If you run a social network do NOT, do NOT, repeat do NOT be bullied into deleting the system profile by your naive members. Seriously. Social Networks have a minimum of THREE profiles for members. Public profile – what can be seen by visitors/friends/other members of the community Private profile – what can be seen only by the member (email address or real life home address etc). Credit card details. System profile – stuff the member isn’t aware of revealing. IP address, history of email addresses, verification replies, alternate accounts, sometimes a history of abusive behavior and reprimands. Well run Continue Reading…
Posted by Laurel Papworth at 7:32 pm Tagged with: Facebook, normal member, Online Communities, online contact form, Safety, social network, social networks, United Kingdom, XYZ
Feb 132008
Happy Valentines Day! Please send chocolate! Mars gift application to launch on Facebook by Julia Buchanan LONDON – An application allowing users to send vouchers for Mars confectionary to friends on Facebook is to launch on Valentine’s Day in the UK. The application, named Celebrate, means Facebook members can buy a Mars product using Paypal and send a message to a selected friend. The recipient receives a request for their mobile number and they are then sent an SMS containing a unique voucher ID. Vouchers can be scanned and redeemed at participating retailers with PayPoint. Celebrate is being hailed as Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 11:39 am Tagged with: cellular telephone, Facebook, friends real products, Light Agency, london, Mars Snackfood UK, mobile, mobile phones, retail partners, Rituals, Sainsbury, Sara Miles, selected retail partners, sms, social networks, spokeswoman, three, three technologies, United Kingdom, Valentine's Day, web 2.0
Are you going? Media 08 Australia’s Annual Report for Digital Professionals. Friday 7th March, 9.00am – 5.30pmJones Bay Wharf, Pyrmont, Sydney Australia’s leading digital media organisations, Fairfax Digital and X|Media|Lab, bring you a one-day executive briefing on all you need to know about digital media for the year 2008. “Media ’08″ brings together world leading experts from the UK, the US, India, China, Australia, the Middle East and Korea, to present on the most significant trends and innovations happening or about to happen across the spectrum of digital media: The Media and The Message; Generation Cellphone; Video and Interactivity; Platforms Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 10:41 pm Tagged with: Alan Noble, analyst, asia, BBC, BBC News, Beijing, Benjamin Joffe, business strategist, CEO, China, David Kirk, Digital Media, digital media brands, digital media organisations, director, Doha, Economist, editor, Engineering Site Director, executive, Fairfax Digital, founder, founder and CEO, Founder and Editor, Google Australia, Head, Head of Marketing, Helsinki, India, Intelligence Unit, Interactivity, International Division, Jack Horner, Jack Matthews, Jean K. Min, Jonathan Haagen, Jones Bay Wharf, journalist, Kaiser Kuo, Kay Gruenwoldt, Kevin Anderson, Korea, Lee Stephens, london, Maryland, Middle East, Ministry of Sound TV, mobile, Mohamed Nanybhay, Mumbai, Neeraj Roy, NEW YORK, Niall Kennedy, NZ, producer, Read Write Web, Richard MacManus, SAN FRANCISCO, Seoul, social media, Social Media Analyst, Social Media Australia, social networks, Sydney, Technology, the guardian, Tokyo, United Kingdom, United States, USD, Vancouver, Vice Chairman, Vicky Taylor, Wellington, Widget Summit, X|Media|Lab
Feb 062008
Or maybe I should say revenue back to the consumer for consumer generated content: O2 and 3 Merge Communities Network rivals O2 and 3 are going to merge their two user-generated content communities into a single collective. The new community, to be named Eyevibe, will see O2′s LookatMe and 3′s SeeMeTV video services bundled together collecting over 60,000 videos. The service enables subscribers throughout the UK to submit video clips on any subject to an online gallery, which can be viewed by other users on their mobile handset. Each time a clip is downloaded, the original content contributor receives a Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 4:57 pm Tagged with: cellphone, Chief Technology Officer, consumer economy, Dave Springall, director, director marketing, economy, GBP, Grahame Riddell, head of content, John Penberthy-Smith, Marketing, mobile, Monetization, O2 UK, Online Communities, online gallery, peer2peer, pence, social network, social networking, social networks, United Kingdom, user generated content, video services, Yospace
Feb 042008
