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Ten Useful Examples of the Real-Time Web in Action

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There are many different real-time search engines that approach search in many different ways. People think that real time is just Twitter and sure enough, some of the search engines put Twitter search front and center. Few search only Twitter, though - there are only about 3 million links shared on Twitter each day.

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So you want a Facebook Fan Page for Your Nonprofit? Here's the Scoop!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

. NTEN offered a fantastic Webinar today featuring Randi Zuckerberg, Director of Marketing at Facebook and Adam (didn't get his last name) from the DC Office on the emerging best practices for nonprofits who want to set up Facebook Fan Pages. There is a day or two lag for it shows up in search. Doesn't control the search.

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Optimizing Your Site for Social Media Visitors

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No problem, I’ll lay out a few quick suggestions for sorting out whether this social demographic is, in fact, a big, or at least increasing slice of your website traffic. After Google.com (search traffic), we’re betting Facebook.com, Twitter.com, LinkedIn and other social sites are up there in the Top 10 Referring Sites list.

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Nonprofit Social Media Smarts: Internal or External Social Networking Tools?

NTEN

According to a recent poll by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, two-thirds of nonprofits are using social media, and 39% of respondents said they feel these tools are important for reaching the greatest number of donors. An internal community is also a great way to increase Web traffic and search engine optimization (SEO).

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Five Tools for Engaging Your Members Online (Easy, Inexpensive Ways to Make Your [Virtual] World a Better Place)

NTEN

The days of "reaching out" via a static website and hoping people come to you are over. Finding out could be as simple as conducting a survey through your newsletter or website (try free tools at SurveyMonkey.com ). Polling widgets are a fun and simple way to interact with visitors on your site. Diversify Your Content.

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What is a Widget?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

so I go search for some music for the soundtrack.). A Widget is a piece of code that enables a non-technical website publisher to pull in data and a display for that data from another website, so they can have, say, news ticker headlines or a personal horoscope, or local weather or an RSS feed. What problem does a widget solve?

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5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits

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This blog is sponsored by Wild Apricot membership software : a set of tools for membership administration , event registration , website management , online fundraising - with friendly and knowledgeable tech support. registration and online community website for associations, clubs and communities. Reader Polls. Take a tour!