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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Big Cat Rescue

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We have 325 social media sites that we post to regularly, but in addition to all of the ones that everyone knows about, two of the most effective are Posterous and TrafficGeyser because we can post once to these accounts and they syndicate out to hundreds of article, podcast, blog, video and photo sites at once. Please summarize your ROI.

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Social Media ROI Case Study Slam Panel at 08NTC: Carie Lewis, Human Society

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m a self-proclaimed social networking junkie. Knock Out Animal Fighting YouTube Contest??? important with higher-engagement leveled UGC campaigns PROCESS - marketing Email Website Social networks Web badges Blogger outreach OUTCOMES Both tangible & intangible Increase list members (we don??? I run the org???s

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What's the opportunity cost when a nonprofit blocks employees from using social network sites during work hours?

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Wendy Harman, American Red Cross According to Wendy Harman, employees at the Red Cross were blocked from accessing social networking sites, like Facebook, from work. Since the great wall fell, we've been able to promote initiatives like the Western Union Foundation contest to all of our chapters and blood regions.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Taproot Foundation

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Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how? Please summarize your ROI. Dupe: Our organization has literally just started tracking ROI for using these tools by way of campaigns. Finally, you must measure ROI. Megan does a fantastic job of keeping the content on link Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn fresh.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » The Contest: User Generated Crap, er… Content

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It is fueled by easy-to-use blog software, social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook, and the online video phenomenon of YouTube, and a thousand other video sharing sites. One way to get people to create content for you is through contests. The current Heinz contest is a great example. It might not be money.

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How Arts Organizations Are Engaging Community Online

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The Diablo Ballet used social media and received media attention on The San Francisco Chronicle and The Huffington Post without a $5 million budget. As Meager mentioned, while the return on investment (ROI) of social media is hard to define, the broad exposure social media brings to the arts is well worth the work.

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Zoetica Salon Summary: A Few Good Social Media Measurement Insights

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When a nonprofit partners with a company on project that uses social media, what metrics do you use to measure success? This conversation was sparked by this post from Richard Becker that shares the numbers from the Pepsi Refresh Contest. Holly Ross, NTEN, Four Lessons Learned About Social Media in 2010.

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