Zynga, Social Media in China, and Geolocating Racist Tweets in the Social 6 Weekend Recap
Good morning, folks, and welcome to another week which will likely have a slew of great social media-centric news. This weekend’s shares weren’t half shabby either, between LinkedIn tips, tensions between social media and Chinese leadership, and exactly where racism in the U.S. comes from. Here’s your Social 6:
#6: Zynga Announces Acquisition Of November Software To Build ‘Mid-Core’ Game Battlestone (TechCrunch)
#5: 5 Ways to Improve Your New LinkedIn Company Page
#4: Who’s Vulnerable Among the Internet’s ‘Fantastic Four’? Techonomy Panelists Say It’s Apple And Facebook
#3: Hollande & Sarkozy: How not to use social media in politics or business (Econsultancy)
#2: Social media both friend and foe for China's new leaders (CNN)
#1: Where America’s Racist Tweets Come From (Mashable)
Social Media in 2013, Election Fallout, and Instagram Web Profiles in Today's Social 6 News Recap
Happy morning after the morning after! I'm referring, of course, to election night, which spurred a number of follow-up stories I shared out yesterday, and am recapping today. If you're already over the election, no problem: we have a few other highlights, including Instagram's new web profiles, a pee-powered generator (that's one innovation I'd never think of), and predictions on the future of social media by a number of pundits (including yours truly). Here's your Social 6:
#6: Premature Elizabeth Warren Twitter Rumor Dupes News Sites, Journalists (Mashable)
#5: Twitter’s Best Election Night LOLs (Mashable)
#4: Forget apps and other useless startups: These four African girls have created a pee-powered generator (The Next Web)
#3: Romney Camp Retooling Campaign After Latest Setback (The Onion)
#2: Setting Your Instagram to ‘Private’ (& why you may want to) (Mashable)
#1: The Future of Social Media: 50 Experts Share 2013 Predictions (Business 2 Community)
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Instagramming Ballots, Sergey Brin's "dread", & 4 more: The Social 6, Election Recap Edition
Busy day yesterday! In case you didn't know, we elected a new president. It just happened to be the same guy as the last one. Still an exciting day, all in all, with the top 2 stories today relating to the election, and the third very interesting with respect to the current Sandy-related gas shortage, and how digital media has played a part in addressing the issue. Without further ago, here's your Social 6:
#6: The Two Sides Of Social Media Marketing (Social Media Explorer)
#5: How Much Have You Invested In Your Social Media Education? (Business 2 Community)
#4: Social Media Marketing - Part 1 (Business 2 Community)
#3: Finding Gas on Long Island: Hess and Business Intelligence (The VAR Guy)
#2: Google co-founder Sergey Brin: "I am dreading today's elections" (CNN Money)
#1: If You Want to Stay Out of Jail, Don't Instagram Your Ballot (All Things D)
NYC Marathon Social Media Fallout & 5 other stories in the Social 6 Weekend Recap
I don't want you thinking I'm too NYC-centric, between the NYC Marathon fallout and "Sandy Smartphone" stories in the Social 6, weekend recap edition. There were some pretty big stories shared, clicked on, and retweeted by y'all this weekend, and some pretty great stories missed the cut. See, that's what you get for spending the weekend playing with your kids and taking grandma to the mall.
Here's your Social 6:
#6: Why HR Needs to Address Social Media (Infographic) (Business 2 Community)
#5: Was This Social Media Campaign Free Speech or Cyber-Bullying? (Business 2 Community)
#4: 6 Habits of Highly Successful People Using Social Media for Sales (Social Media Today)
#3: Here’s what NYCers think about the Marathon’s Cancellation (JeremyGoldman.com)
#2: How New Yorkers Adjusted to Sudden Smartphone Withdrawal (New York Times Blog)
#1: How NBC is using Instagram to report the 2012 election (GigaOM)
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Here's what NYCers think about the Marathon's Cancellation
I was a bit torn about the NYC Marathon and whether or not it should be cancelled. Ultimately, I thought yes, but the ineptitude of first leaving it on, then canceling it late in the process, seemed to be the wrong way to go. There are people who flew in because our city's leadership couldn't make up its mind in time.
I thought I'd see what do NYCers think about the Marathon being cancelled, and see if people were as torn about the decision as I was. I checked for tweets within 10km of my zip code in order to find out. I was surprised to see how one-sided opinion seems to be on this issue -- not that I disagree. Here's a taste:
http://storify.com/jeremarketer/here-s-what-nycers-think-about-the-marathon-s-canc
Path for iPad, Salesforce's Partner Growth, and Mobile Tech at Weddings: The Social 6 for 11/2/12
Now that the iPad Mini is finally available for purchase, I think I'll stop queuing up news about it. Frankly, I'm sleeping through new articles a bit - even though you guys are certainly clicking on all of them. Anyhow, time to let a new topic take "Mini Tablet Wars" space in my tweet queue. With or without the iPad Mini, there was plenty of interesting articles to choose from in the last 24 hours, including the below. Here's your Social 6:
#6: The Economics of Bad Outreach (SocialMediaExplorer)
#5: Path Comes To The iPad, A Platform Dave Morin Calls “The Future Of The Personal Computer” (Techcrunch)
#4: Amazon Pulls iPad Mini Spec Comparison After Speaker Gaffe (PC Magazine)
#3: Salesforce adds 20 partners to its Marketing Cloud (VatorNews)
#2: How Mobile & Social Technology Can Improve a Wedding (Going Social)
#1: The Reputation Graph Is Going to Take Over the World (Huffington Post)
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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)