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Are Online Vote-for-Me Contests A Good Idea?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: There has been a variety of criticism of contests. Nonprofit consultant Hildy Gottlieb has been a vocal skeptic and is deeply philosophically opposed to online contests as a method of change in the social sector. Earlier this month, I sent out a few tweets asking for the counterpoint to Hildy's view.

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Congrats Mark Horvath & Invisible People TV for Pepsi SXSW Challenge Win

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Gary Vee , a social media celebrity champion and many others, helped this cause win the contest and receive a grant of $50,000 for Invisible People TV. Social media celebrity charity endorsements with social media rock stars helped raised the visibility of the contest and as a by-product, the different causes. He doesn't give up.

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Great reads from around the web on March 30th

Amy Sample Ward

." <b>nononprofitspam</b> <b>wordpress.com</b> – Check out this new blog and campaign from nptechers like Deborah Elizabeth Finn and Peter Campbell targeting an issue many of us in the nonprofit sector may not think exists, or maybe ignore: nonprofit spam. "Our " Lights.

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September Communications RoundTable : A Social Media Sharing Fest

NTEN

Chad recommended contests as a way to grow your fan base and pointed to the Wildfire application. Wildfire creates a spectrum of contest based apps, including sweepstakes & photo/video contest apps. The contest should offer an incentive for your constituents to become fans.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Why you need social media marketing.

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Here’s today’s headline for you: NEARLY 95% OF EMAIL IS JUNK Nearly 95 percent of the e-mail sent in 2007 has been “spam,&# junk advertising loathed by its recipients, according to a report released Wednesday by a US Web security firm. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest?

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What We Learned at 17NTC: Day 1

Tech Soup

The contest ends on April 24, 2017, so get those submissions in soon. Don't email inactive subscribers: Only use quality email addresses; this means they should be permission based, validated, with no typo domains, with no spam traps, with no complainers, and a good fit for your target list. You can enter to win on this site.

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Should Nonprofits Focus on Email or Facebook?

Connection Cafe

You can give supporters truly in-depth information, particularly if you link to online articles or video. Spam filters serve as email’s natural predator, but even something as common as low open rates can get an organization’s messages sent to the “other” folder in the inbox. Email Weaknesses: .