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Social media may not be the best place to advertise

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
... agonizingly slow death," Barton said. Barton also questioned the effectiveness of marketing through social media. Having a Facebook page, for example, can leave a company vulnerable to barrages of public criticism, which translates into instant bad publicity. ...

Bloomberg to make disclosure announcements via Twitter

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... companies after the chief executive of online television and film broadcaster Netflix put a posting on his personal Facebook page that was considered to be a material disclosure about the company. Netflix share price subsequently jumped 16%. The issue ...

NGS launches 2013 scholarship program

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
... category. Five finalists who have not been chosen by the judging panel as winners will be featured on NGS Super's Facebook page where people can vote for the project that that they like best. "Voting will be open throughout September 2013, and the applicant ...

Marketing beyond gimmickry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... realise that their website is the most critical component of their online strategy. It doesn't matter how cool your Facebook page is if your website sucks. "The average shelf-life of today's website is no more than 3-5 years so expect to see some exciting ...

Super funds look to banks on social media

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... service channel," the report said, citing NAB-owned online bank UBank as a case in point. The report looks at UBank's Facebook page which has a forum for product suggestions and feedback, a microsite with Facebook plug-in allowing users to ask questions ...

Vow Financial launches interactive webinars

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... over 12 one-hour sessions every two to three weeks and is accessible to all industry brokers via the Vow Financial Facebook page. Vow Financial CEO Tim Brown predicted, "2012 will be a challenging year for the mortgage broking industry, and we want to ...

Financial services turn to Twitter

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
... Trends and Tactics in the Financial Services Industry' - revealed that 32% of the financial firms they tracked had a Facebook page. The number of firms creating a social media presence increased at a steady rate over the next two years, according to ...

HOSTPLUS serves up online engagement

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... Furthermore, the fund has grown its status in the social media world with over 1000 Twitter followers. The C4YC facebook page has 2300 friends and has had over 7000 visits. HOSTPLUS has also had 167,000 facebook post views and all on a media budget of ...

Hillross social media growth plans

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... policies around social media and engagement, it is quite a complicated area. We have a Hilllross LinkedIn account and Facebook page and we offer training for advisers with a small marketing team that works with each individual practice," said Humphries. ...

SG needed to save retirees: Shorten

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... Shorten and launched its own push for the super increase on the first day of the conference with a new website and FaceBook page. Fiona Reynolds, chief executive of AIST told more than a thousand delegates at the opening speech that the industry must ...