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10 Popular #Hashtags for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

If used correctly, #hashtags can be very useful to nonprofits on Twitter. The problem is that there so many hashtags floating around on Twitter, that’s it tough to keep track of which hashtags work best and reach the most individuals. There is such a thing as hashtag spamming. That said: 1. event] and [campaign].

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Seven Tips to Optimize Your Twitter Page

NTEN

Twitter is meant to improve communication, not just by limiting you to 140 characters, but also using the limited space in your profile page. This encompasses almost all screen resolutions – and if you don't stick to the dimensions it can start to tile, stretch, or be covered up by your Twitter profile.

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Things We Like (October 2013)

NTEN

When everyone''s favorite spam twitter account revealed itself to be an art project, there was a little but of uproar. Which brings up an interesting question: Can spam be art? nptech nten' A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources and other goodies.

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State of the Twittersphere: What It Means For Nonprofit Best Practices on Twitter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It is based on real data pulled from a huge number of Twitter profiles of people who have used Twitter Grader. Twitter grader is a measure of authority and reach of a Twitter user. It is sort of like Technorati for Twitter. 35% of Twitter users have 10 or fewer followers. - It doesn't work. Here's how.

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Strengthen Your Community with a Knowledge Sharing Network

NTEN

Maybe you’ve also taken the next step of strengthening your stakeholder community by engaging in back and forth dialog online – whether in existing social spaces like blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, or in a custom built online community. Marnie Webb introduced the nptech tag to help aggregate nonprofit technology content.

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You're an Accidental Spammer: What Do You Do When You've Been Hacked? (Digital Dispatches from the desk of Gavin Clabaugh)

NTEN

Scenario: Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, bacon and spam. Perhaps it's something else, but regardless the cause, some ingenious script-kiddy has turned the tables and suddenly you're responsible for thousands upon thousands of spam messages. The names have been changed to protect the paranoid.

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Website Assessment, Mobile Broadband Modem, and a Twitter Painting: Get 'Em Now!

NTEN

It went into my spam filter, FYI.) Here's what you need to do: Create an account at our auction site. You must use our link to register: [link]. The system will send you a confirmation email you must respond to before you can log in for the first time. You should also choose to "Follow" any items on which you bid.

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