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Lame spam of the day: Fictitious Business Name Renewal Center

Robert Weiner

It's novel to get the snail mail equivalent of spam. mail from the Fictitious Business Name Renewal Center in Sacramento, CA. My business is required to register and publish a Fictitious Business Name (FBN, aka DBA or Doing Business As) every 5 years. This one came via U.S. This is a solicitation.

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Lame scam of the day: Fictitious Business Name Renewal Center

Robert Weiner

It's novel to get the snail mail equivalent of spam. mail from the Fictitious Business Name Renewal Center in Sacramento, CA. My business is required to register and publish a Fictitious Business Name (FBN, aka DBA or Doing Business As) every 5 years. This one came via U.S. This is a solicitation.

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Digital Privacy Compliance for Nonprofits: The Big 3 Laws

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Regulation #1: The CAN-SPAM Act The CAN-SPAM Act was passed into US law in 2003, and it protects consumers from receiving emails that they never agreed to receive. It’s primarily intended to prevent spam email ads from commercial entities, but nonprofits are not exempt. Expand this idea to the entirety of your fundraising.

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Do You Need to Register to Fundraise Online? A Crash Course

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Labyrinth’s guide to fundraising legal requirements discusses three cornerstone pieces of digital privacy legislation that nonprofits should be aware of: The CAN-SPAM Act. The CAN-SPAM act allows nonprofits to only email subscribers they can verify have opted in to receive their emails. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

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Serendipity and Twitter

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

When I arrived in London on Sunday, I sent a tweet out on Twitter: Just landed at Heathrow and looking forward to Oxford and seeing all my #socent buddies at #swf10 I quickly get a direct message from Tim Weber, the Business Editor of the BBC News website. I wasn't going to spam every person I know in the UK about my arrival.

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It's Your Content -- Take Control of It!

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What if they become viral or even SPAM? . Michael's business development and marketing prowess has been a driving force in imagistic's growth over the past eleven years. " But does that ring true in the new age of online marketing? What if the comments are negative or disparaging? What if they're offensive? About Michael Weiss.

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10 Facebook Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

That’s equivalent to sending an email to your supporters and 98% of your emails going to spam folders. As a general rule of thumb, respond to messages within 24 hours or less in your Inbox in Facebook Business Suite. First impressions are important on social media. Browse the left bar on your page home to see what’s new.

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