Steven Wade to the company’s global social media marketing team. For the last six years, Wade has run the independant SaabsUnited blog from his home...
Social Networks Surge in Australia (Warc.com)
SYDNEY: Browsing social networks now makes up over 20% of the total time Australian consumers spend online, a study has found. Research firm comScore reported that the country’s 13.4m netizens dedicated 18.8 hours to surfing the...
The start-up causing plenty of buzz (SMH.com.au)
“The business solves a very real and important problem that has emerged in recent years for large corporates,” Rose continues. “The internet is huge. With literally millions of different websites, news sites, blogs, forums...