Twitter + Starcom, Bad Careers, Gamification in Healthcare: the Social 6 for 4/23/12

Plenty of good links out there all over the web today. Come to think of it, most days I find great content with your help. My only wish is that I had more hours in the day to read. Speaking of reading, let’s get started, shall we? Here’s your Social 6: #6: If Planet Earth Used… Continue reading Twitter + Starcom, Bad Careers, Gamification in Healthcare: the Social 6 for 4/23/12

Bieber Debit Cards, Biz Best Practices, Social Media Hostility

Well it’s a busy day, so it’s a short post from me. Sorry, I’m boring today. But…you still love me since you’re still reading this :). Here’s your Social 6: #6: On being a hero (Christopher S. Penn blog) #5: Hostility on social networks rises to 78% of users (Slashgear) #4: The Wild and Wonderful Future of Wireless… Continue reading Bieber Debit Cards, Biz Best Practices, Social Media Hostility

Facebook Home, Feedly, Twitter Paid Edition, Vine Competition: the Social 6 for 4/1/13

Happy April, folks! Since it’s the first day of April, I think we can all assume that one of the below stories is a joke, and I’ll leave it up to you to figure out which it is. Either way, the leak of Facebook Home blew away everything else as the top story of the… Continue reading Facebook Home, Feedly, Twitter Paid Edition, Vine Competition: the Social 6 for 4/1/13

Yoko Ono Tweets, Klout for Business, & Public Shaming: the Social 6 Weekend Edition

It’s been a quiet weekend on the social web, but factoring in Friday, there were quite a few pieces I’d curse myself if you missed. Here’s your Social 6: #6: 10 interesting digital marketing stats this week courtesy of Econsultancy (Econsultancy blog) #5: Businesses not on Google+ yet: here’s a nice @socialmedia2day rundown of its advantages (Social… Continue reading Yoko Ono Tweets, Klout for Business, & Public Shaming: the Social 6 Weekend Edition

SXSW Lessons, SimpleWash, & Why People Get Unfriended: the Social 6 for 3/11/13

Who cares about SXSW, anyways? Oh, right, you’re all there right now. Kidding aside, though there has been some great news coming out of the festival in Austin, there’s plenty more great pieces that have been clicked & shared today, including a parody of the new Yahoo! employee policy, how SimpleWash can help with Facebook… Continue reading SXSW Lessons, SimpleWash, & Why People Get Unfriended: the Social 6 for 3/11/13

SXSW Prep, Pinterest Strategy, EasilyDo, and Klout vs. Kred: the Social 6 for 3/5/13

Busy, busy day out there! Today’s clicks and shares were off the charts, I tell you. If you have ten minutes to kill — or more — we have plenty of great pieces for you. Today we have a buffet of great stuff, from the battle between Klout & Kred, the ramp-up to SXSW, why… Continue reading SXSW Prep, Pinterest Strategy, EasilyDo, and Klout vs. Kred: the Social 6 for 3/5/13

Chris Hadfield, LinkedIn Marketing, and Facebook Redesign: the Social 6 Weekend Edition

Happy Monday, everyone! Over the weekend (I’m including Friday) there was plenty of activity around the Internet, with a good deal of attention, unsurprisingly, on Facebook’s unveil of a new news feed this coming week. Besides news on the Facebook front, we also have how 20-somethings are being put to their limits in today’s workplace,… Continue reading Chris Hadfield, LinkedIn Marketing, and Facebook Redesign: the Social 6 Weekend Edition

The Onion Missteps, Running Apps, Facebook Ad Changes, Twitter Hacks: the Social 6 for 2/25/13

Yesterday was an action-packed day, if you’re a social media nerd like me. Enough so that plenty of great contestants didn’t get onto the list. The stories left standing, of course, make up a very diverse Social 6, from a rundown of running apps, to Netflix’s use of analytics to power their programming, to a… Continue reading The Onion Missteps, Running Apps, Facebook Ad Changes, Twitter Hacks: the Social 6 for 2/25/13

Poland Spring, Kickstarter, Tim Cook, Graph Search: the Social 6 for 2/14/13

Busy busy day, I tell you! All you kids weren’t too busy with Valentine’s Day, it seems like – you were clicking and tweeting up a storm based on everything that I shared out today. We had quite a few good stories, including Poland Spring’s activity (or lack thereof) regarding the Marco Rubio’s parched throat,… Continue reading Poland Spring, Kickstarter, Tim Cook, Graph Search: the Social 6 for 2/14/13

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… Continue reading Twitter and Vine Upgrades, Facebook Quitters, and the Gun Debate: the Social 6 for 2/6/13