Vine, Graph Search, #CMAD, and Google+ Rising: the Social 6 for 1/28/13
Today was a busy day out there, with more views about Facebook's Graph Search, a great Likeable post in honor of Community Manager Appreciation Day, and more on Vine (Christopher S. Penn's first line made me laugh out loud. Here's your Social 6:
#6: 3 Reasons Facebook Graph Search Is Not A Marketer's Dream (Fast Company)
#5: How to make the most of Vine 6 second videos (Christopher S. Penn blog)
#4: 5 Things Every Community Manager Must Have (that’s not in their job description) (Likeable blog)
#3: 6 Trends Reshaping Small Businesses In 2013 (Forbes)
#2: What Multilocation Brands Need to Do to Prepare for Facebook’s Graph Search (Street Fight)
#1: Google Plus Becomes World's No. 2 Social Network After Facebook, Knocking off Twitter (International Business Times)
Timehop, Graph Search, and Vine: the Social 6, Weekend Edition
Over the last few days, the number of stories about Facebook's Graph Search hasn't abated that much, but the velocity at which I've seen new stories about Twitter's new Vine app has been pretty tremendous. We've also got a story about Timehop's timely (sorry, couldn't help it) upgrades, a great analysis of Instagram's top hashtags, and more. Here's your Social 6:
#6: Crowdsourcing: It's Always Been About the Benjamin (Forbes)
#5: Vinepeek Is The Most Addictive New Site On The Internet (Buzzfeed)
#4: Timehop taps USA Today to show you news from today’s date in history, adds ‘Friendversaries’ (The Next Web)
#3: Top 10 Most Popular Tags On Instagram (ReadWriteWeb)
#2: Tumblr Blog “Actual Facebook Graph Searches” Goes Viral (TechCrunch)
#1: 15 Brands already using Twitter’s New Vine App (Social Fresh)
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Tumblr, Taylor (Swift), and Turbulence (Over Graph Search): the Social 6 for 1/25/13
Yesterday I shared a lot, and you guys clicked and shared even more, making it really tricky to curate the Social 6, since quite a few noteworthy stories & pieces got left out. Still, we had a great 24-hour news cycle, highlighted by Keds' big Taylor Swift campaign, quite a few Facebook Graph Search pieces -- including two that disagree with one another -- and the most clickworthy of the day, a new guest post on the Going Social site by content & community standout Tanya Barrios. Here's your Social 6:
#6: Keds' Taylor Swift campaign spends across traditional & social media channels (New York Times)
#5: No, Facebook's Graph Search Is Not Turning Up Racists and Cheaters (New York Magazine)
#4: You Can't Hide from Facebook Graph Search (Businessweek)
#3: Tumblr launches quicker, Twitter-like post creation for a smaller and more streamlined experience (The Next Web)
#2: Facebook Graph Search Shows You 'Married People Who Like Prostitutes' & 'Employers Of People Who Like Racism' (Forbes)
#1: 3 Essential Steps to Handling a Social Media Crisis (Going Social)
Foursquare Upgrades, TweetTV, & Alicia Keys: the Social 6 News Roundup
A pretty busy day around the social web, with plenty of great examples of social media best practices from the likes of Likeable (pun intended), Alicia Keys, and Arlington Highlands' Instagram campaign. Here's your Social 6:
#6: 3 Tips To Improve Your Social Media Content Strategy in 2013 (Likeable Media blog)
#5: Social TV guide TweetTV launches HTML5 mobile apps, now offers rewards to incentivize activity (The Next Web)
#4: Foursquare beefs up local venue data for 11 cities in data syndication deal with Voice Media Group (The Next Web)
#3: Give-a-Gram Instagram Campaign Case Study (Agency Entourage)
#2: Alicia Keys just joined Pinterest in style, with boards building on her individual songs (Mashable)
#1: Facebook Now Owns Over 25% Of Total Time Spent On Mobile Apps (ReadWriteWeb)
Influencers, Storify, France's Social Data Tax, & More: the Social 6 News Roundup for 1/22/13
Starting today, we (and by we, I mean me) will be posting the Social 6 the same day news happens as opposed to the next morning. So today, January 22nd, we saw plenty of great news stories, including more on the Storify privacy loopholes, France's ideas for taxing personal data collectors such as Google and Facebook, and how some employers' social media policies may not be 100% legal. Here's your Social 6:
#6: Influencers vs. Advocates in New Media (Huffington Post)
#5: Storify Loophole Publishes Private Facebook Updates (Mashable)
#4: Should Google and Facebook be taxed for collecting your personal data? France thinks so (The Next Web)
