Salesforce Buddy Media & more iPad Mini: the Social 6 Roundup

Your clicks, shares, retweets, as always, help shape the Social 6 news & views roundup. Salesforce and its sterling recent acquisition, Buddy Media, were big winners yesterday, though naturally news about the iPad Mini’s looming announcement were popular as well. As a matter of fact, the rise of the smaller tablet as its own category… Continue reading Salesforce Buddy Media & more iPad Mini: the Social 6 Roundup

Klout, Unfriending Experiments, and iTunes: Today’s Social 6 News Roundup

Of course there’s still some Apple news that was widely clicked on and shared yesterday, but we’re past “the worst” of it. Today we also have some news about tools that can help optimize your social media posts, the need to stay within Facebook’s promotional guidelines, and also new upgrades to a popular storefront called… Continue reading Klout, Unfriending Experiments, and iTunes: Today’s Social 6 News Roundup

Apple, Amazon, and more Apple: today’s Social 6 News Roundup

Busy day and I’m waaaaay behind schedule. Here’s your Social 6 news roundup: Another Social Bookmarking Start-Up? Wince. Wait, These Two Are Actually Interesting “As a longtime squinter at Delicious clones, I was surprised this week to see a couple of social bookmarking-type tools that actually seemed quite well-built and distinctive. Will making a product… Continue reading Apple, Amazon, and more Apple: today’s Social 6 News Roundup

The Social 6: Stories You Missed This Past (Long) Weekend, 9/4/12

Welcome back to work, guys! Not surprisingly, there wasn’t a tremendous wealth of news & views out there to curate from the long weekend, but here are some of the highlights you may have missed: #6: My1Login’s test page is a nifty way to see exactly how weak your password choices are “The password management service… Continue reading The Social 6: Stories You Missed This Past (Long) Weekend, 9/4/12

The Social 6: 8/31/12 News Roundup

The last 24 hours or so had a bunch of news (& views), considering it’s late August. Here are some of the highlights: #6: The #1 Oversight in Social Media Community Building “No matter now compelling your content, how widespread your reach, how generous your reward, community attrition will be the undoing of any social media… Continue reading The Social 6: 8/31/12 News Roundup

The Social 6: 8/29/12 News Roundup

By all you know the drill: I share the stories y’all found most interesting over the last 24 hours. So if you disagree with the picks, you’ll just have to comment/retweet/favorite things more tomorrow 😉 #6: Social media plays a huge role in product discovery for beauty consumers This Andrew McDougall piece outlines how social media marketing… Continue reading The Social 6: 8/29/12 News Roundup

The Social 6: News You Missed Yesterday, 8/23/12 Edition

#6: How the Toilet Paper Entrepreneur Branded Himself Too Well – New York Times (blog) Mike Michalowicz branded himself “The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur” back in 2008, yet now he’s trying to rebrand himself — and social media is pushing back! Very interesting story detailing #1 how to brand yourself, and #2 how to think about social… Continue reading The Social 6: News You Missed Yesterday, 8/23/12 Edition

The Social 6: Stories You Missed Yesterday, 8/21/12 edition

#6: Internet and Attitude, a Powerful Combination The NY Times Room for Debate typically has some interesting conversations going on, and this piece by Spencer Ackerman of Wired.com isn’t any exception. Nice discussion of Russia’s Pussy Riot controversy, and how social platforms like YouTube and Twitter played major parts in the story. #5: Coca-Cola worried about Ottawa… Continue reading The Social 6: Stories You Missed Yesterday, 8/21/12 edition