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New on Firebrand Group: LinkedIn’s New “How You Rank” Tool for Personal Branding

As you know, I'm hugely interested in personal branding as a topic. I just posted a new article over on Firebrand Group's blog - LinkedIn’s New “How You Rank” Tool for Personal Branding. Thoughts appreciated!

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Tumblr Adult Content, Pinterest Categories, Google Plus Upgrades: the Social 6 for 5/20/13

No, I won't say the top story is related to Yahoo or Tumblr - that's #2 ;). If you've been living under a shell you won't understand what I'm talking about, but the vast majority of you guys undoubtedly will!

There's plenty of other great news and views I've shared out over social media today, including an interesting ReadWrite post about Google+, a possibly game-changing move by Pinterest, and a very important read by Dave Kerpen over on LinkedIn. Here's your Social 6:

#6: And the Future of Social Media Is (LinkedIn)

#5: Gmail and Google Plus Upgrades: Simple but Significant (International Business Times)

#4: 5 Signs Your Social Media Campaign Goes Against Permission Marketing Basics (Business 2 Community)

#3: Google: Please Fix The Crippling Problem Plaguing Google+ (ReadWrite)

#2: Yahoo XXX? Tumblr's Adult Fare Accounts For 11.4% Of Site's Top 200K Domains (TechCrunch)

#1: Pinterest begins categorizing pins based on content & introduces share button for mobile apps (The Next Web)

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Dove, LinkedIn's Mobile Strategy, Kenneth Cole Tweets: the Social 6 for 4/19/13

There's nothing in here about Dzokhar Tsarnaev, the world's most awful person, even though that obviously took up a good deal of people's time today. That being said, I tried to keep up with everything else interesting the tech & social media world today, including LinkedIn's mobile ad strategy, another Kenneth Cole controversy, and how Brightnest can be a huge boon to the right person. Here's your Social 6:

#6: Hate Keeping Up With Home Maintenance? Brightnest Can Help (TechCrunch)

#5: RW10: Six Things ReadWrite Will Cover In 2023 (ReadWrite)

#4: 5 Fascinating Facts We Learned From Reddit This Week (Mashable)

#3: Here's what ads will look like on LinkedIn's new mobile app (Business Insider)

#2: Ad About Women's Self-Image Creates a Sensation (New York Times)

#1: Yet another controversial Kenneth Cole tweet, this time about gun control (Mashable)

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Twitter Advertising, LinkedIn Mobile Revamp, $174 Facebook Fans: the Social 6 for 4/18/13

It's been a pretty busy week, and a very busy 24-hour period out there. LinkedIn's mobile overhaul isn't insignificant, so I'd advise you to pay attention to that, though Twitter did take a pretty big step forward in solving their advertising model -- and I'd have to salute them for that. Here's your Social 6:

#6: UK Online Payments Platform GoCardless Raises $1.5 Million Series A, Plans To Expand Across Europe (TechCrunch)

#5: LinkedIn Revamps Mobile App (AllThingsD)

#4: A Syncapse study claims a Facebook fan is worth $174 (Mashable)

#3: How To: Engage Successfully on Twitter (Likeable Media blog)

#2: Five Creative Uses for Google Alerts (Lifehacker)

#1: Twitter's advertising capabilities take a huge step forward, with keyword targeting (AllThingsD)

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Influencers, Storify, France's Social Data Tax, & More: the Social 6 News Roundup for 1/22/13

Starting today, we (and by we, I mean me) will be posting the Social 6 the same day news happens as opposed to the next morning. So today, January 22nd, we saw plenty of great news stories, including more on the Storify privacy loopholes, France's ideas for taxing personal data collectors such as Google and Facebook, and how some employers' social media policies may not be 100% legal. Here's your Social 6:

#6: Influencers vs. Advocates in New Media (Huffington Post)

#5: Storify Loophole Publishes Private Facebook Updates (Mashable)

#4: Should Google and Facebook be taxed for collecting your personal data? France thinks so (The Next Web)

