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CLIENT: SOCIAL BASE
OUTLET: STUDIO 10
Former NRL bad-boy turned social media entrepreneur Todd Carney is on a mission to save the careers of current footy players across all sporting codes. With his best mate since the age of four Mitchell Micallef, Carney has come up with Social Base - a social media management app that allows for managers to filter content from their clients.
All together the app could stop controversial posts ever costing player contracts and team sponsorships.
CLIENT: SOCIAL BASE
OUTLET: WEEKEND TODAY
ex-NRL player Todd Carney is on a mission to help sports stars avoid scandals. He has teamed up with life-long mate Mitchell Micallef on a new social media management app, Social Base, which allows for social media managers to veto their clients content before it is ever posted.
Todd Carney and Mitchell Micallef join Weekend Today to discuss whether the app is babying grown men, and how it could potentially save teams losing their vital sponsorships.
CLIENT: SOCIAL BASE
OUTLET: CHANNEL SEVEN NEWS SYDNEY | BRISBANE | MELBOURNE | PERTH | GOLD COAST
One bad social media post can end a footballer’s career and cost them millions – however thanks to an app called SocialBase, these career-killing posts could soon be a thing of the past. t.
One of the app’s defining features gives social media managers power over their clients to approve all content before it is posted. Ex-NRL Player Todd Carney, one of SocialBase’s early investors, was the man who came up with the idea for the feature – following his own social media scandal that caused his $1.7 million contract to be torn up.
CLIENT: SOCIAL BASE
OUTLET: NEWS.COM.AU
He’s rugby league’s most unlikely saviour, but ex-NRL bad boy Todd Carney is out to protect a generation of players from themselves. After his career was cut short by the infamous bubbler photo, the former Dally M winner has become an investor in SocialBase – an app that aims to stop damaging social media posts before they happen.
CLIENT: WHIZZ CLEANING
OUTLET: AUZBIZ TV
Online cleaning marketplace Whizz is bringing tech disruption to the cleaning industry as it gears up for an IPO as early as next year. CEO Anthony Pettiona speaks with AusBiz TV fresh off acquiring local rival Get Jarvis as he looks to expand the platform.
CLIENT: CHAPEL STREET PRECINCT ASSOCIATION
OUTLET: TICKERTV
Melbourne restrictions continue to hit businesses hard - TickerTV Reporter Jack Nyhof took the streets of the Chapel Street Precinct to interview how its businesses are pivoting to survive the lockdown.
Nyhof spoke with florist Honey Bee & Blossom and Chaser's Nightclub - two businesses on the opposite side of the spectrum with Honey Bee & Blossom only 2 months old and Chaser's an iconic location of Chapel Street. Both are living and breathing the same ethos: Support Local.
CLIENT:COVID TRACER
OUTLET: AUSBIZ TV
COVID Tracer CEO Brian Pham said it was “ludicrous” that the Victorian government had given businesses the option to record customer details on pen and paper or be slugged $280 a month to use its recommended tracing app Salesforce.
“This is not an affordable option for small businesses living through a recession,” he said.
CLIENT:COVID TRACER
OUTLET: NEWS.COM.AU
The founder of a new virus tracing app and says the Victorian government has failed to provide clear instructions on contact tracing to businesses before they reopen.
COVIDTracer launched last month and founder Brian Pham said it was already being used by 4000 companies across Australia, including McDonald’s franchises, retailers, law courts and councils.
CLIENT: WHIZZ CLEANING
OUTLET: AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW
Rich Lister-backed online cleaning marketplace Whizz is readying for an initial public offering early next year, after last week acquiring its local rival, Get Jarvis.
The business, which was founded in late 2014 and is now led by former Drive.com.au CEO Anthony Pettiona, is an end-to-end platform for vetted cleaners, allowing them to find jobs, bid for and accept bookings, document their work and take payments.
CLIENT: CHAPEL STREET PRECINCT ASSOCIATION
OUTLET: TEN NEWS FIRST MELBOURNE
Restaurants, pubs and cafe owners across Chapel Street are coming up with innovative plans to serve customers outdoors. In collaboration with Stonnington Council, Chapel Street Precinct Association designed parks with social circles taking out the hassle of socially distancing.
Melburnians can now pick up a picnic hamper from a participating Chapel Street venue and head to the park to catch up on some missed out Vitamin D.
