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Twitter for Business, SEC & Social Media, and Digital Resumes: the Social 6 for 4/2/13

Folks, I'm not going to lie to you: April 2nd had a flew of good news & views around the social web. Now, I know the boss of your boss' boss called you in for a four-hour meeting and you didn't get caught up on your reading. No worries! I've got you covered. Here's your Social 6:

#6: A Google Plus Overview: Breaking Through Misconceptions [INFOGRAPHIC] (Social Media Today)

#5: 9 Social Media #Workhacks To Make Your Company More Likeable Online (Likeable Media blog)

#4: Goodbye, Paper Resumés. Now You Can Tweet To Get Hired (Refinery29)

#3: 10 Reasons You're Not Getting a Raise (& What You Can Do About It) (Lifehacker)

#2: Reimagining SEC disclosure for a social media world (Wall Street Journal)

#1: Twitter Relaunches Twitter for Business (Mashable)

by jeremygoldman

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)

by jeremygoldman

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)

by jeremygoldman

Facebook Promoted Posts Top the Social 6 News Roundup for 10/4/12

Is this the most awe-inspiring Social 6 roundup ever? Certainly not. I'd never lie to you guys. That being said, yesterday's social shares did elicit quite a few clicks & shares, most notably related to monetization of the Spotify platform, and Facebook's rollout of Promoted Posts, which could turn out to be a game-changer....or could wind up being a sidebar in a "History of Facebook" book. We'll see.

Without further ado, your Social 6 roundup of news & views:

#6: My 7 Favorite Social Media Tools To Up Your Game (Business 2 Community)