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2012 Stats, Bundle, MoMa Video Games, and Mike Krieger's Principles: the Social 6 for 12/1/12

Busy Friday we had yesterday! The Interwebs were busy with a tons of clicks (including my guest post, #4). Today we have acquisition of one of the more impressive startups out there, some social media stats that will undoubtedly help you win a trivia competition, and Mike Krieger's product development principles. Let's get right to it, shall we? Here's your Social 6:

#6: Capital One Acquires Bundle, A Data-Driven Local Business Directory (TechCrunch)

#5: Pac-Man, Tetris and 12 others land in The Museum of Modern Art’s new Video Game collection (The Next Web)

#4: 6 Ways Corporate Culture Can Play Into a Company's Social Media Success (Business Conjunctions)

#3: Yes, Social Media Is Risky -- Find A Way To Make It Work (Forbes)

#2: Instagram Co-Founder Mike Krieger’s 8 Principles For Building Products People Want (TechCrunch)

#1: 100 Fascinating Social Media Statistics and Figures From 2012 (Huffington Post)

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LivingSocial Layoffs, Social CMOs, & Twitter's List of No-Nos: The Social 6 News Roundup for 11/30/12

Folks, we did it. We made it to Friday. Thursday, however, had plenty of interesting stories clicked on & shared on my social radar, including the troubles at LivingSocial, a guest post by yours truly on Young Upstarts, and a look at how "Social" certain CMOs are. Here's your Social 6:

#6: Street Fight Daily: LivingSocial Layoffs, Google Buys Coupon Platform (Street Fight)

#5: Should Your Small Business Engage In Newsjacking? (Young Upstarts)

#4: The Fortune 100 Top Social Brands -- Are Their CMOs Social? (CMSWire)

#3: This Is How Much Time You Spend on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr (Mashable)

#2: The 3 Things You Can't Do On Twitter (ReadWriteWeb)

#1: 1,000 jobs gone at Groupon & LivingSocial; can daily deals turn things around? (Business Insider)

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Facebook Monetization, MyHeritage, Banjo, & Reddit: the Social 6 for 11/29/12

There was just so much goodness going around yesterday that this story about 500px's arrival on iPhone got crowded out - and 500px is a pretty sharp site/platform/service. I'd have put it in the top 6, but alas, the rules are the same as always: whatever I share that you guys click on & share the most, that's what I then rank and sort out to determine the Social 6. My piece on Banjo's new release topped the list, but we also have MyHeritage's new trove of cash, Facebook monetization efforts, and much more. Here's your Social 6:

#6: 5 Fascinating Facts We Learned From Reddit This Week (Mashable)

#5: Family-oriented social network raises $25 million and buys its main rival Geni (The Next Web)

#4: Facebook's new tactics to convince page owners to run ads (Inside Facebook)

#3: Box VP Sam Schillace: People won’t tolerate crappy enterprise apps anymore (VentureBeat)

#2: Facebook's new push for getting its users credit card numbers (Mashable)

#1: Why Banjo is the Future of Social Networking (Going Social)

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Cyber Monday, Pitch Engine, Lanyrd, and Twitter Archives: the Social 6 News Roundup for 11/28/12

Lots of good stuff you might have missed yesterday, which is why I'm here to curate it all for you. Today we've got some Cyber Monday ramifications, the FBI's forward-thinking use of social media, some innovation courtesy of Lanyrd (one of my favorite apps), and more. Here's your Social 6:

#6 Social-Media Shaming About A Dumb Photo Gets Dangerous (ReadWriteWeb)

#5 On Cyber Monday, Mobile -- Not Social -- Takes All the Glory (All Things D)

#4 FBI Using Twitter to Crack Down on Securities Fraud (Mashable)

#3 Pitch Engine launches redesign and mobile apps to reimagine the press release for consumers (The Next Web)

#2 As LinkedIn closes its Events app, social conference service Lanyrd steps in with new integration (The Next Web)

#1 Will Twitter follow up on its promise for downloadable tweet archives by year's end? (Search Engine Watch)

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My (next) 6 Top Cyber Monday Deals

Since that first post regarding Cyber Monday deals was so popular - actually more popular than the posts I actually put considerable thought into, go figure! - I thought I'd share 6 more great deals I'm considering:

Clarins (one of my favorite beauty brands) has a pretty sweet gift with purchase ($133 value) with a $75 purchase. Code: CYBERM.
Audible.com is offering up another 50 books for $4.95 in addition to the collection they already have up. Check it out if you're into audiobooks (I love them) - some pretty great stuff!
Verizon has a Samsung Tab 2.0 that was $350 down to $99.99. Guess we know what they need to move inventory on...
Another one of my favorite beauty brands, Philosophy, has a $90 gift with purchases of $75 or more, plus up to 50% off on certain products, plus free shipping. Yikes. Sorry, credit card limit, you have to go up a bit, please.
If you know someone who likes movies and don't want to put too much thought into a gift, Fandango is offering gift cards at standard value - but purchase and you'll be entered to win movies for a year.
If you've ever been to a J.Crew Factory store, you know they generally have pretty good products - and now their .com is 50% off everything and free shipping (no minimum) with code YOURGIFT.

And a bonus, but it's not really a deal per se: check out this email campaign by Quirky in honor of Cyber Monday. Great brand, great products - and a great Cyber Monday campaign.

Happy Shopping!