Former founders of Lastminute.com Martha Lane Fox and Brent Hoberman have rolled out a home decorating site. Mydeco allows users to plan their decorating with 1.4m products by 500 retailers and rolled out today. I think it’s in the UK.Australian DIY websites and communities include MyVirtualHome – scan the plans of your home, upload them, and you have a mini-Second Life that allows you to try real world fittings and products in the virtual representation of your house. Just don’t go crazy with adding second storeys, gazebos and balconies! There’s another one, funded by Minti or someone here in Australia- Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 3:04 pm Tagged with: Brent Hoberman, home decorating site, Lastminute.com, Martha Lane Fox, Online Communities, paint, renovation online communities, Social Media Australia, United Kingdom, user generated content
Jan 032008
I didn’t know they didn’t already have one… YouTube has appointed Chris Di Cesare as its first director of marketing. Formerly director of creative marketing at Microsoft, Di Cesare will report directly to Chad Huley, co-founder of YouTube. The marketing executive moved to the video-sharing site two months ago having spent 12 years at Microsoft, but the move has only just been made public. At Microsoft Di Cesare was key to the launch of the Xbox, Xbox 360 and Halo 3. YouTube, which was acquired by Google in October 2006, was named in September as one of the top ten Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 1:23 pm Tagged with: Chad Huley, co-founder, director of creative marketing, Google, marketing executive, Microsoft, NMA, United Kingdom, video sharing site, youtube
Guess which country – UK or Australia? Oh, ok stupid question. :What’s the max download speed in Australia? Max monthly usage without shaping, for home use (ie not paying corporate rates)?Does anyone in Australia offer free broadband? Around $38 per month – broadband, international calls, line rental. That doesn’t sound too bad to me. Where do I sign up? Oh wait… TalkTalk from Carphone Warehouse is only in the U.K. Technorati Tags: talktalk, carphone warehouse, u.k. australia, broadband
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 5:54 pm Tagged with: broadband, Carphone Warehouse, England, Social Media Australia, u.k. australia, UK, United Kingdom, USD
Well, this sucks. From AsiaMedia. AUSTRALIA: Web 2.0? Don’t bank on it just yet Australian banks won’t provide latest online financial services, such as wikis or peer-to-peer lending, due to lack of infrastructure and low retention rates of skilled IT staff AUSTRALIAN bank infrastructure is “not robust enough” to deliver secure web 2.0 banking and financial services. That’s the warning last week’s Future of Banking and Financial Services event in Sydney heard but demand and overseas influence will change how banking is done, delegates were told. Bank of Queensland chief information officer Iain Blacklaw said such plans captured the imagination Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 2:22 am Tagged with: Bank, bank infrastructure, Bank of Queensland, bank web, banking, chief information officer, financial services, Iain Blacklaw, Online Communities, p2p, peer to peer, secure web, social media, Social Media Australia, social networks, Sydney, United Kingdom, United States, web 2.0
Oct 202007
Who’s handling the launch of the current.tv in Australia, anyone know? I’ve got some ideas – and I don’t want the standard VCAD $1000 bucks for ‘em either. Anyone know the agencies that normally work with Foxtel? I spoke with Kim Williams and he said Foxtel was in discussions with current.tv. That was back in March just as current.tv doubled their subscriber base from 28 million in the US by adding in 25 million viewers from the U.K. For those of you who’ve never heard of ‘em, current.tv is a user generated channel with user generated ads. Oh shi….vers. I Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 6:45 pm Tagged with: Al Gore, Chairman, ebay, England, instant messaging, Kim Williams, media distributor, Online Communities, peer to peer, Social Media Australia, social networks, UK, United Kingdom, United States, USD, user generated content, youtube
You think this is a joke???!!! Mesh is where you – at home or in your office – donate a tiny sliver of your broadband to the ether, to create a mesh around Sydney or San Francisco or whereever, so people can walk around with mobile devices or laptops and access the internet using wifi. Until now, I’ve been wondering why people would do that. I mean, I get that they would – we donate a lot of time and energy to collaboration online, peer-to-peer support and content for free – but still, I thought it would be a bit Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 7:54 pm Tagged with: B&T, broadband, BT FON Community, communications industry, FON, market leader, mobile, social networks, United Kingdom, Wi-Fi, WiFi
