Newsjacking, HowDo, and more Kindle Fire vs. iPad Mini Comparisons Top the Social 6 for 11/1/12

Morning, team. In the wake of Sandy, newsjacking has become a very popular topic, and my post discussing it on my companion site, Going Social, took the top spot today. You'll notice plenty of great stories from The Next Web, too, and more of the ongoing Kindle Fire/iPad Mini debate, as the latter is still scheduled to be in stores tomorrow. Here's your Social 6:

#6: 500 Startups unveils its Fall 2012 accelerator lineup  (The Next Web)

#5: HowDo lets people share everyday knowledge, lands seed funding from Wellington Partners and Horizons   (The Next Web)

#4: How Australia's Advertising Standards Board became the Facebook police for business (Crikey)

#3: Kindle Fire vs. iPad Mini: 10 Reasons to Choose the Amazon Tablet (eWeek)

#2: Facebook confirms it's testing new Timeline design w/just 1 column for posts  (The Next Web)

#1: Newsjacking – and its Ramifications for Your Brand’s Social Media  (Going Social)

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Univision, Disaster Resources, and Sandy Links Galore top the Social 6 for 10/30/12

It's really interesting how quickly people's interests -- and the news -- can turn. Just a few days ago, you couldn't get much in the way of news that wasn't about the presidential election. Yesterday, almost anything worth clicking on & reading was Sand-related. Here's your Social 6:

#6: Univision to Start Its First Digital Network (New York Times)

#5: How To Create A Successful Visual Social Media Marketing Campaign (Business 2 Community)

#4: Chasing Armstrong With Truth (New York Times)

#3: A Pinterest board of tons of things named Sandy that *don't* suck (Pinterent)

#2: Top 6 Resources for Disaster Preparedness & Recovery (JeremyGoldman.com)

#1: Best ways to follow Hurricane Sandy digitally (until you lose power!) (Mashable)

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The Top 6 Resources for Businesses to Prepare/Recover from a Storm or Natural Disaster

Right now, a good deal of us are thinking about Hurricane Sandy, and what we ought to be doing to make sure we keep our business and employees safe. Here's a list of some of the best resources to use:

CDC's Storm/Flood and Hurricane Response Emergency Response Resources: Whether you're talking about generator safety or Carbon Monoxide poisoning or psychological first aid, the CDC has a slew of resources listed here.

Ready.gov for Business: The site contains a detailed 5-step plan for businesses to develop their own preparedness program, resources to test your plan, and more.

Nonprofit Coordinating Community of New York Disaster's Planning, Emergency Preparedness & Business Continuity: Not exactly a website. Instead, this is a link to a 35-page Word doc outlining disaster planning and risk analysis. While chunks of this guide may be obvious to you, I found other segments very useful. Plus, it's a free. All in all, a nice little gem.

Small Business Administration Emergency Preparedness Guide: The SBA has resources to develop an employee-protection plan,
ways to lessen the financial impact of disasters, and identity your business' most critical systems.

ReadyNOVA's Business Preparedness Planner: If you're looking to actually start developing your plan, ReadyNOVA has a 30-minute program that actually lets you develop your plan (or load an existing plan). Once you've created your plan, you can download ReadyNOVA's iOS and Android Apps so you can access to your emergency planners on the go.

FEMA's Property Protection Guide: Whether it's earthquakes, fires, high winds, or floods, FEMA has some helpful tips about how to protect your property from irreparable harm.

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Conan & Zynga, Kindle Fire & iPad Mini, and Facebook & Fraud: the Social 6 for 10/29/12

Hope you're all okay and not affected much by Hurricane Sandy, which is still virtually nonexistent here in Manhattan. This weekend, besides Sandy news, I shared a few links that a bunch of you found interesting, including Conan's ideas to improve Zynga's outlook, the continued battle between the Kindle Fire and iPad Mini, and Paul Ceglia's majorly sketchy claims against Facebook. Here's your Social 6:

#6: DreamIt Ventures Partners With Microsoft To Offer BizSpark To All Of Its Startups (TechCrunch)
#5: News From the Advertising Industry  (New York Times)
#4: iPad Mini Display: Not Good Enough? (InformationWeek)
#3: Conan Comes Up With Some Naughty Social Games to Save Zynga  (All Things D)
#2" Amazon email hints at anxiety over iPad mini (Smartmoney blog)
#1: NY Man Arrested For Trying to Defraud Facebook & Zuckerberg (Mashable)

