SMK's app of the week: Klear
If you're looking to up your Twitter game this year without shelling out for expensive analytics, you might want to give Klear a whirl. Tweet reach Klear is a social media dashb ....
19/01/2016
Android Pay ups the game with in-app payments
19/01/2016 SMK Editor
Android Pay has long offered NFC contactless payments (something the iPhone only started to do in Australia last year). Now Google's payment platform is upping the ante with in-app payments. ....
Facebook testing real-time comments
18/01/2016 SMK Editor
Facebook is reportedly testing a new twist on real-time comments: letting users know when they're friends are writing comments so they can instantly respond. Look Who's Talking At this stage select mobile users are seeing the "A friend is wr ....
Number Crunch: Instagram
18/01/2016 SMK Editor
Instagram continues to be an anomaly in the world of social networks. Its star continues to shine brightly as user numbers explode, while brands can still reach users without shelling out big bucks like they must on Facebook. But as Instagram continues to monetise ....
Twitter toys with 10,000 character tweets
15/01/2016 SMK Editor
The sun rises in the east, death, taxes, and tweets at 140 characters. There are some immutable rules of the universe. Or so we thought. Twitter is reportedly toying with the idea of extending the length of tweets from 140 to a mammoth 10,000 characters. ....
Facebook rolls out massive list of updates for Page Admins
14/01/2016 SMK Editor
Do you pride yourself on how quickly you respond to customer comments on Facebook? Now you can show the world how awesome you are with ....
Three Twitter Marketing Magicians you should follow
13/01/2016 SMK Editor
More than any other network, Twitter is the place for conversations, swapping ideas, getting inspiration and sharing pictures of Justin Bieber. All in 140 character or less. Amidst the swirl of hashtags and reposts, there are many nuggets of wisdom to be had. Belo ....
Pinterest Buyable Pins get smarter about spotting a deal
13/01/2016 SMK Editor
Here's one you might have missed over summer: Pinterest Buyable Pins have got smarter about spotting bargains. Red spot special Pinterest announced the news in a ....
SMK's app of the week: Digit
12/01/2016 SMK Editor
They say January is the time to action resolutions, so why not begin 2016 on the right foot with the very sensible ....
Cinematique rolls out shoppable video for brands
12/01/2016 SMK Editor
If 2015 was the year social video stepped into the spotlight, 2016 might be the year it becomes shoppable. Leading the trend is a new offering from Cinematique. Click and buy C ....
Number Crunch: Facebook 2016
11/01/2016 SMK Editor
As 2016 slowly kicks into gear, it seems fitting to take a squiz look at the biggest kid on the block – Facebook. With 2015 delivering record profits and an expanded reach of the social network, what’s in store for the next 12 months? Read on t ....
Understand what your customers want with the pimped-up Microsoft Pulse
11/01/2016 SMK Editor
Microsoft's polling tool Bing Pulse has been rebranded as Pulse, while becoming more deeply integrated with a suite of other MS products including Skype for Business, OneNote, and Azure Media Serv ....