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Thursday, July 29, 2010
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
That’s astounding really, but equally astounding, if a whole lot less obvious: your site visitors are increasingly getting to your site from Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other social media sites. Should you be considering this important demographic when you redesign your site next time around? Jeff Patrick, Common Knowledge.
 
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
So how can you create website content that all kinds of potential visitors will find interesting and engaging? Let’s think about the stages that your supporters go through as you build rapport with them over time. What kind of content does your website need for each of these groups? Kivi Leroux Miller, EcoScribe Communications.
 

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An online database of Twitter Apps called oneforty currently lists almost 2,900 third-party Twitter Apps. While some nonprofits have been early adopters of Twitter Apps, the vast majority are not. The ten Twitter Apps listed below are 10 of my 25 favorites: 1. TwitPic : TwitPic lets you share photos on Twitter.
We're often asked about how to set up a Twitter account for an organization, when it's likely that more than one staffer will be tweeting. For the website link field of the profile, create a Twitter landing page which says, "Welcome to the Twitter page for YAP! Use a multiple account Twitter client to manage your accounts.
This was a follow-up from this post where I laid out 4 step for setting up an organizational Twitter account. Twitter can be a great space for building community around your membership-based organization, whether you work for a professional society, trade association or a cause-related nonprofit. Bottom line: Share great content.
Following is a guest post from my friend Paddy Donnelly ( @paddydonnelly ), an Irish web designer, illustrator and blogger who currently lives in Belgium and spends too much time on the Internet. Pete Cashmore: “5 years is a long time on the web. How can you trust a big name brand on Twitter? Twitter is making Alltop.
There are so may stats, reports, assumptions and speculations every day about who is using Twitter, let alone how and why.  I recently read a reflection on Twitter called How To Use Twitter When You Follow Several Thousand People.  My Twitter account is @AmyRSWard and I have, currently, over 3,000 followers. 
In most cases, the audience wasn’t asking about money: they were asking about time. As one woman put it, “spending time on this means time staff isn’t spending on other work.” So in the interest of hers, yours, and everyone else’s time, here’s a rundown on what I see as the real time costs of a variety of Web 2.0
As a tech guy who also plays a social entrepreneur, I often get asked by my SE buddies about what are the practical use of a tool like Twitter. But rather than making this an extensive essay on the glories of social media, I just want to give some examples from my UK trip, just from Twitter. BBC tracks me down! And, as a huge Dr.
That said, in addition to being a great tool to  build your e-Newsletter list , if your nonprofit is regularly updating Facebook and Twitter accounts, then your organization needs to be able to produce, contribute, and distribute fresh, quality content. Timely, relevant breaking news is basis of a good social media campaign.
You're probably familiar with Rohit Bhargava's image of the Five Stages of Twitter Acceptance. Maggie McGary recently posted, asking "Is The Twitter Honeymoon Period Over?" Her conclusion: "Twitter is starting to become information overload and interaction underload." Tags: Twitter Confusion and indignation >>>> 2.
My brain was completely fried and those around me were getting pretty fed up with the fact that I was never present, only connected… online, all the time. Even when I wasn’t at home at my desk, I was on my iPhone updating Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc. Pick a time to quit in the evening and stick to it. Personal.