Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

At present it’s estimated that there are some 150 million active blogs operating at any given time. So the beginning blogger may be asking themselves, how can I help ensure that my blog lasts? How can I garner attention amongst all the millions of other bloggers out there? It’s no great secret that blogging is big. Huge really.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 10, 2010

If you want to be able to add “Donate Now&# buttons, e-Newsletter and text alert sign-up boxes, and/or call-to-action images to your social media profiles, you need to know HTML. I was a reluctant blogger. I didn’t think the world needed another blogger. My search engine results have transformed. I was wrong.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Simply enter your nonprofit’s name and Addictomatic then creates a page of all your search results for easy future reference. Very useful to social media practitioners and bloggers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 25, 2011

Brand pages are expected to be launched some time this fall. e-Newsletter. Google.com is already the number one visited site around the world and they dominate search results. They own YouTube (third most trafficked website globally) and Blogger (the fifth most trafficked)… and Picassa, Picnik, Orkut, Gmail, Chrome, etc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 8, 2012

UPDATED 1/8/12: Thanks to the launch of Google+ Pages for brands, Google+ traffic hit an all time high in December 2011 and it’s likely that the trend will continue in 2012. If your nonprofit has yet to get on Google+, now would be a very good time to start. e-Newsletter. Post quality content to the Google+ Stream.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

To follow up on Monday’s post about why nonprofits should consider hiring a social media manger , below is an excerpt from Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits that helps further explore the time commitment necessary to create and sustain a comprehensive social media stategy for your nonprofit.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

e-Newsletter. Over time and through implementing the best practices listed below and those yet to come, you will find your Google+ voice. Add the Google+ icon to your website, blog, and e-newsletter! UPDATED 2/26/12: Please note that the best practices listed below are a work in progress and are updated regularly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Many years ago before the digital cameras and children, my husband used to spend many hours combining two past times: birding and photography. Over the holidays, I took an all too brief social media break to spent time with family. This is the listening and scanning I do. My “Circle of Wise&# is always changing.

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Have Fun - Do Good

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. 10 Ways Nonprofit Can Use Blogs and Bloggers to Support Their Cause 1.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

If you've worked for a nonprofit, you know how painfully long it can take to put together a newsletter. Just because you have a blog, doesn't mean you should stop having an e-newsletter, or print newsletter. It's been said that people need to see an advertisement seven times before they will buy.

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Care2

AUGUST 17, 2011

You convinced the bigwigs to let you start a blog for your organization, you recruited peers to join you as staff bloggers, you’ve set clear guidelines , and shared some creative blog post ideas for your staff to draw from. Your Email Newsletter. Blogger List. While you’re at it you send it to your blogger contacts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

If you've worked for a nonprofit, you know how painfully long it can take to put together a newsletter. Just because you have a blog, doesn't mean you should stop having an e-newsletter, or print newsletter. It's been said that people need to see an advertisement seven times before they will buy.

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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? In general, a blog is a different communication tool than say, a newsletter. The interns can be contributing bloggers, but they shouldn't be the lead blogger.

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Care2

DECEMBER 4, 2007

60) Search « Care2.com 60) Search « Care2.com 60) Search « Care2.com Just testing all this stuff out in early 2007, it became clear to me just how important it is for an organization to have a full-time staff position whose role is to manage the groups presence in the various Web 2.0

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

The most popular pieces will be featured in our newsletter. There are so many blogs, news sources, and conversations happening at the same time, every day, and the chances that you’ll be able to find them all without trying is pretty unlikely. Here are some example searches using NetSquared as the organization. Twitter Search.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 10, 2007

Being an organization's blogger involves not only writing for the blog, but also building relationships with other bloggers by reading them, linking to them, commenting on their blogs and inviting them to comment on your blog. A natural person to be the staff blogger is whoever writes the organization's newsletter or e-newsletter.

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JULY 20, 2013

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

As part of my preparation, it seems like a good time to update my 2006 post, 10 Ways Nonprofits Can Us Blogs , and my 2007 post, 10 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Blogs and Bloggers to Support Their Cause. Example: The Case Foundation's Blog includes posts from multiple staff members , including Jean Case , and guest bloggers.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Set up a few blog searches - you can search sites like Google Blogsearch , Technorati , Bloglines and BlogCatalog. Set up Twitter searches and see if people are "tweeting" about your organization or industry. Search for your organization's name on LinkedIn. New keywords include timely industry issues.

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Care2

MAY 22, 2009

60) Search « The ROI of Social Media | Main | Advocacy Online Launches in the US » Thursday May 21 2009 Earned Media: How to Stay Relevant and Track It Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 01:20PM | by Allyson Kapin “If you dont brand yourself, Google will brand you,” says branding expert Sherry Beck Paprocki. Word of mouth, etc.

