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10 Blogging Best Practices for Nonprofits

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First, blogging allows your nonprofit to have a consistent stream of new content use in your e-newsletter and share on social media which increases traffic to your website and awareness of your nonprofit’s brand. The first blogging platform, Blogger , launched in 1999 and it signaled the birth of the Social Web. ” .

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Leah Jones Is Taking A 3-Day Journey To Fight Breast Cancer and Social Actions Can Help You Find Other Related Campaigns

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Last December, Susan Reynolds , an artist and social media maven, was diagnosed with Breast cancer. She announced on her blog, " I use Twitter to fight Cancer " and without any formal blogger relations campaign, well-known and influential bloggers blogged about her situation and changed their avatars to include peas.

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Let The Change Blogging Meme Hit The Road.

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Alex is a great example of a change blogger. Britt Bravo wrote a post several months back defining the term: people who are using their blog, podcast or vlog to raise awareness, build community, and/or facilitate readers/listeners/viewers' taking action to make the world a better place. I guess I'm a change blogger too.

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What color is your blog?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Many blogHers, like Rebeca at the Razoo blog , went red on Thursday as part of Free Burma: International Bloggers Day.    But after reading  the post by Laura Whitehead and how she turned her blog pink for the month of October to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I was inspired. 

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11 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

However, 2012 is a different story all together: TV: Stand Up To Cancer. Bloggers and #NPTech folks sometimes use language that is a little too technical for nonprofit staff who have no formal training in computer technology. Wrap your head around the Cloud.

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How Can We Make Charitable Giving A Year-Round Habit?

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But donating money to a charity, even a small amount (or in-kind items ) can certainly help with part of the need and raise awareness in others. Gradon Tripp, Boston Blogger, created a fundraiser to support Jane Doe Inc. If you're a blogger, you can run a comment for a donation contest. in honor of his late mother.

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6 Fundraising Platforms That Have Disrupted Charitable Giving Forever

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Why Facebook is a Fundraising Game Changer: John Haydon, blogger and author of Facebook Marketing for Dummies , believes that without Facebook pushing the limits of how people use social media, fundraising wouldn’t be as social. With Booster we can raise money and awareness with a t-shirt that our supporters are proud to wear.”.