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Cyber Monday, Black Friday, Fashion-Tech, & Libel: the Social 6, Weekend Recap Edition

I wouldn't blame you for relaxing and staying off of the Internet this weekend, assuming you were exhausted from Turkey Thursday and Black Friday. Still, there's plenty going on out there, so I'm collecting some of my most heavily clicked & shared links from this past weekend. Here's your Social 6:

#6 Sorry, Beliebers: ‘Gangnam Style’ is now the most-viewed YouTube video *ever* (Mashable)

#5 Libel Case That Snared BBC Widens to Twitter Users (New York Times)

#4 Going For “Pretty First” Is Wrong: A Designer’s Take On App Development (TechCrunch)

#3 My Top 6 Cyber Monday Deals (JeremyGoldman.com)

#2 [Op-Ed] The Problem with Most Fashion-Tech Startups (The Business of Fashion)

#1 Black Friday sales online top $1 billion for 1st time: comScore (Reuters)

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My Top 6 Cyber Monday Deals

Some of my favorite brands and sales for this Cyber Monday:

Anthony Logistics for Men has a 30% off of everything deal running from Sunday at 1pm EST to Tuesday at 9AM EST.
6PM has some amazing deals for shoes and clothing from brands like Converse, Cole Haan, The North Face, and more. If you haven't checked out this site, I'll wait. It's seriously my shopping mecca.
StudioPress (one of the best places to purchase Wordpress themes) has 40% off of everything, ending at 5pm PST on Monday. You need to log in to take advantage of the deal, which is a small price to pay in my humble opinion.
If you're a big pet person like I am, Chewy.com has 3000 items discounted as much as 50%, with the deals starting at midnight.
Allure Magazine promises me to check my inbox tomorrow for savings of up to 85%. On what, I have no idea, but 85% sounds good to me, vagueness aside...
Gap.com is running its Cyber Monday now until the end of Monday. Use code CYBER for 30% off. Use the same code at Athlea or Piperlime for 20% off.

What deals (if any) are you guys taking advantage of this Cyber Monday?

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10 Things I'm Thankful for on Thanksgiving 2012

I thought it would make a list of all the things that I'm thankful for and put them together in a post:

Having a really great, supportive wife. Very lucky to have that. I feel like all the really successful people tend to have really great spouses, so it's nice to know I have a chance at being pretty successful.
All of my pets: Snowshoe, Clover, Puck, Avalon, Panda, and Winona. I think that animals are often the most underrated thing about our existence, and we don't appreciate them enough, some thankful for all of these guys, even though they do kind of mooch off of me.
I'm thankful for having a really great supportive family, who can be completely honest with me and tear me apart whenever they think I'm wrong, which seems to be about 90% of the time, but that's fine.
I'm thankful for living in New York City, the best city in the world, period.
I'm thankful for getting a book published this year. I don't think that I really ever thought that I would be a published author, some thankful that opportunity presented itself.
I'm thankful for having really great friends, such as Alex, Igor, Priya, Jamie, Lara, Gabbi, Niña, Hattie, Mikey, and many more. When I was younger, I seriously never imagined that I would have so many amazing friends.
I'm thankful For my health. I haven't said too much about this out loud anywhere actually, but I've been struggling with fibromyalgia for the past two years or so, and at certain points it's been really bad. I'm thankful for what help I have, because I'm starting to now treated as a privilege as opposed to something that everybody is owed, which is the way that I've operated throughout most of my life, to be honest. I have enough health to be productive and to achieve my goals, even if they're going to be a little bit harder than they would've been otherwise, some thankful overall in that regard.
I'm thankful for social media. I love playing around with it, discussing it, hacking it, using it for work, and using it for play.
I'm thankful that I have a mission in life: to make the world a better place by supporting brands that make the world a better place. My mission my change, but I know a lot of people struggle with figuring out what they are supposed to do, and I'm thankful that I'm not struggling in that regard.
And finally, this might be a weird one, but I'm thankful for being me. I feel like there a lot of people out there who don't really love themselves, or want to change Nine out of 10 things about themselves. I'm really thankful but that's not me, and that for the most part, I like being myself. Cheesy, I know!

How about you guys? I'm always curious what other people are most thankful for, so tweet/Facebook/message me - I'd love to discuss!

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Google Local, Storify, and Facebook Mobile Top the Social 6 News Roundup for 11/21/12

Yesterday was a busy day with all the clicking and sharing you guys did, but as always, faithful readers, I tabulated the most popular six stories according to you and then ranked them. Here's your Social 6:

#6: Mugler creative head & Lady Gaga Stylist Nicola Formichetti holds a Reddit AMA (Reddit)

#5: How to Share on Facebook Mobile (Mashable)

#4: Can the Gamification of Training take Banking to the Next Level? (Banktech)

#3: When is the Best Time of Year to Ask for a Raise? (Salary.com)

#2: Google’s Local Offerings Have Gotten Too Complicated (Street Fight)

#1: Storify Gets a Face-Lift (All Things D)

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Cyberwar, American Express, and Splurgy top the Social 6 News Roundup

I didn't really cover or share news of the GetGlue acquisition yesterday, or that would have been at the top of my list. Still, there's plenty of news and views you might have missed below. Interestingly, most of it isn't very specific to the social media realm, which is a break from what my social audience tends to click on and share. Without further ado, here's your Social 6:

#6: A Nate Silver-Take On The Most Influential MBA Ranking (LinkedIn)

#5: Social Media Power Rankings: AmEx Knows You Can't Leave Home Without It (The Atlantic Wire)

#4: Cyberwar and Social Media in the Gaza Conflict (New York Times blog)

#3: Grace Coddington (longtime creative director of Vogue) speaks out in new memoir (New York Times)

#2: Splurgy and Pinterest: the New Hit Marketing Combo for SMBs? (Technorati)

#1: Staying Afloat in a Sea of Numbers (Going Social)