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Why Nonprofits Should Sync Their Twitter and MySpace Accounts

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Thousands of nonprofits haven’t logged into their MySpace profiles in months, or even a year or more. That said, MySpace is not dead. I created the Nonprofit Organizations MySpace in 2006. I don’t login near as often as I used to, but I have to say I still love the community there. Comments are up.

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The Importance of Branding Your Nonprofit on Social Networks Through Graphic Design

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The were active on Myspace, YouTube, and creating Facebook Groups long before most of the companies that are often praised for being the pioneers of social media. An Avatar :: 200 x 200 pixels. Your avatar should compliment or be extracted from your logo: 2. Facebook Cover :: 815 x 315 pixels.

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10 Common Mistakes Made by Nonprofits on Social Media

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For the past six years I have spent 50 to 60 hours a week utilizing Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Foursquare to promote nonprofits. Using a horizontal logo for your avatar. Unfortunately, many nonprofits upload horizontal logos to serve as their avatars, resulting in the obvious cropping of the images.

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Google+ Best Practices for Nonprofits

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Add a your nonprofit’s Twibbon/avatar to your Google Profile picture. Even though Google Profiles must be individuals, you can still help brand your nonprofit by adding your nonprofit’s Twibbon/avatar to your profile picture: 5. Add links to your website, blog, and social networking communities to your Google Profile.

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11 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

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Your supporters also want to see what your staff and working space look like – the human beings behind the avatar, if you will. The video(s) does not need to be highly-produced or expensive, but it should be positive, on the short side, and integrated into all your nonprofit’s communications: VIDEO: Thank You from Operation Smile.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

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The 1 st tool was MySpace back in 2007. The tools I am currently using are Facebook, two Twitter accounts (one for National messaging via @PanCAN and one specifically for advocacy efforts via @Advocate4PanCAN), YouTube, LinkedIn, MySpace and Delicious. YouTube: youtube.com/StopPancreaticCancer. LinkedIn: linkedin.com/groups?gid=104492.

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Five Reasons Why Your Nonprofit Should Hire a Social Media Manager

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If she or he writes or posts boring content, lacks necessary tech skills such as HTML and photo editing, or doesn’t have an intuitive sense and passion for their online communities, then your social media ROI will be minimal at best. You need a good avatar. Social media is not free!