Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

Blogger relations (not to be confused with blogger relationships like I'm describing above) that is blogger outreach came up as a topic in a workshop I did on social media and the arts earlier this week. Don't have your office intern hapzardly send out a canned pitches, get to know the bloggers first.

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AUGUST 22, 2013

Not to worry, here are some tips that Avi Kaplan and I of Rad Campaign compiled to help nonprofits rock your online presence. Cycle through a combination of blog authors and guest bloggers from within your organization, board members, influencers, etc. Publish 1-2 blog posts each week. Spotlight/Profile, Interview.

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JUNE 20, 2019

The same principle holds true on social media. There are people within different interest groups who have amassed a loyal following on platforms like Twitter, Instagram and YouTube, or are influential bloggers. Often times they’ll then share it with their networks. Tips for effective influencer marketing. Follow them.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 30, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Nonprofit Technology Link Love July 30, 2008 Here are posts from a small sampling of bloggers I regularly read: Holly Ross shows her geek cred in a great post about DNS. Beth is, of course, THE web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

When I saw the title of this post, " I'm Engaged ," I thought he was talking about the report that The Network Centric Advocacy Blog mentions as a must-read for advocacy and communication staff called Activation Point. Social Network Fragmentation. Social network fragmentation? Social networking burnout?

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

This brave new world of touchscreens, aggregated data, and pastel AJAX-based social networking sites, is partly. is becoming old faster; your familiarity of the popular social networking. is becoming old faster; your familiarity of the popular social networking. Here are some tips to. Your new iPhone.

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MAY 7, 2012

Initially a reluctant blogger, I launched Nonprofit Tech 2.0 in August 2009 and within a few months came to the conclusion that blogging had been the missing piece in my social media campaigns. Share and Comment on Breaking News. Allow Guest Bloggers to Post Commentary and Share Their Expertise. received 13,000 visitors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 27, 2007

In the comments, Sue Waters ( who was nominated for a Best Blog at Edublog ) points to some tips she wrote on her excellent blog in response to Michele's query. Michele's screencast is about how reading, posting, and commenting all interact to extend knowledge about a topic and to expand the network of interactions.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2010

The authors were kind enough to give me a copy to give away on this blog, so if you leave a comment you could be the lucky winner of a book! I met Mazarine Treyz 3 years ago in Portland, Oregon when I facilitated a one-day social media and nonprofit workshop for the Meyer Memorial Trust. More about the book here. 6. ShareThis!

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DECEMBER 2, 2008

When people ask about blogging, the question of comments comes up more frequently than any other. There are many good ways to measure a blog's value , but somewhere inside ourselves, we feel that comments are the thing that validate a blog's existence. So when people ask, "Why don't more people comment?," It's a bit strange.

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JULY 6, 2011

Maria Rainier , Freelance Writer & Blogger. Social media is a powerful marketing tool for businesses of all types, and it is especially useful for nonprofit organizations, which typically struggle more to reach a large audience on a tighter budget. First in Education. Updating once or twice a day is a good rule of thumb.

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MARCH 4, 2007

A lot of nonprofit blogs have come on the scene in the year between these events and I feel like it is time to revise and update my "10 Ways" post to include not only ways that nonprofits can use blogs, but also engage bloggers to support their cause. Blogs fall under the category of "social media" because they are, well, social.

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APRIL 14, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Keep your ear to the ground at all times. Listen, listen, listen. Monitor the Results.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

Between the internet strategy teleseminar for the San Francisco Writing Conference I did on Monday, the blogging presentation I did for the Oakland branch of Ladies Who Launch on Tuesday, and the consults I had with individual bloggers on Wednesday and Thursday, I've been asked several times this week: "How do I increase my blog traffic?"

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 24, 2007

at 12:09 pm { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 11.10.07 blogger, even though I do end up talking a fair bit about it anyway. And, now that there is beginning to be a real movement toward open social networks, I’m really interested in that, and will be writing about that as it develops.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 10, 2009

Provide a link to a page with bios for bloggers. If your blogging platform doesn't allow you to do that, have bloggers include a one-line bio at the end of their posts. Link to other bloggers Use Google Blog Search , Alltop and Technorati to find blogs that write about similar topics to yours. Respond to comments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

I use a variety of tools for this analysis, including Google Analytics, Feedburner subscriber counts, and manually tracking comment to post ratios (typepad doesn't have a nifty plugin like wordpress to automate that grunge work) A tool that use to evlauate my content is PostRank. Thinking Strategically About Social Media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 11, 2009

One of the metrics that bloggers track is "Authority" or the number of blogs linking to a blog within the last six months. Most bloggers use the Technorati index to benchmark authority ranking. hat tip Geoff Livingston ) It goes back to the definition of authority. and a must-read. I've noticed this myself. Twinfluence.

