Tuesday 16 October 2012

GO MOBILE! Planning my Road Trip Sydney - Melbourne

Can I remember this vacation as the most memorable? Yes, of course because is being planned properly and it is all in front of my own desktop. Back in May, after ticket confirmed we will be flying off to Sydney, Australia 8th till 18th May! It will be 10 days of pure fun, enjoy and pictures.  All the reservation for accommodation, booking  for our caravan, food or any entrance fee to their recreation park are being booked through online.

We started with buying our tickets online which also we do it mobile:)

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Source: AirAsia

Then booking our place to sleep for the whole trip, which we do it mobile. We can use the search page to find a property. Next we just enter the dates we need and browse by availability. Message hosts with any question through the onsite messaging system. Airbnb is a community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book unique accommodations around the world — online or from a mobile phone.

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Source: Airbnb
How about our motorhome? We just do our booking online and it was as easy as click, then click and click again. The best part was it come with:
  • TV/DVD player
  • Walk-through
  • Rear vision camera
  • Automatic transmission
  • 2 dining areas
  • Large awning
  • GPS (included with our hire package)


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Source: Apollo Camper Website

For our accomodation through out the road trip, we are staying and allowed only to stay only in any motorhome site. So how do we book it? Its MOBILE! It is fully integrated with email, social media, GPS and more, giving users the option to contact Parks, share with  friends and even find directions to BIG4 Parks via Google Maps.Its also included with fully interactive Park finder including the option to find ‘Parks near me’ via the GPS facility; information, pictures and availability, for all 180+ BIG4 Holiday Parks


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Source: Big4
So now I'm ready and good to go. The only things that i need to think of is, what should i put in my luggage and how many cloth should i bring. Easy enough, this MOBILE technology gave us plenty of time to think about other things and its easy;) It was a great feeling that time once your reach there as there are a lot of different scenery and places being explored. The trip is one in a life time memories that i will treasure the most. In fact, will be sharing with all readers on how we go about once we are there including some of our 4GB in total pictures;)



Sunday 14 October 2012

Social Media and The World

What should my next entry topic will be? Will world bloggers social media award 2012 a good entry here? Social media, what should people know about social media? A lay man words, social media is a platform that individual or communities create traffic or attention through any social sites such as blog, Facebook, twitter also Instagram.

Many people talk about the explosion of social media and the importance of businesses in recognizing that. The easiest way to define social media is that it is an online approach that utilizes social instrument for communication. It is a website that interacts with its audience while it’s providing useful information. The usual interactive activities could be comments, voting, recommendation and reviews on articles, music, videos and the like where everyone has a chance to share their views and opinions. Therefore, it is a two-way channel that lets a company reach and communicate with its target market and its audience interacts with other visitors.
 
Source: by Burson-Marsteller
 

From the above diagram, the social media can be derived into 22 impressive statistics that I wanted to share here, that shown that we should not be ignorant of the social media landscape now and today:
            
Globally:
  1. Every month the world’s online population spends equivalent to 4 million years online.
  2. Social networking is the most popular online activity worldwide, with 22% of the time online spent on channels like Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.
  3. 90% of marketers use social media channels for business, with 93% of these rating social tools as “important”.
  4. 91% of experienced social marketers see improved website traffic due to social media campaigns and 79% are generating more quality leads.
  5. 40% of consumers prefer social logins over creating a new/guest account.
  6. 53% of employers research potential candidates on social networks.
  7. 30% of B2B marketers are spending million of dollars each year on social media marketing
  8. 56% of college students said that if they encountered a company that banned access to social media, they would either not accept a job offer or would join and find a way to circumvent corporate policy.

In Malaysia:
  1. 64.7% of Malaysians use the internet.
  2. Facebook is the most visited site in Malaysia (75.5%).
  3. Social media is responsible for one-third the web traffic in Malaysia.

On Facebook:
  1. Facebook has a total of 901 million monthly active users.
  2. There are more than 3.5 billion pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, etc.) shared each week on Facebook.
  3. Up till date, there are 12747100 Facebook users in the Malaysia, which makes it No.18 in the ranking of all Facebook statistics by Country.
  4. This also means that 48.73% of the Malaysian population is on Facebook.
On Twitter
  1. There are 340 million tweets every day.
  2. Twitter has a total of more than 22 million daily unique visitors.
  3.  55% of Twitter users access the platform via their mobile.
And lets we come back to our main entry post, which is all about social media award.  The World Bloggers & Social Media Awards 2012 are the supreme testament to the stunning achievements in all verticals connected with blogging and social media.

As the 1st World Bloggers and Social Media Awards was held in Kuala Lumpur back on 16th March 2012 highlighted the work of some of the best from the social media fraternity of global and local social media practitioners. As they said, is was “glocal” event with the awards showcasing the brilliant minds that have made this phenomenon possible and that honored them for their contribution to social media here in Malaysia.

Let us check out on our past winner, and what is your prediction on who will be crowned the next winner this year for each category below?

