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Use Niche Social Networks to Spread Your Message

NTEN

A niche social network is an online community drawn together by a shared location, demographic, or interest -- or combination of the three. Kirtsy (demographic-based – think Digg for women, 200,000+ members). Tags: NPTech NTEN Social Media Communications. Examples of niche social networks include: .

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Web Analytics Webinar from Idealware

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Chris talks about the importance of mapping your social media strategy and identifying a key metric or two for each strategy that tells you whether you've been successful. He gives a great list of what goes into the map. Chris Brogan has also written about the Digg effect. And the fact that Metrics alone are meaningless.

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Building Community with Open Source

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Any community, online or otherwise, is about communication between individuals. As such, when it comes time to create or grow an online community, tools that allow for and encourage communication and interaction are vital. We want friends lists, favorites, ranking with stars, and perhaps ranking like Digg does.

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The Coming Wave of Web 2.0 Consultants and Vendors - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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How about Digg ? I thought one organization I was working with was getting great traffic from Digg, in part due to highly placed users who seemed to really like our stuff. But then we were approached by a high profile Digg user and asked to work out a reward for future links (i.e. he wanted to get paid for linking to us).

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NpTech Tag Summary: Scarcity Thinking, Social Network Fragmentation?, and Engagement Strategies

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When I saw the title of this post, " I'm Engaged ," I thought he was talking about the report that The Network Centric Advocacy Blog mentions as a must-read for advocacy and communication staff called Activation Point. Steve Anderson continues his series on donation process maps. A Few NpTech Conversations.

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The Coming Wave of Web 2.0 Consultants and Vendors - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

How about Digg ? I thought one organization I was working with was getting great traffic from Digg, in part due to highly placed users who seemed to really like our stuff. But then we were approached by a high profile Digg user and asked to work out a reward for future links (i.e. he wanted to get paid for linking to us).

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It is based on some open source code called Pligg that creates a "digg" like interface. If you are interested in community plumbing, here's rough diagram , although it might have changed since a few days ago. He also shares some process maps for donor management. (If Also announced 2.0 Commentary here.

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