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NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Most people will tell you that learning how to effectively monitor (or listen to) what’s being said on the web is the beginning of social media success. The increasing popularity of social networking, blogs and social media on the web validates this point nicely – People are talking about you, but is your nonprofit listening to them?

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JANUARY 6, 2011

Thankfully, the YouTube Nonprofit Program has made it easy to add interactive calls to action to your videos. In YouTube videos, you can create links with the annotation tool, which you’ve probably seen before (they look like thought bubbles or text boxes.). So, first things first: sign up for the YouTube Nonprofit Program.

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JUNE 22, 2009

The United Methodist Church recently launched a site with social media at its heart! What they’ve done is create a “social media mashup” – Google Friend Connect, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, iLike and more. Their new site goes far beyond a Facebook page or Twitter account. Why’d they take this approach you ask?

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MAY 31, 2009

That said, we know that Social Media sites like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and others are growing at astonishing rates. YouTube shows that 14.8 According to the 2009 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study released by NTEN , Email is still the “killer app” we all thought it was when it came out!

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FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Can Social Media Help Your Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Efforts? Share what you do and ask for enewsletter subscriptions on social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter, etc). Social Media. Social media is no longer seen as a fad or waste of time or thing that young people do. Email Communication.

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MARCH 7, 2011

It should be a great conversation between (check out the panelists below) social networking providers and their non-profit users. Title: Social Media for Social Good: How Digital Charity is Changing our World. Here’s the detail … ?Title: Date/Time : 9:30 AM Monday, March 14. Follow Frank on Twitter.

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JULY 27, 2012

Social media is talked about so much that you probably think every other form of communication is dead (Ok, maybe your thinking isn’t that extreme). Join Our Newsletter is displayed first, followed by links to social media accounts on the Newport Harbor Nautical Museum website. But that’s not the case.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Guest post by Darian Rodriguez Heyman , creator of the nationwide Social Media for Nonprofits conference series and former Executive Director of Craigslist Foundation. . But what does that mean, anyway, and what’s the key to unleashing the immense word-of-mouth power that is the allure of social media? .

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OCTOBER 2, 2009

While their efforts are focused on encouraging local participation in the physical sense they’ve also made it possible for people to participate online through social media using sites like Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and YouTube. Let’s have a look.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2011

How to use social media for engagement and to reach potential donors. How to measure your social media success. PDF) or Watch the recording (YouTube). How to execute successful fundraising emails. How to make your call-to-actions stand out from the rest. InvisibleDogs.org by Best Friends Animal Society. >

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MARCH 11, 2012

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America has been doing incredible work for over 100 years and, while content marketing isn’t news to them, they’re using content along with social media to make sure the online world knows about their work. Charity:Water – Empowering staff be creative.

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JULY 18, 2011

Encourage participants to engage their social network by updating your Facebook status 3 times in the next week. Hold a contest that asks participants to upload a video to YouTube that tells you why they run/walk/ride in your event. We know that participants who use Friends Asking Friends raise six times more than non-users.

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AUGUST 2, 2011

3) Engage Through Social Media. Social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube (and even Google+) are growing like crazy. Send customized emails to your friends and family inviting them to join your team or make a donation towards your fund-raising goal. Simple as that! 4) Pay Attentions to Reports.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Join us and get new ideas for connecting Facebook®, Twitter®, YouTube®, email and more. Learn how your organization can use social media to extend your reach, increase online presences, and raise more funds. Charity Dynamics’ Donna Wilkins will help you beef up your event communication.

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APRIL 22, 2010

If you’ve ever wondered how to do fundraising using social media as a core part of your nonprofits online strategy I suggest you check out what Stacy Monk of Epic Change has to say.

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MAY 25, 2011

Encourage them to use their social network. As Anthony Sicola’s recently mentioned, fundraisers who use who use social networking tools like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube increase fundraising results by up to 40%. Free tools like Add This allow the page to easily be shared via email and social media.

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APRIL 11, 2012

are beginning to adopt social media. By using social media museums like the San Diego Zoo are able to help people around the world enjoy their incredible exhibits. How the San Diego Zoo uses social media to bring their exhibits to life. YouTube – [link]. Facebook – [link]. Not sure how?

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NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Besides, the bottom line is that if you don’t host with YouTube , Slideshow Pro Director , or Vimeo , you may not be able to leverage powerful social networking/sharing tools. Social Media integration – Allow users to “like” and “share” videos with friends through multiple social media channels.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Use social networks like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. There are a few different reasons we offer contests: to recruit riders to join the ride and promote the event, to raise more funds, and to promote our social networking sites with re-tweets and fan ‘likes’. Increase Event Fundraising with Social Media.

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