Today was actually a pretty busy day around the Internetz, with plenty of strong stories sadly being left off of the Social 6. The good news is that the ones that made the cut are pretty sweet, including plenty of app news (Snapchat, Winston, Nextdoor), another reason to get an Amex card, and the most… Continue reading Snapchat, Nextdoor, FONYFW, & Tweet-to-Buy: the Social 6 for 2/12/13
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Wellness Apps, Fashion GPS, & Facebook Selling Tickets? The Social 6 for 2/11/13
Happy Monday, everyone! Plenty of great articles abounded today, including a few late shares on my part, admittedly. Today we had Facebook’s new experimentation with selling tickets, Graph vs. Google, and how Fitbit and four other apps are improving employee health. Here’s your Social 6: #6: Just in time for NYFW, Fashion GPS Breaks Into The… Continue reading Wellness Apps, Fashion GPS, & Facebook Selling Tickets? The Social 6 for 2/11/13
Fox News Gaffes, Basecamp, Rental Boyfriends, & Racial Bias in Google Ads? The Social 6, Weekend Recap
Hope you all enjoyed this past weekend! If you were off gallivanting, you may have missed some of the top stories I shared and subsequently, were re-shared/clicked on by my social audience. This weekend we had great news & views including Basecamp’s official iOS debut after years and years, some troubling data about Google ads,… Continue reading Fox News Gaffes, Basecamp, Rental Boyfriends, & Racial Bias in Google Ads? The Social 6, Weekend Recap
Kai the Hitchhiker, Mailbox, Kred Summit, Ad-Free Facebook: the Social 6 for 2/7/13
February 7th, 2013 was a Social 6 milestone, actually: it’s the first time, I believe, that two entrants into the Social 6 are pieces that I wrote. Why thank you, I think I will take a bow. Since the Social 6 is determined based on your clicks and shares, it is pretty sweet to have… Continue reading Kai the Hitchhiker, Mailbox, Kred Summit, Ad-Free Facebook: the Social 6 for 2/7/13
Twitter and Vine Upgrades, Facebook Quitters, and the Gun Debate: the Social 6 for 2/6/13
Over the last 24 hours, we had six great stories from six different publications, covering everything from the gun debate’s divisiveness on Twitter to an interview with Erik Lautier of Lacoste on the Going Social site, to stats about Facebook quitters to updates to Twitter and Vine. Here’s your Social 6: #6: Things Get Rough on… Continue reading Twitter and Vine Upgrades, Facebook Quitters, and the Gun Debate: the Social 6 for 2/6/13
Pinterest Redesign, Bizarre Apps, & Facebook Groups: the Social 6 for 1/29/13
Today’s news roundup is interesting because it’s pretty low on news per se, but rich on really useful tips to drive your business forward, from Facebook Groups to social media tools and apps both productive and bizarre. And then, of course, there’s Pinterest’s new redesign, which many of you weighed in on and thought might… Continue reading Pinterest Redesign, Bizarre Apps, & Facebook Groups: the Social 6 for 1/29/13
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)… Continue reading Vine, Graph Search, #CMAD, and Google+ Rising: the Social 6 for 1/28/13
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,… Continue reading Timehop, Graph Search, and Vine: the Social 6, Weekend Edition
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… Continue reading Foursquare Upgrades, TweetTV, & Alicia Keys: the Social 6 News Roundup
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… Continue reading Yammer’s new HQ, Aaron Swartz Investigation, and Pentagon’s Twitter Love: the Social 6 for 1/15/13