Digital Marketing & SEO nut, Social Media Strategist, Global futurist, Creative entrepreneur, Tech-head, DJ and Wine SnobTumblr (3.0; @valesik)http://avstralia.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/966814818bcedbd925375596652f73ca/tumblr_mkqaa0dj7V1r9wsyso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flip.it/f6MIG">Facebook prepares Android ‘takeover’</a><br/> By Christopher Williams, Technology Correspondent, <a href="http://flip.it/f6MIG">telegraph.co.uk</a></p> <p>Facebook will today make its boldest move yet in its bid to become a major player in the smartphone market currently dominated by Apple and Google.</p><p>The social net­work will announce its new “home on Android”, the world’s most pop­u­lar mobile…</p> </blockquote>http://avstralia.com/post/47100818145http://avstralia.com/post/47100818145Thu, 04 Apr 2013 07:22:48 -0400Apps dominate smartphone usage, survey finds: Luke Johnson, trustedreviews.com Apps account for a...http://avstralia.com/post/47100761306http://avstralia.com/post/47100761306Thu, 04 Apr 2013 07:21:13 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6067498dcb496a20188474c116b328b0/tumblr_mkqa0qrRlP1r9wsyso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flip.it/aT1QZ">Budget iPhone concept says remember the good old days of the first iMac</a><br/> Stuart Miles, <a href="http://flip.it/aT1QZ">pocket-lint.com</a></p> <p>Fantasy <br/>Rumours suggesting that Apple will launch a cheap, budget iPhone at some point in 2013 continue to persist. It’s not surprising, people like a good rumour. People also like pretty concept pictures too, and that’s what we have…</p> </blockquote>http://avstralia.com/post/47100625393http://avstralia.com/post/47100625393Thu, 04 Apr 2013 07:17:14 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f03f2dd633078e88c29548da6b89f7b3/tumblr_mkq9xoYZoB1r9wsyso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flip.it/0QAS5">Facebook to reveal New Home on Android, here’s what to expect</a><br/> Stuart Miles, <a href="http://flip.it/0QAS5">pocket-lint.com</a></p> <p>Round-up of rumours <br/>Facebook is yet to formally and officially announce what it has in store for its New Home on Android event, but that hasn’t stopped the leaks, rumours and speculation building in anticipation.Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook found…</p> </blockquote>http://avstralia.com/post/47100563652http://avstralia.com/post/47100563652Thu, 04 Apr 2013 07:15:24 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/65e3e08e766e50848f5397a2e436b6e6/tumblr_mj2xwjlWWH1r9wsyso1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flip.it/JFyce">Is marketing facing its own fiscal cliff in 2013?</a><br/> David Newberry, <a href="http://flip.it/JFyce">econsultancy.com</a></p> <p><b>Marketing complexity continues to increase due to data proliferation, channel fragmentation, technology advancements and the increasing empowerment of the consumer. In addition, marketing is being asked to address some key organizational…</b></p> </blockquote>http://avstralia.com/post/44445084835http://avstralia.com/post/44445084835Sun, 03 Mar 2013 05:17:07 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ada10bba3b98613555eecaca7e8c56dc/tumblr_mj2x7lnAvi1r9wsyso1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flip.it/TiSZ2">Only 50% of agencies plan TV and digital video campaigns together: report</a><br/> David Moth, <a href="http://flip.it/TiSZ2">econsultancy.com</a></p> <p><b>Despite a growing convergence between TV and online advertising, only half of agencies (50%) currently plan their TV and digital video campaigns together.</b>However the situation is likely to improve, as more than two-thirds (67%) of those who…</p> </blockquote>http://avstralia.com/post/44444624160http://avstralia.com/post/44444624160Sun, 03 Mar 2013 05:02:09 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/de260e5f313860c43c5589397f8e1e47/tumblr_minzwjWZwW1r9wsyso1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flip.it/ueWOR">This Company Will Only Accept ‘Twitter Resumes’ For A Six-Figure Job</a><br/> Vivian Giang, <a href="http://flip.it/ueWOR">businessinsider.com</a></p> <p>Strategy</p><p>By now, many employ­ers think that who you are online is more reveal­ing of your char­ac­ter than a résumé.