Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Author: Guest Blogger. Eric specializes in social media analytics, search engine optimization, and social network- and keyword-based advertising. Also, both versions of their site were being outranked in the search results by one of their competitors.

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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. Usually, my morning ritual of RSS reader, email, and twitter and social networking dipping turn up some sort of pattern. This morning was no different.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

As the second largest search engine and the number one video sharing site, YouTube is a good place to begin sharing your digital story. YouTube was also a favorite because it offers a range of tools for social benefit organizations through its Nonprofit Program. Where to Promote Your Video. Blog, Annotate, and Let Your Supporters Help.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 21, 2008

Ask bloggers to review/write about your book You can find a list of the Top 100 Blogs on Technorati as a place to start, but all of their audiences may not be appropriate for your topic. Before you draft your blogger outreach email, check out my 10 Tips for Asking Bloggers to Write About Your Cause.

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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. Blogs fall under the category of "social media" because they are, well, social.

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Care2

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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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. Start with your organization's name. Don't worry.

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Care2

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!" What is Earned Media? Word of mouth, etc. Leave comments on blogs.

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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. Keep it short. How to lists.

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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. them how to promote your cause.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 24, 2007

I’m not going to embark on the 31 days to a better blog challenge , it’s a bit too much for me to plunge into, but I will be doing bits and pieces of it over time, as well as delving deeply into search engine optimization (SEO), which is a topic that I have pretty much only watched from a distance for far too long.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

As bloggers and others give it closer scrutiny, we're hearing a debate about which Facebook App is better? Which is worse, email overload or social networking fatigue. WSJ article " Will Social Features Make Email Sexy Again? WSJ article " Will Social Features Make Email Sexy Again? Convio or Causes?

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Care2

JULY 15, 2008

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 25, 2008

Provide rss feeds to the whole blog, and to individual bloggers' feeds so readers have a choice of how they want to subscribe. The interns can be contributing bloggers, but they shouldn't be the lead blogger. There isn't one code of ethics that all bloggers follow. Don't stifle blogs' most precious qualities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2007

It meant that I missed what Joe Casco had to say about Social Networking Fatique - I hope he blogs it). David Tames and I did a session called crash course on social media tools for filmmakers. I attended two sessions with Christopher Penn - one on search engine optimization or how to make google love you with Julien Smith.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

MARCH 19, 2007

SEO - Search Engine Optimization - has been a consulting hotspot for years. Everyone wants their website to come up near the top of the first page on major search engines. words hidden in the page that would match likely search terms. This posting by Daniel Riviong explores some of these social networking issues.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 20, 2007

Networking for Change. Blogs You can find blogs by searching on Google Blog Search and Technorati. Online videos/vlogs Online videos or vlogs can searched for in the iTunes Music Store as well as on YouTube , blip.tv , DoGooderTV , QuantumShift.tv JOIN: Join a social network, or two, or three! and OurMedia.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

From expert bloggers to Executive Directors and technology leaders, there’s a great lineup here so everyone should have an opportunity to engage with some of the leaders in the field.). My favorite part of the program is the great round-up of social media resources the Foundation has provided in a one-stop-shop style on the site.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 29, 2017

We talked to Jeanette about her tips for what kind of impact a social media influencer and influencer-driven campaigns can make for your nonprofit. Her first tip? Look at your email list and find out who has the largest social media presence. Media are the everyday bloggers, local groups and traditional media.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Next week I'll be teaching a session about blogging during a nonprofit social media webinar, We Are Media, presented by NTEN. 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.

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Care2

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

artsnetCMS - Center for Arts Management and Technology free CMS via Ma.gnolia NpTech Group with a hat tip to Idealware The On-Demand Nonprofit by Sonny Cloward on NTEN Blog as Laura Quinn notes on Idealware Blog , "A great rundown from Sonny Cloward about the practical applications (and limitations) of Google Apps for nonprofits."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

I'm fascinated by social networking and am interested in finding ways for museums to appeal to all types of people. What are your best twitter tips for museums? Then set up an account for your museum and follow a few other museums as well as people in your target market using a search for location or interest keywords.

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See3

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! A good tip Brian mentioned was to deputize people to grow your network for you. You may find better success participating in a niche social network like Changents or Gather.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2005

technologies and illustrate how using new socially oriented technological innovations can help the nonprofit community. How can you learn from others' Web searches? How can an online social network help your organization find volunteers? Eddie Codel , social networking technology advocate and Webzine conference organizer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

There's an excellent tip sheet on how to get the word out about projects here. DEIdea Lounge blogger Melanie Coulson offers a roundup of Day 2, including some reflections on David Weinberger's Keynote. Google Blog Search. We are all photographers now , Steve Bridger's excellent post about nonprofits and social web photosharing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2009

On Facebook: According to Non Profit Social Network Survey , 80% of respondents have a staff person dedicating 25% of their time to social media. You can easily set up searches for relevant names (of your staff people, spokespersons, etc.), What about blogger outreach? What people are up to now. Measure THIS!

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Care2

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

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!" This includes using tools like search to help drive people to your site.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 28, 2009

We've always done search ads, blogger outreach, and posts on our social networking profiles, but this year, I was ready to take it to the next level. I wanted to make this a social conference. The great thing about social networking is that it breaks the ice. Blogs on our social networking profiles 9.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Facebook’s grant will encourage users of the social network to learn more about service opportunities through ServiceNation’s Facebook Page and connect with MyNation, a new, online social-networking community on ServiceNation.org being launched in preparation for the first National Day of Service on September 11, 2009.

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Tech Soup

JULY 15, 2011

In addition to my looking into Google+, many bloggers in the nonprofit sector have also been checking it out and listing its advantages and disadvantages. Most of the reviews are positive, with a few bloggers not ready to commit yet. In addition, she has a post of tips and tricks for +. Do Library Bloggers Like Google+?

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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. They built an iGoogle dashboard and fed RSS feeds based on information they were seeking in online social networks. Have you heard of Motrin Moms

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See3

OCTOBER 22, 2007

Carie opened with an intro to social media. She says social networks are “not just a bunch of lonely teenage boys.” She notes that people really rely on social networks for influence on decision-making. Of the people that friend them, 29% found their page via search, and 13% came from their website.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

This blogs tips and ideas are perfect for managers and leaders of all types of small to large businesses and nonprofit organizations. A fellow Blogger, Debbie Laskey, shared these keen insights with me: “A brand strategy is the ultimate business strategy and often the least understood." Don't Praise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2009

Increased Relevant Visitor Traffic and Page Rankings: You're using social media tactics to drive traffic to your organization's web site or newsletter sign up or improving search engine results or using social media channels to spread your web site or blog content. Josh Bernhoff, Social Technographics 2008 3.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2007

Whatever, MySpace has over 80% of the total market of social networking site users according a recent report by hitwise, but keep in mind it represents 6.5% Blogging Advice Tim Johnson of the I'd Rather Be Writing blog, offers some tips to Nonprofits on how to start a blog. 9 Lessons for Would-be Bloggers.

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