SnapChat AR Update
Ever wanted to walk alongside your cartoon-self riding a skateboard? How about watching yourself do yoga or drinking a cup of coffee? Sounds thrilling. We've seen a variety of fun Bitmoji additions to Snapchat such as user profile avatars, personalised stickers, and Snap Map, where users can see where their friends are at all times. Snapchat's dedicated Bitmoji AR team have now released their latest and greatest creation — animated AR Bitmojis. Simply press the screen while in Snapchat ...
September 22, 2017Social Media Tips For Your Children
Social Media can expose children to inappropriate content, subject them to cyber bullying or make them targets of predators and stalkers. Children can put themselves and their families at risk. We have put together a list of things that you can do to help keep your children, your family, and yourself safe on Social Media. Engage in open discussionPromote open and calm discussion about your child's experiences on the Internet. If they fear they will be blamed or punished for their online mistakes...
September 22, 2017The Ultimate Glossary of Social Media and Beyond!
# (Hashtag) - #DidYouKnow, This thing is called an octothorpe! It is used to link together content used on social media websites and applications, especially Twitter, to identify messages on a specific topic. AI, Version 1 - Artificial intelligence, or AI, refers to intelligence exhibited by machines. AI, Version 2 - Artificial Insemination . Being a rural social media agency, this is probably worth noting to avoid confusion when AI’ing down on the farm! Agritech ...
August 6, 2017Reaching the Grand Final - David Kidd
I arrived back from Perth, Western Australia in April 2012 with a new career in farming ahead of me. The last time that I had been involved in ‘hands-on’ farming was roughly 6 years prior, when I spent the summer following my last year of university helping with a few odd jobs on my parent’s farm. Although I had come back to my ‘home town’, I no longer knew many people in the local area. My involvement in Young Farmers began with a long-standing desire to compete in the YF of the Year ...
July 21, 2017#WNISM - Link Previews
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July 17, 2017What's New in Social Media | Week Fifty Two
Week 52! That's 52 individual articles on what's happening in social media - globally! What it also signifies is the beginning of the end. We have decided to restructure how we deliver the newest updates to you in way of shorter bite sized chunks on our Facebook page with some longer features still here on our blog! Let us know if there is anything YOU want to hear, know or learn about! Until then, lets kick off #52!...
June 10, 2017What's New in Social Media | Week Fifty One
#FindOfTheWeek - I have JUST discovered this! Isn't it amazing what is readily available to help create images without the need to a professional graphic designer! Of course, my skills are not anywhere near professional but this is going to be a fantastic tool for me until I have a designer on tap ;)...
June 1, 2017What's New in Social Media | Week Fifty
This week I stumbled upon a GIF on Instagram. WHAT!? It was a tiny short video that replayed at real time without the camcorder icon in the top right corner. That's why is threw me. So I did some research. The best explanation I can come up with is - Boomerang. Boomerang is a super simple app that doesn't currently have very many options at the moment, but its straightforwardness makes it easy to get hooked on using regularly. Just select the front or rear-facing camera, point you...
May 23, 2017If farming was easy, everyone would do it
The lawyers, policy makers, vets, accountants, artists and movie makers, regulators and inspectors – in fact everyone that is NOT a farmer is able to do what they do – because of farmers. Those who choose not to grow their own food – in our developed society that is about 98% of people – can do so because they have delegated that responsibility to people who are better at it than they are. They have delegated the hunting and gathering to those who have fine tuned skills to turn sunshine ...
May 16, 2017What's New in Social Media | Week Forty Nine
To be honest, the biggest user of Snapchat in my family is Miss Five when she takes some super close up selfies and send them to her Nana, Grandad, Her aunties, uncles and my friends (sorry guys)! Some people though do a really excellent job at utilising Snapchat in their business marketing - this is where it would be good to note that there have been some updates (read on below) recently so it may be time to be a little more careful around what you are sending to who!...
May 16, 2017What's New in Social Media | Week Forty Eight
Collect leads, boost engagement and drive sales using landing pages, contests and forms. ShortStack helps you gather customer data from your own website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and more.Put simply, ShortStack is a self-service platform that helps you build engaging campaigns for social, web and mobile. It is easy to collect data from your entire online audience. ShortStack also integrates the services you already use and puts your campaigns wherever your audience already vis...
May 11, 2017Wellbeing is a personal thing
Wellbeing is a personal thing. I have a goal to run ten 100km ultramarathons. I know it will take countless hours of training and sacrifice but it does give me plenty of time to debate life and find solutions to problems on my mind. Beginning my 6 month training programme each year is painful. It takes a long time to get the body into running mode after cycling just to get to a point where I can realistically believe I can run another century. Why would anyone do this you ask – well it is good...
