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10 Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits

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Innovation in online fundraising was driven by the release of new technology, such as email marketing services like MailChimp in 2001, the launch of WordPress ( a content management system now used by 44% of nonprofits worldwide ) in 2003, and social networking websites beginning with Myspace in 2005.

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Social Media: Before You Get Started, Get Organized!

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Use a Square Version of Your Organization’s Logo as Your Avatar on Social Media Sites. It’s very important that you invest the time and resources needed to designing a visually distinct, square avatar that matches the overall branding of your nonprofit. Learn Basic HTML.

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Google+ Best Practices for Nonprofits

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UPDATED 1/8/12: Thanks to the launch of Google+ Pages for brands, Google+ traffic hit an all time high in December 2011 and it’s likely that the trend will continue in 2012. Add your nonprofit’s Twibbon/avatar to your Google+ Profile picture. Add your nonprofit under “Employment.”

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10 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

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In the next few weeks I’ll be making recommendations of which tools and trends in technology nonprofits should prioritize in 2013, but for this year’s post on New Year’s resolutions I wanted to get back to basics. premium services (WordPress themes, Flickr Pro, Facebook custom Tab generators, etc.),

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50 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

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A collection of economic and media trends and stats. Ideal for telling your nonprofit’s history on the Social Web, you can add Twitter, Tumblr, Posterous, WordPress, and Instagram. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. What The Trend :: whatthetrend.com.

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The Real Housewives of Social Media: Cooking up Recipes for Nonprofit Success

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When people logged in on Fridays, they saw hundreds of frozen pea avatars from people who were fighting breast cancer. Wordpress, Typepad, Blogger, Convio CMS) Microblogging enables real-time sharing of "bite-size" information, quick news, and update links and real-time collaboration. What's this all about"?

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111 Low-Cost or Free OnlineTools for Nonprofits

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What The Trend :: whatthetrend.com. An online database of what is #trending on Twitter with user-generated definitions of related hashtags. Definitely a trend to keep your eyes on as Internet TV begins to penetrate our living rooms in coming years. A collection of economic and media trends and stats. intl/internetstats.

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