social media

  • Biggest PR disasters of 2010

    As 2010 draws to a close I thought it might be time to remember those who’ve made our time at the hairdressers reading trashy mags just that little bit more exciting. So I started to do a little searching and came across this article on Mumbrella about the top 10 PR disasters of the year.…

  • YouTube for business

    Have you ever considered YouTube as part of your digital marketing mix? It’s free, easy to use, and you can customise your channel to compliment your company’s branding. It’s a proven platform that allows you to share videos to existing and new audiences, integrate video content on your website or Facebook page, and can help…

  • U2 Concert 2010

    My favourite band of all time, U2, dropped into Brisbane last week, and I was lucky enough to see them – front row! It was an absolutely fantastic concert, with some songs from their new album, but also the classic hits “Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” and “Where The Streets Have No Name”.…

  • Mark Zuckerberg, creator of Facebook, named Time magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’ for 2010

    Have you heard that Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of the international digital phenomenon social networking site, Facebook was named Time magazine’s 2010 Person of the Year yesterday. The Facebook website (www.facebook.com) currently has more than half a billion users, I am one of them–are you? Time magazine defines their Person of the Year as…

  • You’re the best chef in the Redlands winner announced

    You may remember an article I wrote about the LJ Hooker ‘You’re the best chef in the Redlands‘ competition back in November. The competition, based on a nominate, vote, win premise, drew to a close yesterday resulting in one very lucky winner. Wellington Point local Ainsley Aitcheson was crowned the ‘Best chef in the Redlands’…

  • 5 reasons why custom design impacts social media success

    Social networking sites have become an essential part of a business’s branding strategy and promotional campaigns. Custom designed Facebook, Twitter and YouTube pages not only help your branding, but designed and built right, they can help you meet your social media goals, whether that may be lead generation or gaining more fans. When designing for…

  • Spare Ticket event connection site launches in 12 days!

    There’s 12 days to go until Australia’s first event connection site is launched and the Brio kids seriously can not wait! With the huge amount of festivals, concerts and cricket coming up this summer (and the huge amount of people I know on Facebook trying to flog spare tickets) this site couldn’t come soon enough!…

  • Aussie James West tracks down the Trans in time for Thanksgiving

    Each year there must be millions of emails about Thanksgiving preparations hitting American inboxes from loved ones. Nothing unusual there. It’s a big holiday and no doubt takes loads of organising. Florida’s Tran family send dozens of preparation emails each year; but unbeknown to them the James West (one of their relative’s partners) they’ve been…

  • 2010’s best viral videos

    The only kind of “viral” we like to share and experience at Brio, is the viral ad/campaign! With social media taking over a lot of advertising space these days, it’s a given that viral advertising is only growing more popular amongst brands and consumers. Why? Well, the best thing about viral advertising is that it…