#3: 16 Inspiring Examples of Interactive Maps in Web Design (Web Design Ledger)
#2: Employers' social media policies come under regulatory scrutiny (New York Times)
#1: The power of brand marketing as a floor (Christopher S. Penn blog)
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foursquare Visualization, 3D Printed Buildings, and Social Media Education: the Social 6 for 1/22/13
What constitutes a social media story? After all, this is the Social 6, where I collect my most shared, retweeted, and commented-upon links every day. Needless to say, I define it pretty broadly, with stories that touch upon social (and technology) even in a smaller way. Today we have whether or not social media should be covered in schools, great visualization of foursquare check-in data, Sergey Brin sighted trying out his awesome Google Glass specs on the NYC subways, and more. Here's your Social 6:
#6: What Is Middle-Class in Manhattan? (New York Times)
#5: 10 Common Sense Ideas To Raise Your Klout Score (Business 2 Community)
#4: Do We Need Social Media Education in Schools Now? (Social Media Today)
#3: Interactive Map Shows Worldwide Foursquare Check-In Data (Mashable)
#2: Sergey Brin Takes His Google Goggles For a New York City Subway Spin (All Things D)
#1: The World’s First 3D Printed Building Will Arrive In 2014 (And It Looks Awesome) (TechCrunch)
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TrendSpottr, CloudMagic, Productivity Hacks, and Conferences for Entrepreneurs: the Social 6 for 1/18/13
What'd you miss around the Internet yesterday? Oh, just the latest guest post by Rosemary Sitler on the Going Social blog, spotlights on TrendSpottr and CloudMagic (two companies that actually have a shot at sticking around for the long haul), how investors feel about the long AAPL stock decline, and more. Here's your Social 6:
#6: TrendSpottr Launches Predictive Trend Alerts For Lean-Back, High-Level Monitoring Of Popular Content (TechCrunch)
#5: Investors Unnerved by Apple Stock Slide (Ecommerce Times)
#4: The Observer Effect: Where Philosophy, Photons, and the Social Network Collide (Going Social)
#3: Personal Data Search Engine CloudMagic Goes Pro, Hopes Users Find It Useful Enough To Pay (TechCrunch)
#2: 2013's Top Conferences for Entrepreneurs (Forbes)
#1: 11 Productivity Hacks From Super-Productive People (FastCompany)
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Your Least Favorite Chipmunk is...
I created this poll last week on my favorite new social platform, GoPollGo. Looks like it's not even that close, is it?
3D Facebook Profiles, Inbox Annihilation, and Instagram User Agreement: the Social 6 for 1/17/13
Yesterday was admittedly not one of the busier days around the Internet, but that's OK. We still have a slew of news and views for you, including the value of completely annihilating your email inbox, SocialFresh's take on Facebook's new search initiative, and how The Creators Project is can transform your Facebook identity into printable 3D artwork. Here's your Social 6:
#6: Think Context Not Platforms, Says Google’s Tim Reis (Street Fight)
#5: Finish Is A Simple Way For Teens To Manage Their Angst-Ridden, Homework-Riddled Lives (TechCrunch)
#4: The Digital Purge: How (And Why) To Nuke Your Email Inbox (ReadWriteWeb)
#3: Instagram's Updated User Agreement Goes Into Effect This Week (All Things D)
#2: Is This The Facebook Search We’ve Been Waiting For? (SocialFresh)
#1: Turn Your Facebook Profile Into a 3D-Printed Sculpture (Mashable)
Yammer's new HQ, Aaron Swartz Investigation, and Pentagon's Twitter Love: the Social 6 for 1/15/13
Busy Monday for you? I'm sure. In case you didn't have time to browse the Web enough, rest assured it was a busy day all around the Internet yesterday, with more news coming out about Aaron Swartz's tragic death, Yammer's impressive new digs, and my announcing that we'd start to dole out bite-sized chunks of Going Social for those who (shockingly) don't have a copy yet. Here's your Social 6:
#6: Done Not Done: This app helps you remember movies, books and music you plan to check out (The Next Web)
#5: Yammer's new massive SF headquarters (The Next Web)
#4: The Pentagon is seeking ways to predict the future by monitoring Twitter, blogs (Mashable)
#3: The Facebook Measurement Landscape In 2013 (Likeable blog)
#2: MIT To Launch Internal Investigation Following Death Of Aaron Swartz (ReadWriteWeb)
#1: Going Social begins giving away free book excerpts via Email Signup (Going Social blog)
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