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Great reads from around the web on June 15th

Amy Sample Ward

Semphonic Web Analytics Consulting: The X Change Non-Profit Analytics Challenge – "The Non-Profit Analytics Challenge is a rare opportunity for the brightest analysts in the digital measurement field to collaborate & assist non-profit organizations to optimize their websites. "" Apply today!

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Social Media Monitoring in 30 Minutes or Less

NetWits

In day to day life we listen for mentions of our name, topics we’re interested in, hobbies we participate in, our company or industry, and friends or family. Here are a few ideas for you: Keywords you use on your website or in your analytics. Competition or others in your industry. Mentions of your organization.

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Guest Post by Steve MacLaughlin: Creating a Social Networking Strategy (Part 0)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I recently had a chance to discuss social media strategies with members of our Target Analytics Customer Advisory Board. They don't need to understand the latest techno widget or the nuances of StumbleUpon vs. Digg. Silo Syndrome And just like with Web 1.0, The First Step Get a champion in the organization.

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Unpacking Engagement Metrics for the Nonprofit Blog

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

freakishly high, we do analyze for things like the digg/slashdot effect, so if one post in someone's blog gets a really unusually high amount of engagement compared to the norm, we don't allow that to completely skew the analysis afterwards, e.g. "dooming" the next bunch of posts to a PostRank of 1.0 Should also note, re.

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Podcamp Session on Social Media Metrics: Thank You Jeremiah

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Also, most of the audiences I'll be talking to are not web analytics geeks either, so will need a basic and condensed overview too. Many are discovering that traditional web analytics and metrics (like page view) are not appropriate. Source: Avinash Kaushik 's "Web Analytics An Hour A Day"). Think Nielsen Ratings ).

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