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See3

AUGUST 31, 2007

OK, quiz time. They put it on YouTube, embedded into this landing page , and then sent emails to all their lists, all at the same time. Share and Enjoy: Leave a Reply Get Tips and Best Practices Sign up below to get our newsletters highlighting the latest in online marketing and communications for nonprofits. Yes, video.

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See3

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

A common story is one where a blogger posts something and then regrets it. In today’s NY Times is an article about Facebook and the difficulty of getting your data removed. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Here’s what Yahoo! They take the post down.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

In short, online you can easily look at what the entire audience reached (" complete ") actually does (" direct ") in real time (" immediate "). Whether it's your next newsletter, the color and design of your donate button, or the copy you use to describe your efforts in the search engines.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

There is also a groundswell of support all over the Internet, from bloggers ( one blog at a time ) Facebook , Flickr , Online Petitions , mobile phones , and Second Life. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. Fundraising 2.0 And if you???re

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See3

JANUARY 30, 2008

I was turned on to this blog by a friend and then given it to review as part of the Nonprofit Blog Exchange , which introduces nonprofit bloggers (like me) to other nonprofit bloggers through our work. This is a strategic threat, an existential threat, one we as a People are facing for the first time in a very long time.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

e-Newsletter. A section of the e-newsletter entitled “Resource Spotlight” features a new tool in each edition. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. 2dCode :: 2d-code.co.uk. Addictomatic :: addictomatic.com.

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Care2

APRIL 14, 2009

Keep your ear to the ground at all times. If Twitter is hosting a lot of the conversation, then you should start an account and reply to all those who are talking about you by searching for conversation on search.twitter.com. This article was written by Jen Nedeau, Project Manager at New Media Strategies and blogger.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 29, 2017

Media are the everyday bloggers, local groups and traditional media. So for the common nonprofit, they’re going to generate buzz around key moments which is like the release of a report, a vote, a time-sensitive fundraiser or petition and other events that are share-worthy. You have VIP’s, media and everyday influencers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2006

An offline newsletter or meeting is very important in Ghana for instance for reaching people as they don???t search this blog??? But that really takes up time. The only downside is the additive nature of blogging, and it does consume a lot of time. s most of the time too much for me and I just scroll through very rapidly.

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See3

MARCH 27, 2008

It was amazing how many there were, sometimes even two at the same time. But I have seen groups use LinkedIn to form committees that do fundraising, to have people volunteer time from an in-kind standpoint, etc. I went to several Web 2.0 sessions at NTEN, Nonprofit Technology Conference in New Orleans last week.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

This includes using tools like search to help drive people to your site. Retention- As with conversion, there are two types of retention; keeping people subscribed to your list and obtaining multiple gifts from first time donors. Implement the ladder of engagement in real time. Follow that with a fundraising ask.

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Care2

APRIL 22, 2009

Elana Wolowitz, the Communications Director and voice behind the @wellstoneaction profile, took some time out of her hectic schedule to answer a few questions. Deanna Zandt (DZ): How long have you been on Twitter? What inspired you to join? Elana Wolowitz (EW): Im pretty sure we started in May or June of 2008.

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Care2

MARCH 27, 2009

The interesting thing about this effort is that it’s not campaign-based, or a spurt of activity for a defined period of time, but actually an ongoing relationship that can continue to build over the long term, again defined by what is valuable to their supporters.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

60) Search « Webinar: How Online Marketing Can Be Your Nonprofits Fundraising Stimulus Plan | Main | Recession Obsession – What Does The Future Hold For Online Fundraising? In addition, I have used Care2 several times as an effective source for recruiting new email supporters for clients of my consulting firm, Rad Campaign.]

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

60) Search « Webinar: How Online Marketing Can Be Your Nonprofits Fundraising Stimulus Plan | Main | Recession Obsession – What Does The Future Hold For Online Fundraising? In addition, I have used Care2 several times as an effective source for recruiting new email supporters for clients of my consulting firm, Rad Campaign.]

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

One of the challenges, of course, is integrating social media strategy with overall communications planning as well as Internet strategy without having the time in the workshop to drill down into those other topics. Now, restate your objective so it is “SMART” – specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-based?

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

It's time to go beyond listening and responding and get into several key areas: monitoring , running bold campaigns , adding video , and fundraising in online social networks. Then, grab the search RSS feed and add it to your iGoogle. BAM, time to tell the story. Now, anyone can log in to monitor this. Be proactive.

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