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2012

Blackbaud guest bloggers share expert fundraising tips and simple steps for creating a Facebook page that rocks. Learn how to become a social organization with tips from Yammer 's director of community. Tell us about it in the comments! Here's a roundup of what we've been doing. TechSoup Blog.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 25, 2008

How much time, staff and money do you have to put into setting up your blog, writing your blog, answering comments, reading other blogs, and leaving comments on other blogs? Provide rss feeds to the whole blog, and to individual bloggers' feeds so readers have a choice of how they want to subscribe. Make it easy to comment.

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Care2

JULY 15, 2008

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2008

I'm moving beyond monitoring the NpTech tagged items and meta feeds to incorporate nuggets from micro media sources, nptech bloggers, friend feeds, and USG. The summaries will be briefer, focused on a social media theme or a social media question related to practice. Bonus Tip 11. Deborah Zanke ) ( Jason Shim ) 3.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to share my best tips for managing an online crisis, with Allison Fine, for a podcast on the Chronicle of Philanthropy. The next time your organization makes a mistake, use these tips to handle the crisis ASAP, so it doesn’t bubble up and explode.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Greg Ligon, our guest blogger for the Social Media for Nonprofits conference, is an online communications professional with experience in building a brand via online channels, social media communications, and website content development. Think Strategically About Your Social Media Presence. Let us know in the comments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2009

It is one of a number of "life streaming applications" where individuals and organizations who are active on the social web can port their activity across social networks into one, easy to follow, read, and comment activity stream. I've used a little social network theory to design my FriendFeed friending strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2007

Some bloggers, like Skelliewag, highlighted the best of best of their blog posts , while CogDog blog took the opposite approach and look at the Top 0 list. How do we continue to connect and have a conversation facilitated by different social media tools? Thoughts, leave them in the comments. Here's a tip sheet on Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2009

Further, we also know that to scale, it requires all staff to include social media. As Valera Maltoni wrote in her post about ten tips for building movements, “ make advocates feel like rock stars - give people your attention. That is what they crave and appreciate the most. Being heard, counting, being recognized.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 2, 2007

I'm hoping that we'll end the discussion with a kick-a** tip sheet for video bloggers who want to get started promoting their blogs and shows. Using social media tools and other methods to help people find your videos. Bring your best promo tips to share. post to any social networking profiles and ping your friends.

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MAY 22, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Leave comments on blogs. What is Earned Media? Word of mouth, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2008

and social networking tools? It is important to think about the benefits, objectives, and audience before jumping on the social networking bandwagon. If you can't wait, read Alexandra Samuel's " Best Practices for Social Networking Nonprofits ," a guest post on Katya Andresen's Nonprofit Marketing Blog.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 29, 2008

As social media grows in popularity, one fact cannot be ignored: if used well, it can generate impressive amounts of traffic and increase engagement around your cause or organization. She "tweets" various tips for getting kids outside, links to new Green Hour blog posts and information on events and more. Test for What Works.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

If you know of campaigns and lessons learned that haven't been included, please leave a comment: August 2007 I launched a campaign to raise money and get t-shirts donated for the Cambodian Bloggers Summit. They used twitter to drive comments to the blog - each comment would generated 100 pound donation.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Being able to engage them through social media is the goal!

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MARCH 27, 2008

The first session I attended was specifically about social networking and led by Brian Reich of Echo Ditto, author of Media Rules! You must be a credible member of the community sharing useful information and thoughtful comments before anyone will respond to your asks. I suggest another one to explore, Rethos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2006

Much of the advice is transferable to other social networking spaces. (I He interviewed Scott Goodstein, who has worked on the Save the Internet, Save1800Suicide and Military Free Zone campaigns, and Ivan Boothe of the Genocide Intervention Network. Or publish them on your Web site and ask bloggers to link.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Peter Deitz, Social Actions. When it comes to online fundraising, an obvious tip is to meet your current and potential donors where they are. Nonprofits are learning -- if slowly -- that maintaining an authentic presence on Facebook and other social networks is hard work, but necessary. 2 ) Money Is Not the Only Metric.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Bonus Tip: Rather than email alerts, you can use a feed reader like Google Reader to collect all of your listening alerts and searches from Google, blog search engines and Twitter into one place. Your audience may not be ready to create content on social networks, blogs, or Twitter. What if it's too noisy out there?

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