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11 LinkedIn Group Management Best Practices for Nonprofits

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By default, logging in regularly to approve new members also makes you a better group manager, because while you are logged in, you should also be participating in discussions and managing spam. Requiring approval to join forces you to be engaged in your group on a regular basis and take responsibility for monitoring spam.

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Social Media: Before You Get Started, Get Organized!

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The need to have a Google account will come up many times in your social media and mobile technology campaigns. For organizational reasons, you could opt to use the Gmail e-mail account that you created for your nonprofit when setting up your Google account for all social media and mobile technology accounts. Of course not!

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HOW TO: Use Facebook Questions for Your Nonprofit

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On Quora you have to be a person, but Facebook Questions uses your nonprofit’s Page and avatar as your Facebook Questions identity. e-Newsletter :: Social Media and Mobile Technology for Nonprofits. Unlike the Q&A site Quora, Facebook Questions allows brands to ask and answer questions. Subscribe :: Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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10 LinkedIn Best Practices for Nonprofits

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Upload your avatar/logo (250 x 250), a cover photo(1128 x 191), add a description and website URL, your company/organization size, industry, and city and country. In fact, according to the Global NGO Technology Report , 27% of nonprofits worldwide have an official policy to allow staff to work on their LinkedIn Profiles during work hours.

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10 Popular #Hashtags for Nonprofits

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There is such a thing as hashtag spamming. I use it to call people to action to benefit a nonprofit/charity: Example Tweet: #CharityTuesday :: Add a “Cause&# Twibbon to your Twitter Avatar: [link]. If you use hashtags too often, then you dilute their usefulnesses by fragmenting the conversation.

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Seven Tips to Optimize Your Twitter Page

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Avatar - Square image up to 700k, consistently branded. If the numbers are out of proportion, potential followers might think you're a spam account. William Naylor joined thedatabank in November 2010 after working as the technology coordinator at a charter school in Bemidji.

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10 Facebook Best Practices for Nonprofits

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Ensure that when potential new followers land on your Facebook Page, the design of your cover photo and your avatar is visually compelling. It’s for this reason that your avatar should be well-designed, not include text that is too small to read in the News Feed, or show any obvious errors in cropping.

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