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Green is still high on our agenda despite economic concerns
November 9, 2011 – 11:12 am | No Comment

Did you know that regard for green on the Australian agenda remains high despite recent economic concerns and practice of green behaviour is becoming habitual? 
TNS’ Green Index, conducted in September 2011,  and released publicly for the …

Are you a basic mobile brand or a game changer?
May 25, 2011 – 8:52 am | No Comment
Are you a basic mobile brand or a game changer?

The long awaited ‘year of the mobile’ crept up on us in 2010, catching many in the marketing community unawares.  You could be forgiven for thinking it was going to be just like any of …

Attitude adjustment needed for safer roads
December 9, 2010 – 8:00 am | 3 Comments
Attitude adjustment needed for safer roads

Since 1970 annual road fatalities have declined from 30.4 to 6.8 deaths per 100,000 but with on average four to five people being killed in crashes every day clearly we still have a long way …

The necessary evils of recycling and desalination
September 30, 2010 – 8:15 am | 2 Comments
The necessary evils of recycling and desalination

Rarely a day goes by that water isn’t a news feature in Australia.  We’ve either got too much of it (a large chunk of Australia is suffering from the worst floods in 15 years) or …

Greening the grid
September 21, 2010 – 2:40 pm | No Comment
Greening the grid

With winter having recently departed most of us are looking forward to a long, hot summer.  The warmth is welcome but not so much those stifling summer days, when it’s too hot to move.  On …

Late surge for Gillard in both media and public sentiment
August 20, 2010 – 9:33 am | No Comment
Late surge for Gillard in both media and public sentiment

In this the last week of the election campaign there have been some interesting trends emerging in our tracking of what Australians have been saying about election issues online both in traditional and social media. 
The …

Influence of online sources on voting intention
August 17, 2010 – 3:28 pm | No Comment
Influence of online sources on voting intention

Over the past few months we’ve been tracking what Australians have been saying about election issues online both in traditional and social media.  The tool tracks mentions of nominated keywords and analyses sentiment, share of …

Gillard vs. Abbot in the social media space
August 9, 2010 – 4:31 pm | No Comment
Gillard vs. Abbot in the social media space

Following the 2008 US presidential campaign and the 2010 UK federal election there was considerable discussion around the impact of social media, both upon the course of each of these election campaigns, and the election …

Sustainability – a collective effort without an owner
July 30, 2010 – 9:55 am | No Comment
Sustainability – a collective effort without an owner

Sustainability has become a wide-ranging term that can be applied to almost every facet of life on Earth. For humans, it’s the potential for long-term wellbeing, which in turn depends on the wellbeing of the …

From rational choice theory to behavioural economics and Nudge … my how far we’ve come!
June 15, 2010 – 8:10 am | No Comment
From rational choice theory to behavioural economics and Nudge … my how far we’ve come!

Although behavioural economics is not new, the way that we can apply our understanding of behavioural economics to the research and development of social marketing campaigns and behaviour change programs is still emerging in terms …

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