iPhone Anniversary, LinkedIn Milestone, & F-Commerce: the Social 6 for 1/10/13
Another big Business 2 Community day for my social sharing, as you guys definitely clicked on and shared plenty of B2C articles. However, that's not all we have in store for you, with LinkedIn hitting another major milestone, as well as my Going Social piece for iPhone productivity apps to celebrate the Apple device's sixth anniversary. Here's your Social 6:
#6: 4 Social Media Sales Tips (Business 2 Community)
#5: Generate Sales with Facebook (Business 2 Community)
#4: LinkedIn vs the Recruiting Industry (Business 2 Community)
#3: LinkedIn hits 200 million members from more than 200 countries (The Next Web)
#2: Twitter + Print: Combining the New and the Old to Grow Your Business (Business 2 Community)
#1: Top 8 Apps for Better iPhone Productivity in 2013 (Going Social)
Monitoring Tools, Social Media Superstars, and Internet Privacy: the Social 6 for 1/8/13
As we close out the first week of 2013 and about 2% of the year, there's plenty of news to get to. Here's your Social 6:
#6: Blind Man Uses Instagram To Share Images (Mashable)
#5: Nielsen Report Shows Explosive Pinterest Growth (Business 2 Community)
#4: Top 20 Free Social Media Monitoring Tools For 2013 (Business 2 Community)
#3: Instagram Flap Shows Confusion Over Control of Content (New York Times blog)
#2: 2012′s Ten Worst Social Media Disasters (Business 2 Community)
#1: 7 Top Social Media Personalities to Follow in 2013 (Going Social)
PumpUp, QueSocial, & "New" YouTube: the Social 6 for 1/5/13
As you might have noted, in my daily link sharing, I'm trying to focus on posting more tips & tactics that you can use for social media success this year, as opposed to just today's news highlights. While we still have a few news items for you (PumpUp & QueSocial are two good names to watch), today we have YouTube's new layout, ways to become a better blogger in 2013, and probably most importantly, a great piece on why you need to stop ignoring Google+. Here's your Social 6:
#6: PumpUp Launches Personal Fitness App To Tackle Workout Bordom (BetaKit)
#5: QueSocial Finds Your Social Media ROI (Tech Cocktail)
#4: 5 Ways to Stay in Front of your Blogging Goals (Business 2 Community)
#3: Meet Tumblr's First Artist in Residence (Mashable)
#2: YouTube's New Layout: What is New and How It Affects You (Business 2 Community)
#1: Stop Whining And Embrace Google+ Already (ReadWriteWeb)
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Fotobar, 2013 Predictions, and Apple+Waze: the Social 6 News Roundup for 1/3/13
Welcome back, and a happy 2013 to all. This is the first Social 6 of the new year, which means we'll likely see plenty of 2013 predictions over the next few days. We have a few of those today -- including one by yours truly -- but also rumors about the excellent mapping app, Waze, possibly on Apple's acquisition list, Polaroid's innovative Fotobar stores, and the best health-related apps to kick off the new year with. Here's your Social 6:
#6: Polaroid to launch Fotobar stores designed to print photos from our smartphones (The Next Web)
#5: 2013 Prediction: Suffering from Information Overload, Consumers to Say No to Mediocre Content (SocialFresh)
#4: The Best Health And Fitness Apps For Your New Year’s Needs (TechCrunch)
#3: Rumor: Apple May Buy Crowdsourced Mapping App Waze (Search Engine Land)
#2: Will Twitter Become The ‘De Facto’ Communication Tool For World Leaders In 2013? (Mediabistro)
#1: 7 Bold Predictions for Social & Mobile in 2013 (Going Social)
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Poke vs. Snapchat & Social Media Hoaxes: the Social 6 for 12/22/12
It's been a very busy few days following Business 2 Community, as B2C as just been on fire with great content lately. A lot of news on Facebook's new Poke app, which will compete against popular sexting app Snapchat (and I already feel bad for having to type "sexting.") Not to mention, a big roundup of social media hoaxes, which seem to be more commonplace ever time we have a school shooting, superstorm, or anything else of similar magnitude. Here's your Social 6:
#6: Blogging for Business: Are Comments Dead? (Business 2 Community)
#5: Pinterest’s Latest Change Set to Better Businesses (Business 2 Community)
#4: Fun fact: Facebook’s new Poke app was built in just 12 days (The Next Web)
#3: The History of Social Media (Business 2 Community)
#2: Will Facebook Make Snapchat And WhatsApp History? Maybe Not (Forbes)
#1: 5 Social Media Hoaxes That Went Viral in 2012 (Business 2 Community)
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2012 Lists, Eloqua Acquisition, and Flipboard: the Social 6 News Roundup for 12/21/12
