Social Media Newsfeed: Cyber Monday | Santa Tracker

[emailonly]{{{ sbox300x250 }}}[/emailonly] Click here to receive the Morning Social Media Newsfeed via email. Monday Was the Most Social Cyber Monday Ever (SocialTimes) This year’s Cyber Monday online shopping event was the most social ever, according to social media management platform Spredfast. Conversation about #CyberMonday was up 75 percent on Twitter compared to last year. However, social media chatter about Cyber Monday is still lower than Black Friday. Adweek Click on the #CyberMonday hashtag on Twitter if you want to see an avalanche of painfully salesy messages from retailers and affiliate marketers. Or simply check out the eight informative or thought-provoking tweets Adweek was able to pick out of the commercial pile-up, with a bonus tweet at the end just for entertainment value. Marketing Land Over the weekend, the marketing focus turned to Cyber Monday, but interestingly the social conversation didn’t necessarily use that term. Salesforce found that “sale” and “deal” were the most pervasive keywords in the discussion and the top hashtag was still #BlackFriday. Forbes The winners on Cyber Monday were Amazon, Etsy, Motorola, and EA. Motorola did well because it asked for retweets to get a special money-off deal. USA Today There were quite a few good deals to be had on Black Friday this year, but as in recent years, some of the best deals of the holiday season won't be found on the day after Thanksgiving. In recent years, Cyber Monday, the online equivalent to Black Friday, has eclipsed the Friday before Thanksgiving as the day to find the best deals. This year appears to be no exception. Google’s Santa Tracker is Back with New Coding Courses, Geography Games and More (The Next Web) The holiday season is upon us, and with it comes along Google’s annual Santa Tracker. Every day until Christmas, new games, and "scenes" will show up in Google’s Santa’s Village page. David Muir to Anchor Daily ABC News Facebook Newscast Facecast: The One Thing (AllFacebook) A Facebook newscast? That is exactly what ABC News’ "World News Tonight with David Muir" will launch Monday with the introduction of "Facecast: The One Thing," a one-minute newscast that will appear on the show’s Facebook page every weekday. [emailonly]{{{ jodslot01 }}}[/emailonly] VaynerMedia Taps Tumblr Exec Amid Plans to Grow but Not Sell (Ad Age) VaynerMedia has hired Tumblr agency development lead Ari Levine to run new business as the 400-person digital shop maps out plans to grow. "The agency is quite large, but it doesn't have a [structured] new business department," said VaynerMedia CEO Gary Vaynerchuk, agency co-founder and entrepreneur. "We had no lead. This is the first sign of us being on the offense on new business." Twitter Co-Founder Sells Stock for the First Time (AllTwitter) Twitter co-founder Evan Williams has sold shares in Twitter for the first time. This follows news last month that Twitter CEO Dick Costolo’s family trust had liquidated 50 percent of their Twitter stock, after initial sales in July and October. Feds Urge U.S. Military Members to Scrub Social Media Accounts Over ISIS Attack Concerns (Fox News) Federal officials are warning U.S. military members to scrub their social media accounts of any material that could make them a target for the Islamic State, the most recent in a series of alerts about potential attacks against service members. The warning was sent Sunday in a joint bulletin by the FBI and Department of Homeland Security, law enforcement and homeland security sources confirmed to Fox News. [emailonly]{{{ sbox01 }}}[/emailonly] Exclusive: Starz Kicks Off 25 Days of #OutlanderOfferings (LostRemote) Starz is kicking off "25 Days of #OutlanderOfferings," culminating in a Christmas Day marathon of the first eight episodes of Season 1. For the next 25 days, Starz will release exclusive "Outlander" content across Twitter and Facebook, including cast interviews, never-before-seen footage, holiday recipes, e-cards, Outlander Store discounts, and the chance to win a show prize pack by answering trivia questions or tweeting using #OutlanderOfferings. Facebook Threats Case Heard at Supreme Court (CNN) The U.S. Supreme Court considered Monday where to draw the line in protecting free speech on social media sites like Facebook. The Court heard arguments in the case of a Pennslvania man convicted of making threatening statements about his estranged wife and law enforcement officials. Ello Now Has a Booming Finance Community (BetaBeat) Early last month, finance reporter Joseph Weisenthal was poached from Business Insider by Bloomberg to build an entirely fresh news property and host an upcoming show on Bloomberg TV. Between jobs, he was without a place to publish, which we imagine was borderline torture for someone with a world-eating appetite for news. [emailonly]{{{ sbox02 }}}[/emailonly]

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Social Media Newsfeed: Cyber Monday | Santa Tracker

Cyber Monday was most social ever. Google's Santa Tracker returns with new features. These stories, and more, in today's Morning Social Media Newsfeed.

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