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Social Networking Inside and Out

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The technique is to illustrate the issue through the experience of an individual. " I used the technique two years ago for a presentation at the first netsquared conference called " I Tag the Hand that Feeds Me " or what I should retitle "Meet Sally. Here's another one called " Meet Charlie."

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Generating Buzz: Using Social Media to Drive Website Traffic

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There are several key techniques for dispersing information effectively. My co-worker, Anne Keisman, recently came to me for advice on how she could get started using social media to promote web content. " So much of social media is dependent on the support of others (votes, thumb-ups, diggs, etc.).

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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

For a step-by-step tutorial on SEO techniques for nonprofits, Wild Apricot's 30 Day Guide to Search Optimization is a good choice, while Search EngineLand site is probably the subject matter expert of choice. The presentation describes the benefits of using Digg and shares some before/after results. Haven't dug into Digg yet?

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What's your (blog) Conversation Strategy?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So, what's your replying to comments technique or strategy? " She points to a post by Caroline Middlebrook with some advice about developing a blog commenting strategy. One that I've used is Commentful is a service that watches comments on blog posts, Digg submissions, Flickr galleries, and many other types of content.

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Best of Beth's Blog 2008: Finding The Top Ten Posts In Less Than Five MInutes!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Should There Be A Social Actions Category on Digg? Donor Solicitation Techniques on Twitter. Effective ROI StoryTelling Techniques. Advice on How To Not Pitch Bloggers. Then I spent another hour going back through the 1,000 plus blog posts and pulling out those that scored in the "best range" which was 8, 9, or 10.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Jason at DIA tagged it with this note: "The most universal piece of advice about using social networks for fundraising and friendraising is to start small." It helps bloggers remember and use the best writing techniques. A few more good links about strategy for social news sites.

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NpTechTag Summary: Insect Antennae, A Blast from the Past, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It is based on some open source code called Pligg that creates a "digg" like interface. Andy Roberts has a good roundup of advice for encouraging participation on wikis, yet another new kind of online community. NonprofitCMS blog focuses on practical advice for needs, wants, and woes of nonprofit son the Internet.

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