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Social Networking Inside and Out

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When asked about social news sites like Digg, Jonathon says: "The type of things we post regularly on Digg and Netscape and Newsvine are real-world events, announcements, and discoveries ??? re becoming popular on Digg and a number of the other big social news networks regularly because of the strength of our content.

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Generating Buzz: Using Social Media to Drive Website Traffic

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My co-worker, Anne Keisman, recently came to me for advice on how she could get started using social media to promote web content. I set her on the path to join all of the major and up-and-coming social media sites like StumbleUpon , Digg , Reddit , Delicious and Mixx. Reaching your goals doesn't involve magic.

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NpTech Tag Summary: NpTech Slide Decks, Twitter Saves Children, and Visualizing Information for Advocacy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Beth Dunn's " Money for Nothing, IT for Free " has a post about the importance of considering the total cost of a technology investment even if it is free and some advice for getting started. There's also a profile of the Humane Society's recent $50,000 contest win from Microsoft. Haven't dug into Digg yet?

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Your organization's social networking strategy doesn't have to be like mastercard - you don't have to be everywhere!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm going to riff on Ivan's advice, " You Don't Have To Be Everywhere" (like Mastercard) After an organization has identified an audience, objective, and strategy, a question that often comes up: What social networks should we establish our presence on? Jonathan Colman mentioned this say multiplier effect from a recent Digg campaign.

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Interview with Jonathon Colman: Social Media Secrets from a Green Geek

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

s taken us a long time to build up credible, authoritative profiles and groups on sites like Care2 , Digg , Facebook , Flickr , and StumbleUpon. ??? In response to a post on Digg about the Conservancy???s s OK, because our popularity on Digg drove in 50+ links from blogs, including a few elite sources like The Huffington Post.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Oxfam America and HSUS: Not just Talking about Social Media, Using It

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However, neither Carie nor Tim discussed social bookmarking or social news strategies in any depth, and Digg, Stumble Upon, and del.icio.us But 36% discovered them through a friend’s profile. As for Facebook Causes, you can see our total raised on our profile page: [link] Please stay in touch! Thanks for the summary.

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Burning Problems With Social Networks: What do you think?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Someone who was willing to Digg my blog post. Here's an instructional video about how they work on Facebook along with some advice from Jeremiah Owyang. (2) As Vicky noted on my Facebook profile a while back, I just wonder this, Beth. . - Got drunk together at conference, messed around, not sure how far it went. - t know them???