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Kindle Fire, Eventbrite's Social Media ROI, and Super Pacs: the Social 6 for 10/26/12

Happy Friday, gang. How was your Thursday? If yours was as hectic as mine, you might have missed these stories, and we wouldn't want to have that. Today we've got plenty of tablet news & views, Eventbrite's quantifiable social media success, and even a story from my book companion site, at http://goingsoci.al. Here's your Social 6:

#6: Can Amazon's Fire extinguish the iPad mini? (Daily Mail)

#5: Super PAC Wants to Put You in Its Facebook Ad (Mashable)

#4: If You Don't Like Your Current Story, Change It (Huffington Post)

#3: How to Build Your Brand Across Multiple Social - and Editorial - Platforms (Going Social)

#2: Social Media Drive Dollars, Users to Eventbrite: CEO (CNBC.com blog)

#1: Human costs of iPad mini: chemical smells, unpaid overtime, constant work (Macworld)

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Social Enterprise Trends, Rewarder, and Tips for Identifying Social Influencers and Improving your Online Branding: Today's Social 6

Hello world. I missed doing a Social 6 yesterday, and I feel horrid about that. Good thing today's recap of yesterday's news is full of great articles, from Rewarder's growth to identifying your brand's social influencers to what to look for as social enterprise trends going into next year. Let's dive into what you all clicked on, shared, and retweeted yesterday, shall we? Here's your Social 6:

#6 How To Identify Your Social Influencers (Small Business Trends)

#5 How to Make Your Online Branding Brilliant (Business 2 Community)

#4 Rewarder Closes $7 Million Round to Build a Social Marketplace (All Things D)

#3 Case Study: Clothing Boutique Collects Customer Reviews (Street Fight)

#2 Why Social Media Has Peaked and Needs a 'Sonny Corleone'-Style Demise (Forbes)

#1 The Top 4 Trends Shaping Social Enterprise in 2013 (Huffington Post)

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Debate Tweets, Apple Launches, and Community Managers as CEOs? Your Social 6 news roundup for 10/23/12

Yesterday was a pretty busy day in the Twittersphere, folks. Both this very site and Going Social were among the top six more shared, clicked on, retweeted, you name it. But aside from things I've put out there, there was plenty of great news and views over the last 24 hours.

Here's your Social 6:

#6 The Five Hottest Social Media Jobs (The Social Robot)

#5 The Private Social Network: It May Be Just What Your Company Needs (Forbes)

#4 Tweet-by-tweet analysis of the Foreign Policy Debate (JeremyGoldman.com)

#3 iPad mini and refreshed Retina iPad pricing details leaked (SlashGear)

#2 Could Community Managers be our Future CEOs? (Going Social)

#1 MacBook Pro with Retina Display to Cost $1699: Report (eWeek)

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Tweet-by-Tweet Analysis of the Foreign Policy Debate

In case you missed my tweet-by-tweet analysis of the 10/22/12 Presidential Debate, here it is:

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The Social 6 Weekend Recap: Everything You Missed Across the Internet in One Easy Post

Well, I'm a bit crazed today, so let's just get to it, shall we? Here's your weekend recap Social 6:

#6 Givit makes iOS video editing smarter and easier than iMovie (VentureBeat)

#5 Three Questions to Measuring Social ROI (Business 2 Community)

#4 A look at some of the IPad Mini's competitors (SF Chronicle)

#3 Yelp's Real Problem Is Google  (Seeking Alpha)

#2 How to Use Google Groups for Business to Minimize Email (Backupify blog)

#1 4 smart social media parody accounts you *need* to check out' (Business 2 Community)

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Everything You're Ashamed You Missed Yesterday: the Social 6 Recap for 10/20/12

Folks, this past Friday saw a slew of great stuff get shared out by yours truly, and clicked, shared, retweeted, you name it from all of you. Your peers pick the top 6 stories, and I rank 'em, same as always.

Here's your Social 6:

#6: The Changing Nature of Customer Relationships (Destination CRM)

#5: Making Yourself a CEO  (Bhorowitz.com)

#4: YouTube launches "Campaigns" for members of the YouTube Non-Profit Program (Mashable)

#3: A Twitter Outburst and Another Chance for Andrew Goldman (New York Times blog)

#2: Instagram now auto-translates @mentions of usernames when you share photos on Twitter (The Next Web)

#1: How To Hack An "A-Ha!" Moment (Fast Company)

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