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The Week According To The Internet #8

In a week where we lost the Olympics but gained Big Brother, perhaps you need some lulz more than ever. Thankfully, this is the week according to the internet… EXPLAINED: The Internet, by the year 1995. HEARD: Somebody I Used To Know covers remixed by Gotye. OFFICIAL: F-bomb now a word. SEEN: Sexy insurance advert […]

Help us reach 1 billion people!

If the old adage that one good deed deserves another is true, this Sunday August 19th should see kindness spread like wildfire. We are extremely honoured to be helping the United Nations and pop icon Beyonce make social media history by reaching 1 billion people with the World Humanitarian Day message of hope. The hope […]

We Are Social: Tuesday Tune-Up #51

Going on the hunt for Expedia’s ‘Tag Me if You Can’ We Are Social Sydney have helped launch Australia’s largest online gamification project for Expedia called ‘Tag Me If You Can’. The goal? Tag Nathan Jolliffe of ‘The Amazing Race’ and ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ fame in 15 secret locations around the world, which he reveals through clues […]

Top Aussie Facebook Pages – July 2012

How to create great social content

Marketing magazine recently published an article from me on how to create great social content. They’ve been kind enough to let us reproduce it in full below: There’s an old screenwriting phrase worth remembering when creating social content: Show don’t tell. The concept is fairly simple: whenever possible, communicate your point with a visual direction, […]

State of Australian Social Media 2012

AIMIA & Sensis have released their second report into the way Australians and businesses are using social media. The report covers how social media is integrated into our everyday lives and provides some details on how businesses are benefiting from social media strategies. “We access social media from the first thing in the morning, and throughout the […]

The Week According To The Internet #7

Friday is upon us like a Gold-medal, a reward for making it through the working week. So crank up the tunes, countdown the hours, and catch up on the week according to the internet; STREAMED: Forget the Olympics. Watch these Corgi puppies 24/7. BROADCAST: London 2012 volunteer with a megaphone is hilarious. BIFFLES: Anzac the Kangaroo and Peggy […]

Facebook: A New Creative Canvas

A great talk from Facebook’s Paul Adams, which spans everything from Plato’s thoughts on the invention of the alphabet, the theory of many lightweight interactions over time through to the (limited) role of Facebook apps…

We Are Social: Tuesday Tune-Up #50

Facebook inches towards 1 billion active users Facebook has just posted its Q2 earnings release with some pretty amazing growth figures. The number of monthly and daily active users has nearly doubled since this time just two years ago, but what has really skyrocketed is the number of monthly users on mobile, which has increased […]

The Week According To The Internet #6

It’s Friday, and we’re only 16 hours away from the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games in London. With that in mind, here’s your mostly Olympic-flavoured look at links we loved during the past week; SCHEDULED: The entire Olympic games in one simple chart BANNED: Racist tweeting triple-jumper kicked off the Greek Olympic team. […]

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