Best practice makes perfect

I am not a great exponent of using technology for the sake of it, which is unfortunately what traditionally drives a great deal of current web development. That appears to be the case with the recent drive by many businesses towards adopting Web 2.0 technology. Having a Web 2.0 site for the sake of it is a very ...

Weekly Podcast: Is there a skills shortage in digital? Interview with Zac Martin from Pigs Don't Fly

Marketingmag.com.au has teamed up with the guys at Love Digital to bring you this weekly podcast on all things digital. In this week's show: News in 90: A round-up of recent digital stories with Kate Kendall: YouTube to launch feature-length films; online advertising still strong. ...

Weekly Podcast: Interview with Seth Godin, author of Tribes

Marketingmag.com.au has teamed up with the guys at Love Digital to bring you this weekly podcast on all things digital. In this week's show: News in 90: A round-up of a couple of recent digital stories with Kate Kendall; Yellow Pages listings to be integrated on Google Maps; Tivo adds food and movies ...

Weekly Podcast: Future of search

Marketingmag.com.au has teamed up with the guys at Love Digital to bring you this weekly podcast on all things digital. In this week's show: News in 90: A round-up of a couple of recent digital stories with Kate Kendall - Blackberry applications and LinkedIn Surveys ...

Weekly Podcast: has digital changed the face of politics?

Marketingmag.com.au has teamed up with the guys at Love Digital to bring you this weekly podcast on all things digital. In this week's show: News in 90: A round-up of a couple of recent digital stories with Kate Kendall ...

Weekly Podcast: interview with Joan Warner, Commercial Radio

Marketingmag.com.au has teamed up with the guys at Love Digital to bring you this weekly podcast on all things digital. In this week's show: News in 90: A round-up of a couple of recent digital stories with Scott Drummond Interview: we talk to Joan Warner, Commercial Radio: what's digital radio all about? Simon ...

Greening the internet, the American way?

What are these green painted bike paths doing in the middle of Manhattan? Was the land of consumption really starting to care about the state of the planet? We had arranged to see a number of companies - including the leading advertiser industry body - to test the water with our environmental marketing solutions. ...

Does your company need a Facebook page?

Want to know at a glance if your company needs a Facebook page? In a 2006 survey of college students conducted by Student Monitor, Facebook was named the second most popular 'thing' on the planet. It tied with beer and was beaten by the iPod. In August this year research firm comScore officially declared Facebook ...

Top 5 Tips for marketers interested in video advertising

As Australia limps towards the broadband speeds we deserve, the ability of a wider national audience to stream video over their internet connection increases too. As the technology improves, marketers are going to have to wrap their heads around the power of video content as a way of engaging consumers and delighting ...

Weekly Podcast: what is social recruiting? An interview with Riges Younan, CEO of 2Vouch

Marketingmag.com.au has teamed up with the guys at Love Digital to bring you this weekly podcast on all things digital. In this week's show: 90-Second News: A round-up of a couple of recent digital stories with Scott Interview: we talk Social Recruiting with Riges Younan, 2Vouch Simon Says: Three ...

What does Google Chrome mean for marketers?

To celebrate 10 years of changing the face of the internet search and online advertising, Google decided to do what it does best - innovate. The recent launch of Google Chrome got plenty of press coverage by the mainstream media, and also got the blogosphere buzzing. But behind the awesome Scott McLoud web comic ...

Do you really need all those pixels?

Marketers everywhere are hearing the dreaded 'R' word, and as a result they're under increasing pressure to account for every last bit of their spend. And there's no difference when it comes to choosing your digital signage solution. Every digital signage network brings some often unseen or overlooked implicit costs. ...

Lifestyle Index misses the mark for mobile marketersm

On Friday morning in Sydney I attended the launch of the fourth Australian Mobile Phone Lifestyle Index report compiled as a collaborative project by AIMIA, m.Net Corporation and Ideal Interfaces in April 2008. You can download and read the full report by clicking on the icon below. If you’re a marketer interested ...

Bridging the Great Divide: how bloggers and marketers can work together

Working in social media for me is an ongoing learning curve. I spend a lot of time researching international case studies, good and bad, participating in all sorts of social networks, reading and learning. It frightens me that people are already setting themselves up as 'Social Media Experts' when we are only just ...

On passion and influence, or why social media isn't as important as it thinks it is

I have a relation who’s a famous retired sportsman; a household name. He returned to his home town and wanted to join the local golf club, which had a waiting list. The membership officer explained to my famous relative that no, he couldn’t get an accelerated membership. He would be positioned at the bottom of the ...

So you've started to think strategically about online - now what?

Tamir Berkman works at FRANk media In my last post here at marketingmag.com.au, I discussed the reasons why you should already be thinking strategically about online and about  your presence in the online space. Hopefully, for those of you looking to develop your online presence you're now convinced of the ...

Insider secrets: Developing a compelling online presence

Over the next few weeks and months I will be describing some of the secrets, models and processes behind online strategies and web property production. If you are a hands-on marketer you can use this 'inside information' to improve your own online communications and marketing. If you are in the industry you ...

Beyond the iPhone

While the incandescent launch of the iPhone has been getting all the headlines recently, I think another story is infinitely more exciting for marketers. With the emergence of mobile phone technology, mobile advertising is set to expand by 300 percent in Australia this year. Central to this is the mobile phone ...

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Russ Easther

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Russell Easther is a communications graduate and digital media expert. He commenced his career with Cyber-NY in the USA and continued onto eMitch, Flip Media in Dubai and most recently was the Interactive Media Manager at Carat Interactive. As a consultant to P3Digital and the director of The Interactive Group, Russell brings a wealth of international experience combined with a wide range of online marketing capabilities spanning across many digital offerings.

Julian Cole

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Julian Cole completed a Honours thesis in Online Social Networks at Monash University and is currently writing his Masters thesis on Blackberry addiction. Julian also works as a Digital Strategist for Naked Communication. He writes the blog adspace-pioneers.blogspot.com and is an active member of STBz.

Peter Appelbaum

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Peter Applebaum is the founder of Tick Yes, an interactive and online marketing company with extensive experience in creating, implementing and managing successful online social marketing campaigns. Peter can be contacted on 02 9281 1960, or by email.

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Luke Farley

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Luke is a founding director at LCubed a Melbourne based Thirdway Online Marketing Agency. He also runs Search Marketing Australia; website dedicated to educating Australian marketers and business people on how to make the most of search engines and the visitors they can generate. Luke is contactable via LCubed: 1300 528 233

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