Snapchat, Nextdoor, FONYFW, & Tweet-to-Buy: the Social 6 for 2/12/13
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 click & shareworthy piece of the day, my analysis of how Faces of NYFW is democratizing Fashion Week. Here's your Social 6:
#6: Winston, the iOS app that aggregates, curates, & reads you the news (The Next Web)
#5: Nextdoor (private social network) banks another $21 million, launches version 2.0 (AllThingsD)
#4: Snapchat Brings Video To Android In A Private Beta (TechCrunch)
#3: How To Hack Online Dating And Use Data To Find True Love (ReadWriteWeb)
#2: American Express Cardholders Can Now Tweet to Buy (All Things D)
#1: Experience Fashion Week Up Close with Faces of NYFW (Going Social)
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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 Notoriously Tech-Averse Fashion Industry (TechCrunch)
#5: The Truth Behind Your Facebook friends [CARTOON] (Mashable)
#4: Facebook is testing ‘Buy Tickets’ links for events. Is it getting into the ticketing biz? (TheNextWeb)
#3: The Mentality of Being Number Two (Business 2 Community)
#2: How Facebook's Graph Search Will Dethrone Google Search (AdAge.com)
#1: 5 Social Apps To Encourage Employee Health and Wellness (Mashable)
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, Twitter's effectiveness as a job search guide, and more. Here's your Social 6:
#6: Upcoming tech & media events you should attend [Discounts] (The Next Web)
#5: Single This Valentine's Day? Get a Rental Boyfriend (Jezebel)
#4: Basecamp Finally Launches An “Official” iOS App (TechCrunch)
#3: Fox News Accidentally Uses Photo of Gay Couple To Illustrate Traditional Gender Roles (Jezebel)
#2: How to Effectively Use Twitter as a Job Search Resource (Mashable)
#1: Racial Bias in Google Ads? (Ecommerce Times)
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 two pieces in here, including my recap of the Kred NY Influencer Summit. However, there was plenty else worth reading, including Facebook's epic fail on Thursday, Mailbox's early success, and the viral sensation known as Kai. Here's your Social 6:
#6: Shrouded in Viral Mystery, Kai the Hitchhiker Gains a Cult Following (Mashable)
#5: Would You Pay Facebook For An Ad-Free Experience? (AllFacebook)
#4: Mailbox app CEO says without insane 380K person wait list, it would have crashed today (VentureBeat)
#3: Why (most) social media is here to stay (Upstart Business Journal)
#2: Facebook Hijacks Internet Sites For An Hour Thursday Afternoon (ReadWriteWeb)
#1: 5 Key Takeaways from the Kred NY Influencer Summit (GoingSocial)
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 Twitter over Gun Debate (New York Times blog)
#5: Twitter Tweaks Search and Discover Products (All Things D)
#4: Vine gets 17+ age rating, option to report users; finally enables social sharing after videos are posted (The Next Web)
#3: Most Facebook Users Have Quit For At Least A Few Weeks (ReadWriteWeb)
#2: Going Social with...Erik Lautier of Lacoste (Going Social)
#1: 9 Things We'd Change About Vine (Mashable)
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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 help propel Pinterest forward to a place of greater relevancy. Here's your Social 6:
#6: [EVENT] Macro Trends for 2013: Where Do We Go From Here? (SocialMediaWeek.org)
#5: Everything You Wanted to Know About Facebook Groups (Mashable)
#4: Ultimate Recap: The 12 Best New Social Media Tools from 2012 (SocialFresh)
#3: Foursquare launches dedicated iPhone app for US businesses, w/analytics, local updates, more (The Next Web)
#2: 11 Bizarre Facebook Apps You Won't Believe (Mashable)
#1: Take a Peek at Pinterest's New Redesign (All Things D)
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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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)
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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