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Happy Information Overload Awareness Day! Here's Some TIps for Reducing It!

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Learn to use the tools that help you measure success. If you've set specific goals and metrics to measure those goals over time, if after 3-6 months you have no tangible or intangible results, don't be afraid to move on or change something. For example, are you bookmarking everything you come across into del.icio.us

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What's Your Social Media Baseline?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Take her ROI and Measurement list. I've definitely added that link to my social media metrics personal learning space ) She recently pointed to a blog post called " Ten Ways To Measure Social Media Success " by Chris Lake. What I found most valuable was the tip about getting a baseline measurement before you begin.

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What type of Tweets get retweeted most? Bites of Wisdom

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These are a few gems that I've bookmarked on delicous and slightly different than those streamed on my blog. (And Closing the Triangle : This is a network weaving technique of introducing people in your network. After some rapid experimentation and testing different types of tweets and measuring results , for me -- wisdom/humor.

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My New Year's Resolution: Use Social Media Efficiently - 52 Tips

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Perhaps you're looking to make your strategy more effective, less time consuming, or see measurable results. Learn to use the tools that help you measure success. For example, are you bookmarking everything you come across into del.icio.us Live in a tool or technique for at least month before adding something new.

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Unpacking Engagement Metrics for the Nonprofit Blog

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Source: A New Model for Social Media (and Traditional) Measurement. 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. Should also note, re.

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Reflections on Guest Blogging

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See Allistair Croll's guest post on some tracking techniques). Engagement on PostRank is calculated with a number of metrics including commenting, clicks, sharing on google reader, retweeting, and saving on social bookmarking services. How could I have done a better job of measuring its success? see July 4th nose dive).

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Google + for Social Change Activists: Dive in Early or Wait?

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The focus is how to effectively integrate social media channels and measure and learn. I am also experimenting with techniques for network weaving across platforms and curating content related to effective practice of networked nonprofits. I am avoiding spamming all three networks with cut and paste streams.

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