Video here at YouTube Next time someone tells you MySpace and YouTube are for emo-goth, time wasting, geeky nerdy kids, say “Yeah and some of ‘em are 90 years old.” Then point them to the The Zimmers.Click to go to their MySpace page. Are you noticing a trend in traditional marketing towards ‘user generated content’ simplicity yet? Funny how we didn’t really need sophisticated selling mechanisms all along – if you’ve got a story to tell, a position to defend, a point to make – well, make it already!If you want to waste some more time (and you’d probably already Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 4:58 pm Tagged with: seniors, social networks, United Kingdom, United States, user generated content, youtube
Jul 062007
I’m an out and out romantic. An eternal optimist. And I’ve been thinking for a while about an online community for brides. Why? Well, social networks work really well around Rituals and Events, for starters. Plus the site would look sooooo pretty. Aw shucks. I looked at a few of the Australian wedding communities – basically they stuck up a forum and called it a social network. Wedding Centralphpbb forum, and maybe tinyportal CMS?i-do.com.au not sure of the forum software, they have a few toolsthere was another one I can’t think of right now Diary something. None of the sites Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 7:16 pm Tagged with: Amanda, forum software, Gay Weddings, India, Online Communities, online community, Social Media Australia, social network, social networking tool, social networks, United Kingdom
Jul 022007
For the Brits: Job Details Company Pricejamieson (more jobs) Salary GBP 27,000 – GBP 27,000 Employment Type Permanent Location Central London and West End Country England, United Kingdom Job Reference 16180/1 Job Specification Our client is an exciting leader in their field who is looking to hire an Online Communities Editor.Your aim will be to consistently develop their interactive online community through timely content and good editing.The role will involve commissioning, writing, editing and uploading content for the site and e-newsletters following the editorial plan.The role would suit a results orientated web professional who has strong experience in online marketing Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 11:38 pm Tagged with: Brits, Communities Editor/Web Editor, Cool recruitment site, e-newsletters, England, GBP, interactive online community, Job Specification Our, leader, london, Media salaries, Online Communities, Online Communities Editor, online marketing strategies, social networking, the Brits, typical media salary, UK, United Kingdom, user generated content, web 2.0, web professional, West End
Jun 132007
I get confused when PR people launch a service ignore niche communities online. But it’s addles my poor brain even more when it’s a Web 2.0 service provider ignoring We Media. Sooooo, I found this a little mind-boggling: traditional media > than bloggers when promoting social networking sites? I may have missed one of you, but I went through blogs from Ad:Tech (february) onwards and didn’t see any of you lot talking up Bebo. : PR Case study – Bebo 7 June 2007 Posted by Catriona Pollard in case studies. trackback Bebo is a global social networking website which aims Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 2:09 pm Tagged with: Bebo Global Communications Director, business media, Canada, Ireland, Manager, Media coverage, media releases, New Zealand, NZ Herald, online advertising media agencies, Online Communities, Sarah Gavin, Social Media Australia, social network, social networking website, social networks, sydney morning herald, the age, The Dominion Post, the NZ Herald, United Kingdom, United States, web 2.0
Uhoh. Bad news for fakers – from The Times (hat tip: G2 New Zealand) Fake bloggers soon to be ‘named and shamed’ Hotels, restaurants and online shops that post glowing reviews about themselves under false identities could face criminal prosecution under new rules that come into force next year. Businesses which write fake blog entries or create whole wesbites purporting to be from customers will fall foul of a European directive banning them from “falsely representing oneself as a consumer”. From December 31, when the change becomes law in the UK, they can be named and shamed by trading standards Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 5:31 pm Tagged with: Amazon, chicago, Christmas, David Bremner, Drumnadrochit Hotel, John Rechy, Lyle Clemens, Social Media Australia, United Kingdom, user generated content
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