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Three Cheap Tools to Measure Blogs and Social Media

Care2

Postrank can drill down into how “influential&# or sticky an entire blog is right down to the blog post and author. It provides a: Breakdown of networks (Delicious, Digg, Facebook, etc) and you’re super users for these sites as well as tips on how to engage the audience. Greasemonkey Script. AddThis or ShareThis.

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"Book Discovery" and Policy Impact

Forum One

Yes, in print: The few authors who have experimented with giving away digital copies (mostly in sci-fi) have found that they end up selling more print copies, because their books are discovered by more people. with those sorta annoying little icons for "sharing" with Digg, StubbledUpon, etc.

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Putting the Public Back in PR - New Book from Brian Solis

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Traffic: Suggests partnering with the web team and using analytics software to track the referrals of unique visitors to site from a site. Get granular - figure how how many unique visits a particular blogger sent, a Facebook Event, or Digg. . Authority: A measure of your brand's credibility and thought leaders.

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Unpacking Engagement Metrics for the Nonprofit Blog

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The areas of the blogging ROI analysis included:  author contribution, readership growth, reader engagement, authority, cost, and value.  Additionally, PostRanks are calculated one of two ways, either comparing a site's content against its own past performance only (feed-based PostRank). Should also note, re.

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Help Idealist.org so it will be there for us in the future

Connection Cafe

Author: Corey Pudhorodsky. Every time I come back to their site, I find something new. The site is a project of Action Without Borders, a nonprofit founded in 1995 with a rich history of helping people share resources and information. Tweet it, Post it, Digg it, and donate.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Scarcity Thinking, Social Network Fragmentation?, and Engagement Strategies

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What does web site stickiness mean in the context of Web2.0? Seb Chan, of the Fresh + New Blog, raises an interesting question about web site stickness in a web2.0 how can we get them to do that on our site as well???? s heart: boils down to this: Just what should I be doing with my Web site to engage with my customers?

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The social media cheesecloth: Filter and find what works for you

Connection Cafe

Author: Taylor Shanklin. You see all of these other orgs using Twitter, Facebook, Digg, MySpace, YouTube, LinkedIn, Blogger and the list goes on… How do you make sure you are using the latest and greatest in new media that will effectively contribute to your movement? But, I don’t feel that is really the case.