The World Bloggers & Social Media Awards 2012 Award Winners

Best Auto Blog
paultan.org/
No one writes like Paul Tan about cars ...
http://paultan.org/
Winner

Best Business Blog
www.shahabudeenjalil.com
Business blog for Malaysia ...
http://www.shahabudeenjalil.com
Winner

Best Celebrity Blog
honeykoyuki.blogspot.com
Pretty, young, down-to-earth doctor-to-be named Fatin Liyana. She has more than 35k blog followers already. ...
http://honeykoyuki.blogspot.com
Winner

Best CSR Blog
www.kucing.my
Free information on cat and kittens. Find answers to a wide variety of cat health and cat care questions. ...
http://www.kucing.my
Winner

Best Educational Blog
www.iluvislam.com
Website/Blog Islamik yang mengandungi pelbagai isu kandungan bermanfaat untuk remaja, ibu bapa dan masyarakat keseluruhannya. ...
http://www.iluvislam.com
Winner

Best Entertainment Blog
www.ohbulan.com/
Everything you need to know about entertainment in Malaysia. Nuff said ...
http://www.ohbulan.com/
Winner

Best F&B blog
www.koleksi1001resepi.com/
recipes, cooking tips, travel, resaurant and food review, cooking ingredients, etc... ...
http://www.koleksi1001resepi.com/
Winner

Best Gadgets Blog
all-aboutiphone.blogspot.com/
All About iPhone article about All things iPhone. Find more Features articles from leading independent iPod, iPhone, and iPad site. ...
http://all-aboutiphone.blogspot.com/
Winner

Best Gossip Blog
www.rotikaya.com/
If you want to know any Malaysia artistes gossip, this is the best place ...
http://www.rotikaya.com/
Winner

Best Health & Well Being Blog
www.ninieahmad.com
Our very own Celebrity Yoga Instructor who teaches yoga and healthy ways of living exactly the way she means it. Read her up and voting should come naturally after. ...
http://www.ninieahmad.com
Winner

Best Innovative Blog
founder.limkokwing.net/blog/
innovation is his middle name and his blog shows it, check out his blog and vote for him in this category. ...
http://founder.limkokwing.net/blog/
Winner

Best Lifestyle Blog of the Year
www.eqbalzack.com
MY BLOG NOT ONLY MY PERSONAL LIFE, IT\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'S BLOG FOR EVERYONE. I AM ALSO BLOGGING ABOUT MY LIFESTYLE,EDUCATION, TRAVELING, PHOTOGRAPHY, SHARE MY TEACHING EXPERIENCE NEARLY 1 ...
http://www.eqbalzack.com
Winner

Best Music Blog
www.yunainspired.com/about.aspx
A blog which inspire a lot of other people to be themselves and be an artist at the same time ...
http://www.yunainspired.com/about.aspx
Winner

Best of the Best Blog of the Year
denaihati.com
Berkongsi rasa hati isu terkini dalam dan luar negara, motivasi untuk hidup dengan redha, blogging tips dan sering menganjurkan contest untuk Rakan Blogger ...
http://denaihati.com
Winner

Best Photography Blog
www.danielzaidi.com/
nice piccas ^_^ ...
http://www.danielzaidi.com/
Winner

Best Political Blog
www.chedet.cc/
A blog by Malaysia\'s former Prime Minister (1981 - 2003), Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad. ...
http://www.chedet.cc/
Winner

Best Shopping Blog
www.kznabihah.com
Our online blogshop that sells a wide range of women\\\'s clothing from head to toe. be sure, is the latest trend with exclusive designs from our own boutique ...
http://www.kznabihah.com
Winner

Best Social Media Award - Public Agency of the Year
etpblog.pemandu.gov.my/
chk this is out ...
http://etpblog.pemandu.gov.my/
Winner

Best Social Media Business of the Year
myorange.my
My Orange Network banyak menumpukan kepada projek-projek pembangunan web blog dan juga media sosial tempatan. Projek utama ialah apesal.com ...
http://myorange.my
Winner

Best Social Media Campaign of the Year - Malaysia
www.myselangorstory.com
After debuting in 2010 with amazing success, making it one of Tourism Selangor’s most successful campaigns and the nation’s first ever tourism blogging competition, My Selangor Story promote Selan ...
http://www.myselangorstory.com
Winner

Best Social Media Campaign of the Year – International
octtwtfest.wordpress.com
The biggest event in 2011. And it is the biggest tweetup ever in the world at 2612 attendees ...
http://octtwtfest.wordpress.com
Winner

Best Social Media Icon of the Year - International
www.apesal.com/
readers are from brunei, indonesia and malaysia ...
http://www.apesal.com/
Winner

Best Social Media Icon of the Year - Malaysia
twitter.com/aznilnawawihm
Known as Pak Nil, as busy as ever and still have time to Tweet ...
http://twitter.com/aznilnawawihm
Winner

Best Sports Blog
world-superbikes.blogspot.com/
MotoGP is the world´s premier motorcycling championship, with a season of 18 Grands Prix in 13 countries bringing together the world´s top motorcycle manufacturers. ...
http://world-superbikes.blogspot.com/
Winner

Best Travel Blog
www.placesandfoods.com/
It is both food and travel blog ...
http://www.placesandfoods.com/
Winner

Best Video Blog
inianwarhadi.com/
lepak.chill.relax ...
http://inianwarhadi.com/
Winner

Most Funniest Blog
fukkenlol.blogspot.com
A blog that surely gonna make people go LOL! The special feature of this blog is \\\"comixed\\\". What is comixed? You have to see it yourself =) ...
http://fukkenlol.blogspot.com
Winner

Most Vocal Blog
www.hazrey.com
I am a loser who isnt funny and use this word every sentence to try and be funny ...
http://www.hazrey.com
Winner

Social Media Champion of the Year
www.octove.com
Octove.com is a Malaysian Social Network that connects people from around the world with friends and businesses. Octove.com is also a secure and social entertaining platform with various interesting a ...
http://www.octove.com
Winner

Upcoming Blogger of the Year
ariffshah.com
Just another blog by Ariff Shah ...
http://ariffshah.com
Winner

Worst Blog of the Year
www.bicaramakdara.com/
This blog is own by old lady name Adza Irdawati or I call myself as \\\"Mak Dara\\\" to make things worst im FAT!!!! now tell me the truth who really wants to reads a blog from an old and triple XL la ...
http://www.bicaramakdara.com/
Winner