Happy Friday, folks. We made it! We made it, that is, through a day that had plenty of interesting "Top ___s of 2012" lists, as well as news about Eloqua's new corporate parent, Facebook's new privacy settings, and more. Overall, a pretty eventful day, as it was hard to limit myself to just six stories -- but hey, that's life. Here's your Social 6:
#6: Own an Android tablet? Now you can (at last!!) have Flipboard (All Things D)
#5: Which of these "10 Worst People on Internet in 2012" do you dislike most? (Mashable)
#4: Kellogg, Verizon use Gamification to Build Loyalty (Chief Marketer)
#3: The top 10 most influential people on Tumblr in 2012 (Daily Dot)
#2: Facebook's new privacy settings begin rolling out - now it's easier to control what data is public (The Next Web)
#1: Oracle to Acquire Eloqua for $871 Million (Destination CRM)
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Blog Tips, Gamification, and Tasti D-Lite: the Social 6 for 12/20/12
Today we've got a heavy dose of Business 2 Community, which is typically a fascinating read -- if you're not following B2C generally I recommend it, as it contains plenty of very practical tips and thought. Actually, overall this is probably one of the least "newsy" days I've had on record, but still plenty of good reading, including my profile of Tasti D-Lite for the Going Social blog. Here's your Social 6:
#6: Cleveland Clinic Diagnoses Health-Care Act (Wall Street Journal)
#5: Facebook is the New Word of Mouth Marketing (Business 2 Community)
#4: Mario Brothers and Level-up Leadership: Social Entrepreneurship, Gamification, and Religion (Forbes)
#3: 4 Tips for Writing a Blog Post Opening that Turns Heads (Business 2 Community)
#2: Gain a Social Edge With HootSuite, Topsy, Klout and Buffer (Business 2 Community)
#1: Tasti D-Lite’s Recipe for Going Social? Technology and Leadership (Going Social)
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Instagram Drama, Google Plus Upgrades, and More: the Social 6 for 12/19/12
Morning, team! Yesterday was a bit too busy to run a Social 6 as usual, but the continuing drama around Instagram's privacy policy make a few appearances on today's roundup of yesterday's most important stories. Also noteworthy is Google's continuing moves to, essentially, turn Google Plus into a monster that touches upon all of your Google-related interactions. Here's your Social 6:
#6: Running a competition on Twitter or Facebook? How to get the basics right (Memeburn)
#5: Google Plus pushes more improvements (better photos, Hangouts, mobile apps) (MakeUseOf)
#4: Google Plus Testing Social Sharing Bar (Mashable)
#3: The case for choosing Flickr over Instagram (ReadWriteWeb)
#2: Is Facebook Advertising Worth The Investment? (Business 2 Community)
#1: Instagram Responds: 'We Hear You' [but offers little in way of apologies] (Mashable)
Instagram Commerce, the Death of the URL, and Tweet Archives: the Social 6 for 12/17/12
Of course, it's been a very sad weekend as we stay on top of all the news related to the Sandy Hook shooting in Connecticut. Here are some of the more important links shared this weekend as most news touched on the massacre. Obviously not much news is shared on the weekend per se, but we have plenty of interesting and important views to stay on top of. I love the top two especially. Here's your Social 6:
#6: On Instagram, a thriving bazaar taps a big market (Waterloo Record)
#5: Why's Apple stock in the pits when analysts have good things to say about the iPhone & iPad lineup? (Business Insider)
#4: Does Facebook’s future rests on lessons from Wal-Mart campaign? (All Things D)
#3: How Music Streaming Service Songza And Audyssey Just Upgraded Your Headphones For Free (TechCrunch)
#2: Directed Browsing And The Death Of The URL (Forbes)
#1: A Few Reasons Why You’d Want To Download All Of Your Tweets (TechCrunch)
Newsjacking Sandy Hook, Google Plus Upgrades, and Airline VIPs: the Social 6 for 12/15/12
It's hard to imagine anything eclipsing yesterdays horrific shootings in Connecticut - and at least on the Social 6, nothing didn't. But it was the story of the day by a large margin, with idiots even pretending to be the now-dead shooter on Facebook. KMart got in on the newsjacking fun in our top spot today. We also did have some positive news, such as PowToon's funding, some great reporting on how social media is affecting VIP treatment on airlines, and more. Here's your Social 6:
#6: DIY Animation Platform PowToon Grabs $600K For Its Video Creation Software (TechCrunch)
#4: Big Google+ Upgrade Includes Full-Size Photo Backups (Mashable)
#3: The Navigator: With social media, airlines have a new kind of VIP (Washington Post)
#2: The top 12 internet characters of 2012 (Your Community @ CBCnews)
#1: KMart Wins the Idiotic Newsjacking Brand of the Day Award for its Insensitive Tweet (Going Social)
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