‘checking in’ on foursquare for
business and pleasure

31/08/2010 posted by Jackson

Some young folk using foursquare socialy at the bar

Foursquare is a location based social networking application and game for smartphones making a lot of noise in the media of late. It may sound useless to some, but the location based technology driving foursquare is here to stay. It is a fun way to understand more about your surroundings and an interesting way to attract and keep more business.

For those who don’t know foursquare, here’s a brief description from their website: Continue Reading »

Australians use of social media

16/07/2010 posted by Matt

Australia's participation in online social media

Australia's participation in online social media

These figures from Roy Morgan seem very low to me. It would have been good to see a comparison vs US or UK.

Surely more than 1% of the sample used an online dating service, or were they too ashamed to say so? Also, where is twitter in this list? Would it have been included in the social networking?

What surprises you about this data?


What’s the use of social media?….’to do’ list

10/06/2010 posted by Matt

My Tourism Noosa presentation on 9th June included a lot of references that weren’t captured in the slides so I thought I’d outline some of them here to help anyone who’s following up on their ‘to do list’ I gave them.

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What’s the use of social media?

09/06/2010 posted by Matt

What's the use of social media?
Last night I was fortunate enough to present to members of Tourism Noosa. Thank you Brad Harrison for organising the event. Here’s an edited version of my presentation. I’ll post some further observations later but in the meantime, I’d love to hear your comments. Continue Reading »

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