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Will Digg Make a Category for Nonprofits?

Wild Apricot

With big changes in the works at Digg right now, what are the odds that the site might broaden its horizons, and add a separate category for nonprofits and social change? A fair number of solid stories from the nonprofit sector are submitted to Digg every day — but those stories tend to get lost in the crowd. High visibility.(

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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). Examples of niche social networks include: . Kabissa (location-based – African NGOs, 3,200+ members).

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Your organization's social networking strategy doesn't have to be like mastercard - you don't have to be everywhere!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Perhaps you need to look existing secondary research on demographics and characteristics of users (see this post for some places to start finding free information). Jonathan Colman mentioned this say multiplier effect from a recent Digg campaign. Brian Solis points this out in terms of branding.

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NpTech Summary: Nonprofit and Social Change Digg Redux

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Should there be a nonprofit and social change category on Digg? Digg it here ). And, of course, one of the community ad hoc collaborations incorporated Digg or a "Digg like" ability to crowdsource news items. That discussion generated some good tips for using Digg (as well as other tools).

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Best of Beth's Blog 2008: Finding The Top Ten Posts In Less Than Five MInutes!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Should There Be A Social Actions Category on Digg? Twitter Demographics. How Long Does It Take for 250 Super Connected Gnomedex Geeks to raise $2,500 for Cambodian kids? Help Me Send Leng Sopharath To College in Good Health! Working Wikily: The Power of the Newbie. Thinking Strategically About Social Media.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » NTEN Does Web 2.0

See3

Danielle Brigida from NWF presented a case study on Digg and StumbleUpon. It took her 7 months to establish relationships in the Digg community sufficiently to get good results (ie, popular stories). So how much any organization should rely on Care2 for list-growth really depends on your mission, objectives, and your own community.

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Social Media and Gender

NCE Social Media

It demonstrates who uses the biggest social media tools – the gender, age, education and income of the people who engage with your Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, Digg and LinkedIn pages. So are you targeting women with your social media sites?