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How Much Time Does It Take To Do Social Media?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It has nothing to do with the tools, have you avoided getting distracted from your to do list or work flow or too much multi-tasking-- social media can be ADD producing. Listening: Knowing what is being said online about your organization and the field you work in. Also, the categories have overlap in terms of tools. 5 hours per week).

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Guest Post by Steve MacLaughlin: Creating a Social Networking Strategy (Part 0)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm sure it will work out just fine. It doesn't work that way. They don't need to understand the latest techno widget or the nuances of StumbleUpon vs. Digg. They don't have to be social media butterflies, but they need to have influence and support in the organization. You can avoid having a conversation. Lose control.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » NTEN Does Web 2.0

See3

This is something we have been working on at See3 – methods to build a network of influencers in the social networks who will carry your torch. They tried the Causes challenge – seeking donors on Facebook – and her biggest takeaway was that influencers are more valuable than donors. Makes sense.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Chimp Personality, Convio Open API, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" This post from a few months back from Search England Land titled " How To Win Friends and Influence People in Social News Networks " offers some tips for leveraging sites like Digg, and Stumbleupon. Does this signal the beginning of movement underfoot called " No Social Networks!

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How To Think Like A Nonprofit Social Marketing Genius: What's Your Brilliant Thought?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Now, after his work on Theory of Relativity Einstein spent many years developing a Unified Field Theory. You don’t want to create an extra program or extra work, it has to support your existing marketing goals. It was not a success - at least not yet. However, I think what he did say is very apt and important for your topic.

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Brooklyn Clicks with the Crowd: What Makes a Smart Mob?

Museum 2.0

I've written before about the inspiring work that the Brooklyn Museum of Art is doing with their community-focused efforts. At some institutions, there has been friction when artists find out that their work will be judged or commented on publicly by visitors. When you are in a mob, heavily influenced by others, you are not smarter.

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Top 8 Social Media Tracking Tools - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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60) Search « The Web’s Influence on Affluence | Main | Fundraising Dips In First Quarter Of 2009 » Monday Jun 29 2009 Top 8 Social Media Tracking Tools Monday, June 29, 2009 at 10:07PM | by Allyson Kapin Social media! link] It tracks Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, Digg, Delicious, StumbleUpon, LinkedIn.