Twitter & China, Google+ & Journalism, and Social Media + Screwups: The Social 6

Lots of fun news & views yesterday while I was wallowing away in synagogue for Yom Kippur. Yesterday we had a great set of pieces clicked on & shared by you guys, including Twitter’s interesting strength within China, potential good news for the iPad Mini, and G+’s effect on journalism. Here’s your Social 6: #6: Teenagers… Continue reading Twitter & China, Google+ & Journalism, and Social Media + Screwups: The Social 6

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

Want to Join Team Going Social? Write for Us!

Hi guys. If you’re reading this, you may know that I have a book coming out: Going Social: Excite Customers, Generate Buzz, and Energize Your Brand with the Power of Social Media. I’m pretty excited! Even though I’m psyched, I’m always pretty overworked, to be honest. I’d love to find some help on the writing… Continue reading Want to Join Team Going Social? Write for Us!

Klout, iPad Mini, and Facebook Top the Weekend’s Social 6 Roundup

I’d be lying if I said this was the most action-packed weekend on the Interwebz ever. It wasn’t. In fact, a few of the stories I shared over the weekend (and you guys clicked on, shared, repinned, etc.) were published on Friday. Still, I think there are some gems in here – two apiece for… Continue reading Klout, iPad Mini, and Facebook Top the Weekend’s Social 6 Roundup

Facebook Plugins, Animated GIFs, and Social Media Myths: Today’s Social 6

  I got flack from some of you guys for being excited about Twitter blocking animated GIFs in profile pictures, but sorry; I hate them. That was clearly one of the bigger stories of the last 24 hours, but Napkin Labs and my post on Facebook’s Shared Activity plugin made waves too. Here’s your Social… Continue reading Facebook Plugins, Animated GIFs, and Social Media Myths: Today’s Social 6

Twitter Profiles, Social Highlights, iPad Mini: the Social 6 roundup

Trying to streamline the Social 6 by only providing you guys with the links and publications of the articles that attracted the most clicks, shares, retweets, and so on over the last day or so. Today we’ve got an interesting mix, from social highlights to Twitter’s new profiles to — shocker — more Apple news… Continue reading Twitter Profiles, Social Highlights, iPad Mini: the Social 6 roundup

Mixer, NYFW, and Twitter’s new API : The Social 6 for 9/7/12

I knew New York Fashion Week would be a pretty big point of discussion yesterday, but Twitter’s API news was pretty major too. Here’s the rundown: Is Mixer The Mobile Social Location-Based App We’ve Been Looking For? Maybe… “Mixer is a new social mobile application for iPhone that lets you converse with people on a… Continue reading Mixer, NYFW, and Twitter’s new API : The Social 6 for 9/7/12

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

The Social 6: Stories You Missed This Past (Long) Weekend, 9/4/12

Welcome back to work, guys! Not surprisingly, there wasn’t a tremendous wealth of news & views out there to curate from the long weekend, but here are some of the highlights you may have missed: #6: My1Login’s test page is a nifty way to see exactly how weak your password choices are “The password management service… Continue reading The Social 6: Stories You Missed This Past (Long) Weekend, 9/4/12

The Social 6: 8/31/12 News Roundup

The last 24 hours or so had a bunch of news (& views), considering it’s late August. Here are some of the highlights: #6: The #1 Oversight in Social Media Community Building “No matter now compelling your content, how widespread your reach, how generous your reward, community attrition will be the undoing of any social media… Continue reading The Social 6: 8/31/12 News Roundup