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Ten Things Nonprofits May Not Know About MySpace [But I Wish They Did]

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As I spent the Thanksgiving weekend pondering gratitude, MySpace made the top of my list of things to be grateful for. If it were not for MySpace, my professional life no doubt would be much less fulfilling. And for that, I will be eternally grateful to MySpace and the “Nonprofit Organizations&# MySpace community.

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Has Your Nonprofit Considered Race and Class in Your Social Media Strategy?

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Micro-blogging website Twitter has seen an upsurge in traffic from Hispanic and African-American audiences. In its heyday in 2006 and 2007, Myspace was an incredibly vibrant community of artists, musicians, and impassioned activists and do-gooders. Sadly, many nonprofits abandoned their communities on Myspace much too soon.

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Social Networking Communities Are Migrant Communities

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They move with you to The Next Big Thing i.e., from MySpace to Facebook to Twitter to Foursquare. I first got on MySpace in February 2006 when I created a portal to Nonprofit Organizations on MySpace. This is when the MySpace vs. Facebook debate began to rage in the blogoshphere. The community was red hot.

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10 Social Media Metrics for Nonprofit Organizations (and How To Track Them)

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Online giving in 2008 was up 44% from 2007. Many donors may not feel comfortable donating directly through social media apps and widgets (yet), but they do feel comfortable clicking to your “Donate Now&# page on your website from a link posted on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc. Online Donations. Volunteers.

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Social Media is Going Mobile, and So Should Your Nonprofit

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MySpace estimates that 50% of its Website traffic will be mobile within 24 months. mobile subscribers… triple the number of how many text messages were sent in 2007. Many of those texts are being sent via Tweets on Twitter and Status Updates on Facebook. In 2008, over two trillion text messages were sent worldwide.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

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Twitter: twitter.com/PanCAN , twitter.com/Advocate4PanCAN. The 1 st tool was MySpace back in 2007. The tools I am currently using are Facebook, two Twitter accounts (one for National messaging via @PanCAN and one specifically for advocacy efforts via @Advocate4PanCAN), YouTube, LinkedIn, MySpace and Delicious.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: The Nature Conservancy

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Twitter: twitter.com/nature_org. My guess would be either MySpace, YouTube, or Facebook Causes. I know our YouTube channel started in 2007. We’re using all of the main social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, etc. I would say MySpace has dropped off the most for us.