May 7, 2017What's New in Social Media | Week Forty Seven
For those of you who have a business Facebook page, you may be wondering what this new look is and how it is different, and how it benefits you?...
May 4, 2017Strong Rural Communities
Historically, New Zealand has been built on strong rural communities, and country living has occurred around a well-founded community hub. Over the last 50 years, countless changes have seen dramatic depopulation of rural areas, a decrease in services provided, and a marked change in the makeup of people in our rural communities. Rural communities of the past were seen as synonymous with farming communities. The social networks worked to support farming families and events were often ...
May 2, 2017Pitching in when the shaking stopped
The morning after the Kaikoura earthquake and with the daylight rendering up the raw destruction of farmland, NZ Young Farmer members sprang into action....
April 30, 2017What's New in Social Media | Week Forty Six
Last year saw the launch of Workplace, Facebook's enterprise collaboration app and Slack rival. Now Facebook is looking to woo more big spenders with a free version of the app. Now instead, we have Workplace Premium which is the paid version that will have self-service, the administrative and admin tools. At this stage the mobile work space is still dominated by Slack (with 1.5 million subscribers) - Also used here at Grass Roots Media. At last count Workplace had signe...
April 26, 2017Rural Women New Zealand on Rural Communities
Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) has been an authoritative voice in rural communities since its beginnings in 1925. Its aim is to strengthen rural communities, and it is very proud of what it has achieved....
April 25, 2017What's New in Social Media | Week Forty Five
Instagram has launched a new Instagram Direct that makes it “fast and easy to turn any conversation into a visual conversation with photos and videos.” All texts, uploads, and reshares sent in Direct will soon appear in the same thread with disappearing photos and videos, which allows users to “seamlessly go back and forth with friends.” Disappearing images and videos will be highlighted in blue in the inbox, where they can be viewed and replayed once. The new Direct is no...
April 19, 2017Magic happens outside your comfort zone...
I recently heard a quote along the lines of “Try getting out of your comfort zone, it’s where the magic happens,” which really resonated for me. When I was a young girl growing up in the urban jungle of Auckland I would never have dreamt that in my early twenties I would move away from my family and friends to follow my heart and the love of my life to live on a farm in the Deep South. I have lived in Dipton, Southland for nine years. Dipton is a rural town roughly a 50 minute drive n...
April 17, 2017What's New in Social Media | Week Forty Four
How do you know which form of social media will work the best for your business? Which ones MUST you have and what is optional? Well, it's a little more complicated than a 'one-size-fits-all' solution I'm afraid - but I promise, it's actually not tricky at all! Here are a few tips to help you decide what forms of social media you want to integrate into your social media strategy! (Because you have one, right? No? Call us NOW!) I'll touch on the most prominent forms of media ...
April 14, 2017Sweet Louise and their Pink Bales
Did you know that the idea of wrapping hay bales in pink started in New Zealand? It’s now spread to the UK and other parts of Europe. All to raise awareness of breast cancer, particularly for rural women. In New Zealand, Agpac generously donate a percentage of sales of pink wrap to Sweet Louise. The last couple of years they have donated $23k each year, all to help women living with incurable breast cancer....
April 10, 2017What's New in Social Media | Week Forty Three
CNNTech production assistant Lisa Fischer, 22, suggests picking things that are "interesting or funny in the moment but not long-term interesting enough to post as like, an Instagram." Yes, really. If Facebook didn't own Instagram I'd be calling them out for this but it appears the success of Instagram Stories has rubbed off and they are trying their luck on more channels! Facebook Stories sits at the top of your mobile news feed and has two distinct parts: Direct and Stories. You’ll find Dir...
April 6, 2017What's New in Social Media | Week Forty Two
Yes you heard correctly! Yet another Instagram story update that looks remarkably familiar... Geofilters, stickers, temperature, time and different ways to write. All we need now is filters and it will be nearly identical to Snapchat! As I have mentioned before, yes I do prefer Instagram stories personally and have recently increased from around 140 views per day to 180. Do you want more viewers? One way to do this is by keeping posts frequent. This means your icon will show...
March 30, 2017What's New in Social Media | Week Forty One
LinkedIn has always been the go-to social platform for business professionals of any kind. But lawyers have noticed the benefits of other social platforms and are starting to branch out. According to MyCase, 73% of lawyers have a personal presence on LinkedIn, 27% use Facebook for professional purposes, and 23% use Twitter for professional purposes....
March 22, 2017Viberi and the Blackcurrant industry
Blackcurrants are a household name in New Zealand and in the cooler areas of NZ, all the old home gardens had a bush or two. A lot of our grandparents would have fed us up on them to fight off colds and flu's, and with good reason as blackcurrants are very high in vitamin C, typically 5 times more than oranges and many times more than most other fruits and berries....
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