#3: 16 Inspiring Examples of Interactive Maps in Web Design (Web Design Ledger)

#2: Employers' social media policies come under regulatory scrutiny (New York Times)

#1: The power of brand marketing as a floor (Christopher S. Penn blog)

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iPhone Anniversary, LinkedIn Milestone, & F-Commerce: the Social 6 for 1/10/13

Another big Business 2 Community day for my social sharing, as you guys definitely clicked on and shared plenty of B2C articles. However, that's not all we have in store for you, with LinkedIn hitting another major milestone, as well as my Going Social piece for iPhone productivity apps to celebrate the Apple device's sixth anniversary. Here's your Social 6:

#6: 4 Social Media Sales Tips (Business 2 Community)

#5: Generate Sales with Facebook (Business 2 Community)

#4: LinkedIn vs the Recruiting Industry (Business 2 Community)

#3: LinkedIn hits 200 million members from more than 200 countries (The Next Web)

#2: Twitter + Print: Combining the New and the Old to Grow Your Business (Business 2 Community)

#1: Top 8 Apps for Better iPhone Productivity in 2013 (Going Social)

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Glossi, Cory Booker, and Likeable Departments: the Social 6 News Roundup for 12/5/12

I'll admit it, we have a bit of a different pool than I usually share in the Social 6, given that so many links I shared yesterday weren't really Social 6-esque (sharing my Crunchies voting for my friends at Mirror, for example). We still have some pretty clickworthy stories, including the rising food justice movement and how food stamps play into things, and the increasingly fast evolution of journalism. Here's your Social 6:

#6: ThisNext Launches Glossi, Its Free Digital Magazine Builder (TechCrunch)

#5: Cory Booker's Move Toward Food Justice (LinkedIn)

#4: Gen Y, Social Media, and the Powers That Be (Going Social)

#3: Likeable is not a department (Duct Tape Marketing)

#2: The Game of Business (Businessweek)

#1: How Social Networks Are Redefining Journalism (Mashable)

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Cyber Monday, Pitch Engine, Lanyrd, and Twitter Archives: the Social 6 News Roundup for 11/28/12

Lots of good stuff you might have missed yesterday, which is why I'm here to curate it all for you. Today we've got some Cyber Monday ramifications, the FBI's forward-thinking use of social media, some innovation courtesy of Lanyrd (one of my favorite apps), and more. Here's your Social 6:

#6 Social-Media Shaming About A Dumb Photo Gets Dangerous (ReadWriteWeb)

#5 On Cyber Monday, Mobile -- Not Social -- Takes All the Glory (All Things D)

#4 FBI Using Twitter to Crack Down on Securities Fraud (Mashable)

#3 Pitch Engine launches redesign and mobile apps to reimagine the press release for consumers (The Next Web)

#2 As LinkedIn closes its Events app, social conference service Lanyrd steps in with new integration (The Next Web)

#1 Will Twitter follow up on its promise for downloadable tweet archives by year's end? (Search Engine Watch)

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Cyberwar, American Express, and Splurgy top the Social 6 News Roundup

I didn't really cover or share news of the GetGlue acquisition yesterday, or that would have been at the top of my list. Still, there's plenty of news and views you might have missed below. Interestingly, most of it isn't very specific to the social media realm, which is a break from what my social audience tends to click on and share. Without further ado, here's your Social 6:

#6: A Nate Silver-Take On The Most Influential MBA Ranking (LinkedIn)

#5: Social Media Power Rankings: AmEx Knows You Can't Leave Home Without It (The Atlantic Wire)

#4: Cyberwar and Social Media in the Gaza Conflict (New York Times blog)

#3: Grace Coddington (longtime creative director of Vogue) speaks out in new memoir (New York Times)

#2: Splurgy and Pinterest: the New Hit Marketing Combo for SMBs? (Technorati)

#1: Staying Afloat in a Sea of Numbers (Going Social)