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Twitter Is 2nd After Google in Referrals To My Blog, But They Stay Longer.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A place to quickly get a range of responses to questions, rapid research for blog posts, and social presence. A side benefit is that brings people over to my blog. This past month, for the first time, Twitter is now the #2 referral of visits to my blog, but only 1/3 of those referrals are from my own tweets.

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NpTechTag Summary: Connected Conversations, Live Blogging, and Other Great Finds

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

photo of Lucy Bernholz live blogging during the Northern California Grantmakers Briefing. They are using RSS to stream content, including resources tagged with NpTech tag in del.icio.us. Photo in flickr from Community Technology Foundation. It's always nice to discover redesigned nonprofit web sites with a web2.0 functionality.

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What is a Widget?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It will explain the problem that a widget may solve for a nonprofit blog, some examples of nonprofit blogs using them, and oh yeah, answer the age old question "What is a Widget?" Using widgets is not yet a common practice on nonprofit blogs and folks are still experimenting and learning. Benefits and Considerations.

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So you want a Facebook Fan Page for Your Nonprofit? Here's the Scoop!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Rumor has it that David Krumlauf was taking great notes, so I'm hoping he'll blog them or fill in some gaps here. . Worst thing you can do with a page is dump an RSS feed into the Page - won't be as successful. When you make updates to the Page, it appears in the streams of your fans or people who have joined your page.

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NpTechTag Summary: Insect Antennae, A Blast from the Past, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

npdigg.org , cooked up by the nonprofittech blog , is up and running. The nptech tag stream (plus other sources) has been imported, so you can comment and vote on tagged items. There is now a poll to vote on names suggested by people. Events and Conferences: Live Blog Notes, Upcoming, and How-Tos. Deadline March 23, 2007.

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Screencast: Using Widgets to Build Community on Blogs Featured on NTEN Blog

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here's his definition: A Widget is a piece of code that enables a non-technical website publisher to pull in data and a display for that data from another website, so they can have, say, news ticker headlines or a personal horoscope, or local weather or an RSS feed. Does your web site or blog publish excellent content on a regular basis?

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09NTC Nonprofit Radio: How to Make Podcasts That Promote Your Brand and Engage Supporters

Amy Sample Ward

general awareness at around 40%, though… people don’t necessarily know they are consuming a podcast, audio embedded in rss etc. maybe one just for employees as an internal stream for updates on work and projects. Poll your constituency to see what they are already listening to to find themes that are appealing etc.

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