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… Continue reading Facebook Promoted Posts Top the Social 6 News Roundup for 10/4/12
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Facebook Stats, Hyperlocal, & Video Games: Today’s Social 6
A pretty mixed bag of news from the last day were clicked on by you guys yesterday, including a link towards my attempts to enlist more help for the upcoming Going Social companion site. Without further ago, here’s your Social 6 for September 25, 2012: #6: Gyft Brings Gift Cards From Over 200 Retailers To Apple’s… Continue reading Facebook Stats, Hyperlocal, & Video Games: Today’s Social 6
Apple’s Ping, YouTube, and Coke Highlight Today’s Social 6 News Roundup
While we had a few major Apple articles that were shared, commented on, and retweeted yesterday, let’s look at some Apple news – but let’s open our minds to all the other articles you might have missed yesterday, shall we? Here’s what you missed yesterday: 4 Social Media Tools That Never Go Out of Style… Continue reading Apple’s Ping, YouTube, and Coke Highlight Today’s Social 6 News Roundup
Quora, Chain.ly, Coca-Cola, The Walking Dead: The Social 6 News Roundup for 9/6/12
The last 24 hours saw a nice mix of news, from Coca-Cola and The Walking Dead’s major milestones to a hot new startup, a great piece on how to best leverage Google+ to make connections, and more. Let’s get to it: #6: Chain.ly Is the Craigslist for Finding People Who Can Help Out “Chain.ly is a… Continue reading Quora, Chain.ly, Coca-Cola, The Walking Dead: The Social 6 News Roundup for 9/6/12
4 Ways Fitness Brands Can Use Facebook’s Open Graph
Today Rose Yao shared on the Facebook Developers Blog some Open Graph success stories in the fitness category. Among the highlights featured include Nike+ Running, Livestrong, runtastic,and RunKeeper, among others. Here are some best practices these apps employ in order to resonate: #1: Make signing up easy. It’s not just fitness apps that use Facebook Login to help drive easier sign-ups from… Continue reading 4 Ways Fitness Brands Can Use Facebook’s Open Graph
The Social 6: 8/25/12 News Roundup
Social media in sustainability: your questions answered This Guardian piece is a Q&A with Dana Poole, a global digital communications consultant with BP. The answers given here are useful not just for a social media practitioner interested in sustainability, but for anyone involved with social marketing in general. Storytelling, One Frame at a Time Want a compelling… Continue reading The Social 6: 8/25/12 News Roundup
The Social 6: News You Missed Yesterday, 8/22/12 Edition
Fifteen-Year Olds Create Reserverr, Hoping To Replace Your Calendar Talk about starting off young: two fifteen year-olds have founded Reserverr, a site that helps users automatically books reservations free of charge. Billy Gallagher reports for TechCrunch on why this deceptively simple app could make waves. Gannett buys social media ad company Blinq Media Traditional media player Gannett,… Continue reading The Social 6: News You Missed Yesterday, 8/22/12 Edition
The Social 6: Stories You Missed This Past Weekend, 8/20/12
#6: Back To School: 5 Evernote Tips for Students If you don’t use Evernote, go ahead and download it! I’ll wait. Even if you’re not a student, these Evernote tips from Dave Copeland of ReadWriteWeb can definitely come in handy. #5: Deets For iOS Keeps Contacts Up To Date Automatically, Lets You Share Files, Photos & More… Continue reading The Social 6: Stories You Missed This Past Weekend, 8/20/12
The Social 6: Key Stories of The Last 24 hours, 8/15/12
#6 Done Deal: 10 Weeks Later, Salesforce.com Owns Buddy Media Peter Kafka delivers a great article for AllThingsD sharing that Salesforce.com now officially owns Buddy Media. The deal was said to have closed at $750 million. All in all, a pretty quick acquisition as these deals tend to go. Congrats to my friends at Buddy Media for officially… Continue reading The Social 6: Key Stories of The Last 24 hours, 8/15/12
The Social 6: Key Stories of The Last 24 hours, 8/8/12
#6 The Pitfalls of the Unmanaged Customer Experience What makes your brand, ultimately, is the experience you give to your customers, not just the product you actually sell them. Yes, we all know this. No, most companies still don’t adhere to this somewhat important rule. Malcolm Carlow writes for E-Commerce Times, and provides some nice, high-level… Continue reading The Social 6: Key Stories of The Last 24 hours, 8/8/12