</p><p>Some com­pa­nies have decid­ed to stop accept­ing paper résumés alto­geth­er.</p><p>“The paper résumé is dead,” Vala Afshar, chief…</p> </blockquote>http://avstralia.com/post/43791523071http://avstralia.com/post/43791523071Sat, 23 Feb 2013 03:36:19 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e7955ac301449a01d96b3c52540bf29e/tumblr_mfwhcnapJQ1r9wsyso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flip.it/KQzCX">In Depth: 10 tech trends to watch for in 2013</a><br/> Gary Marshall, <a href="http://flip.it/KQzCX">techradar.com</a></p> <p>Some predictions are easy.In 2013 Facebook will do annoying things, people will get into trouble for posting rude messages on Twitter and it won’t be the year of desktop Linux.But what about the more interesting issues?Seismic shifts are happening…</p> </blockquote>http://avstralia.com/post/39306464932http://avstralia.com/post/39306464932Mon, 31 Dec 2012 09:53:11 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c2d02b643425f0b9bc010ff088d3570f/tumblr_mfwfyqqMg91r9wsyso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flip.it/UR6Eq">20 experiential web design trends for 2012</a><br/><a href="http://flip.it/UR6Eq">econsultancy.com</a></p> <p><b>Post­ed</b> 31 Octo­ber 2012 14:59pm by Chris Lake with 20 com­ments</p><p><b>Web design by its very nature con­tin­ues to evolve, as it must, to make the most of mod­ern browsers and the likes of HTML5, CSS3 and JQuery, and to pro­vide a won­der­f…</b></p> </blockquote>http://avstralia.com/post/39305135588http://avstralia.com/post/39305135588Mon, 31 Dec 2012 09:23:13 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6f9fc39321d1567eb9babebac7310da2/tumblr_mfwfuyp39O1r9wsyso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flip.it/atKJN">Samsung to sell first Tizen smartphone next year, report says</a><br/> by Roger Cheng, <a href="http://flip.it/atKJN">cnet.com</a></p> <p>Tizen is an alternative Linux-based operating system seen as a more open platform that will rival Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS.</p><p>Sam­sung Elec­tron­ics will be the first to sell a smart­phone run­ning on the Tizen oper­at­ing sys­tem through…</p> </blockquote>http://avstralia.com/post/39305042279http://avstralia.com/post/39305042279Mon, 31 Dec 2012 09:20:58 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c9803ec43b385b6ce8606bdabf090378/tumblr_mf8apgYLPm1r9wsyso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flip.it/li69y">Why 2012 hasn’t been such a bad year for cleantech</a><br/> By Maud Texier, <a href="http://flip.it/li69y">gigaom.com</a></p> <p>Despite a lot of hand wringing this year, various cleantech sectors are on the difficult path to market maturation, and not necessarily in a “crisis.”</p><p>As 2012 is com­ing to an end, SolarCi­ty’s sus­pense­ful IPO could be the final bright spot of…</p> </blockquote>http://avstralia.com/post/38223613337http://avstralia.com/post/38223613337Tue, 18 Dec 2012 08:27:16 -0500Facebook real name row in Germany: bbc.co.uk Facebook has been ordered to stop making people use...http://avstralia.com/post/38223351925http://avstralia.com/post/38223351925Tue, 18 Dec 2012 08:19:17 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4cf2a00e322b6cfd0a13e1a0b6bdaae7/tumblr_mevhfrWAcL1r9wsyso1_500.png"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flip.it/HSVLe">What Makes People Want to Follow a Brand? [Infographic]</a><br/> Robert Hacala, <a href="http://flip.it/HSVLe">betterbusinessbrand.com</a></p> <p>Who doesn’t love to be liked?</p><p>As a brand, you prob­a­bly want more peo­ple like you online. You want more fol­low­ers to help get the word out. And it’s nice to know what you can do so that more peo­ple click that lit­tle blue thumbs up, or choo…</p> </blockquote>http://avstralia.com/post/37715785294http://avstralia.com/post/37715785294Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:23:48 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3ceec617448a6cc556ee5e7eabad5e80/tumblr_mevgvhJvmx1r9wsyso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flip.it/wPKMR">Visualising mobile media</a><br/> K.N.C., <a href="http://flip.it/wPKMR">economist.com</a></p> <p>And the winner is…</p><p>AS THE amount of infor­ma­tion in the world soars, it is out­strip­ping our abil­i­ty to com­pre­hend it. Yet it has also