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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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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. While it is definitely true these sites could be here today, and gone tomorrow, your supporters will indeed migrate with you on to The Next Big Thing. This is when the MySpace vs. Facebook debate began to rage in the blogoshphere.

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

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My guess would be either MySpace, YouTube, or Facebook Causes. I would say MySpace has dropped off the most for us. Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how? Please summarize your ROI. Now that it’s so popular, there’s definitely interest from the higher ups. Yes, we definitely are.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: National Wildlife Federation

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Back in 2006 when I joined the organization we had a MySpace page with 25 friends. While the giants (Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, Flickr and Youtube) are great for outreach and relationship-building, we’ve had surprising successes with StumbleUpon, LinkedIn, Plancast and other sites. Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how?

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11 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

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One of the simplest ways to significantly increase your nonprofit’s return on investment (ROI) from using social media is to learn basic HTML. Those are definitely not the qualities of a good social media manager. Make new friends (Google+) and keep the old (Myspace). Learn basic HTML. TV is about to change dramatically.

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11 Blog Content Ideas for Nonprofits

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It was much more traffic than I would have ever thought possible, but thanks to the burgeoning “Nonprofit Organizations” communities that I had built on Facebook, Twitter and Myspace, launching a blog was much easier in 2009 than it was when I tried and failed in 2004. Definitely integrate your blog posts with your e-newsletter.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » MySpace Launches Applications

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Heather will be demonstrating the new MySpace Apps in a webinar in April. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Anyone else out there experimenting? You can learn more about her webinars here. Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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