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Great reads from around the web on August 5th

Amy Sample Ward

Have Fun • Do Good: Community Funded Reporting: Interview with David Cohn of Spot.us - "You cannot run a community if you're not informed. It's something the site probably should have done awhile ago and if done correctly could make other services, like Digg, look all the more behind the times."

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RSS Readers for Your Desktop, Smartphone, and Tablet

Tech Soup

Digg Reader. praised Digg Reader for its clean, minimal design and rich social media features. This visual tool also has some helpful exploring options for finding new information sources. Android, iOS, Web) is like a personal web desktop for your bookmarks and RSS feeds. More Resources.

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Generating Buzz: Using Social Media to Drive Website Traffic

NTEN

I spend a lot (and I mean a lot) of time trying to figure out how to use social networking, bookmarking and news sites to enhance the National Wildlife Federation's online presence. There are several key techniques for dispersing information effectively. She started seeing the pay-off, too. She provides a resource. Save Yourself Time.

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Social Media 101 TweetChat Recap: Tagging

Tech Soup

The use of tags has become common practice to manage the flow of information available on the Internet. Whether you or not you understand how to use tags, chances are you have come across them if you have ever used blogs, YouTube, Flickr, Twitter, or bookmarking sites such as Delicious.

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The Scoop on the New and Improved Google Analytics

Care2

You will now receive all of your information concerning your reports in real-time streaming, a feature many of us have been waiting on for years. bookmarking on Delicious & Digg. Do you use Google Analytics? If so, get ready for a new, redesigned version that is packed with some great features and analytics. watching videos.

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Social Media Case Study Slam Panel at NTC 08: Danielle Brigida, NWF - A Case Study on Traffic

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This case study is by Danielle Brigida from the NWF and her experience using Digg and StumbleUpon for generating traffic. Today I'll be talking about using Digg and Stumbleupon specifically. Slide 4: After attending last year's NTEN, two tools stuck out for me that I really wanted to try- Digg and Stumbleupon.

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Unpacking Engagement Metrics for the Nonprofit Blog

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Reader Sharing (bookmarked items). engagement) to leave a comment or write your own blog post responding to someone else's, for example, than it does to just click on a post to read it, or click a button to bookmark it. And as readers start to respond -- commenting, tweeting, bookmarking, etc., Should also note, re.

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