ush­ered in a quasi renais­sance in info­graph­ics; new meth­ods for visu­al­is­ing data that tell a…</p> </blockquote>http://avstralia.com/post/37715289199http://avstralia.com/post/37715289199Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:11:41 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e9829118bf7d561cb6f83862a77bf51e/tumblr_mevgqe7iXd1r9wsyso1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flip.it/OAURW">The Six Rules of Personal Success</a><br/> Panos Mourdoukoutas, <a href="http://flip.it/OAURW">forbes.com</a></p> <p>Of all human abil­i­ties, one stands out, the abil­i­ty to see the <i>Big Pic­ture</i>, the things that are impor­tant in life, and not to be dis­tract­ed by small, triv­ial, and irrel­e­vant things; the intel­li­gence to sep­a­rate the mes­sage f…</p> </blockquote>http://avstralia.com/post/37715167188http://avstralia.com/post/37715167188Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:08:38 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_megpx6Bq8S1r9wsyso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flpbd.it/SIbNb">10 of the best social media campaigns from 2012</a><br/> David Moth, <a href="http://flpbd.it/SIbNb">econsultancy.com</a></p> <p><b>Measuring the efficacy of social media marketing still isn’t an exact science, regardless of what the gurus and ninjas tell you.</b>So how can we whittle all the thousands of social campaigns we’ve seen this year down to a definitive list of th…</p> </blockquote>http://avstralia.com/post/37116059903http://avstralia.com/post/37116059903Mon, 03 Dec 2012 11:03:06 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_megpmdBA8R1r9wsyso1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flpbd.it/bStdf">Top 10 Tips for a Successful B2B Marketing Strategy</a><br/><a href="http://flpbd.it/bStdf">gianfagnamarketing.com</a></p> <p>Are you mar­ket­ing to busi­ness decision-makers?</p><p>Here are my <b>top 10 rec­om­men­da­tions for devel­op­ing a smart business-to-business (B2B) mar­ket­ing strat­e­gy</b>, based on the tried-and-true prin­ci­ples of B2B mar­ket­ing and my…</p> </blockquote>http://avstralia.com/post/37115734555http://avstralia.com/post/37115734555Mon, 03 Dec 2012 10:56:36 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_megpcbeKZr1r9wsyso1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flpbd.it/F1gQH">B2B Online Advertising: Improve Targeting by 10x (or more!)</a><br/> Eric Wittlake, <a href="http://flpbd.it/F1gQH">b2bdigital.net</a></p> <p><b>B2B advertising begins with the target audience.</b> Until you know who you are targeting, you cannot identify the publications, sites or ad networks you should be working with.However, one of the first things advertisers do is generalize their…</p> </blockquote> <p>B2B Online Advertising: Improve Targeting by 10x!http://b2bdigital.net/2012/10/18/b2b-online-advertising-improve-targeting-by-10x-or-more/</p>http://avstralia.com/post/37115442027http://avstralia.com/post/37115442027Mon, 03 Dec 2012 10:50:35 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_meb0p8rirN1r9wsyso1_500.png"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flpbd.it/arvGU">8 ways to use Google Analytics beyond keywords</a><br/><a href="http://flpbd.it/arvGU">imediaconnection.com</a></p> <p>With keyword data continuously being removed and Google moving towar visitor-based data, how we look at and use analytics is shifting. The good news is that even though some of the data has been taken away, analytics have always provided a lot of…</p> </blockquote>http://avstralia.com/post/36879001119http://avstralia.com/post/36879001119Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:10:20 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_meb0anuF4o1r9wsyso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flpbd.it/T3aRA">10 Thoughts You Must Leave in the Past</a><br/><a href="http://flpbd.it/T3aRA">marcandangel.com</a></p> <p><i>A new way of think­ing has become the nec­es­sary con­di­tion for respon­si­ble liv­ing and act­ing. If we main­tain obso­lete val­ues and beliefs, a frag­ment­ed con­scious­ness and self-centered spir­it, we will con­tin­ue to hold onto…</i></p> </blockquote>http://avstralia.com/post/36878715978http://avstralia.com/post/36878715978Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:01:35 -0500