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Freelance Journalism

Articles I’ve Written As Freelance Journalist List #2

This is a list of articles / other media work I’ve done as a freelance journalist during February 2010. I intend to continue writing freelance articles in the future and will link to them in lists every now and then.
February was interesting because I got to visit “ABC Tardis 1″ for the first time.
TARDIS [...]

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Media 2010 Sydney Conference Highlights

I had a press pass to the Media 2010 conference last Friday and have uploaded photos of some of the interesting Media 2010 slides to Flickr.

Media 2010 is a co-production of XmediaLab and Fairfax Digital whose aim is to bring together leading visionaries to mark the turning of the most exciting decade in the [...]

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Articles I’ve Written As Freelance Journalist List #1

I often have good ideas for articles that don’t fit the audience of my blogs or deserve a bigger audience so I’ve decided to pitch those ideas to various other publications. So far I’ve had articles accepted by APCMAG, ABC Unleashed and iTnews.
These articles will mostly be categorised as Reviews, Product Launches & Events or [...]

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Veteran Journalist Alan Kohler Analyses The Click Economy

I attended the Search Engine Room 2009 conference and found the Keynote address by veteran journalist and entrepreneur Alan Kohler about The Click Economy full of useful insights about how the seismic changes in the media industry will play out and the impacts these changes will have on both advertising and publishing.

Alan Kohler is [...]

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My ABC Unleashed Article about Future of Journalism

Good news The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) “Unleashed” online department asked me to write an article for them about the Media 140 Sydney conference I attended recently

My article highlighted the best practical advice from Media140, rather than addressing well-worn arguments about bloggers vs. journalists, media outlets sacking journalists by the hundreds, the [...]

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Media140 Sydney 2009 – Future of Journalism in the Social Media Age

I follow goings on in the Australian, European and American media very carefully and consider what I do for a living as a professional blogger to be at the bleeding edge of change in the media.

So I immediately volunteered to be a blogger/photographer when I found out that the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) was hosting [...]

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Twitters Impact on Media and Journalism – The Insight Exchange

The Insight Exchange is a series of monthly topic driven lunches that offers executives a chance to gain valuable information in a short period of time while networking with like minded people. Yesterday I attended their discussion forum : “Twitter’s Impact on Media & Journalism”

Overall I think Beth, Ross and Jess organized the event [...]

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CEBIT Webforward Conference Review

Last week amidst a busy schedule I managed to attend part of the CEBIT Webforward Conference. Sessions that I attended covered topics such as: “Mobile Web & Applications”, “Improving Web Usability & User Experience”, “Theory & Practice behind Social Influence Marketing”, “Social Media For Business” and “Web Analytics, Metrics & Information Management”. On the whole [...]

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Adtech Sydney 2009 Twitter Conversation Highlights

I was invited by the Ad:tech Sydney 2009 conference organisers to be one of the official Twitter stream moderators

Overall I think it had the highest volume of Twitter conversation of any Australian conference to date (roughly 4000 tweets) but a lot of the conversation was the kind of chatter you get in a bored classroom [...]

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e-Marketing SEO Conference CeBIT Australia 2008 (Review)

The e-Marketing & SEO Conference at CeBIT Australia 2008 is the first big event where I got a press pass to review it as an official blogger Thanks to the organiser Barry Smyth for arranging that.

Ticket to e-Marketing & SEO Conference CeBIT Australia 2008

Jeremy Bolt – Principal – Bruce Clay Australia

Mick Obrien – [...]

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Day Two Recap – SMX Sydney SEO SEM Conference 2008

Day 2 of SMX Sydney started off solidly and finished with an unexpected twist before we headed underneath the Sydney Harbour Bridge for the after party.
Following My Definitive Guide to Maximise Benefits of Conference Attendance definitely worked because I learnt a lot, made connections with smart and influential people and improved my profile in the [...]

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Danny & Rand Discover Flightcentre Possible Blackhat Cloaking : SMX Sydney Day 2

In an unexpected twist to the end of Day 2 at SMX Sydney Rand Fishkin and Danny Sullivan exposed a possible case of blackhat cloaking by Flightcentre.com.au

Searchengineland.com’s Danny Sullivan & Rand Fishkin from Seomoz discovering possible blackhat cloaking on Flightcentre.com.au

Page on Flightcentre.com.au viewed with different user agents

While doing an SEO review for another tourism website, [...]

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Day One Recap – SMX Sydney SEO SEM Conference 2008

I just returned to my office from Day 1 of the SMX Sydney 2008 SEO/SEM Conference. Learnt lots and met plenty of interesting people including chatting for a while with Adam Lasnik from Google and Rand Fishkin from Seomoz during lunch

Google’s Marisa Mayer – Keynote Conversation with searchengineland.com’s Danny Sullivan & Barry Smyth – SMX [...]

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Barry Smyths Search Engine Bootcamp (SEO/SEM Workshop) Review

Cost of going to Barry Smyth’s Search Engine Bootcamp: a few hundred dollars
Knowledge gained from the great speakers: Priceless!
A few days ago I was lucky enough to attend the Sydney Search Engine Bootcamp Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) workshop run by Barry Smyth’s Search Strategies company and was very impressed by [...]

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ALIA Information Online Conference

I just attended the Information Online 2007 conference and exhibition held at Darling Harbour in Sydney from 30th January to 1st February 2007
There were speakers from around Australia and overseas on a range of topics – from information security to knowledge management, from managing in the virtual world to managing with disruptive technologies aimed at [...]

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