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Which Social Network Use Base Is More Altruistic?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Pete Cashmore of Mashable has a post that asks an interesting question: Facebook, MySpace (MySpace reviews), LinkedIn (LinkedIn reviews), Digg and Twitter are often compared in terms of features, but which one has the most generous users? I don't think that you can really compare the entire user base of one social network with another.

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Using Social Media Increases Fundraising by 40% [Study]

NetWits

Do you know how many of your supporters use popular social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube? With usage stats like that it’s probably safe to assume that a large portion of your supporter are using at least one social network, right? Twitter users set higher fundraising goals and raised more money.

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Guest Post by Steve MacLaughlin: Creating a Social Networking Strategy (Part 0)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Submitted by Steve MacLaughlin, publisher of Connections For a while now I've been talking with a lot of nonprofits about using social media and social networking in their organizations. Friendraising Not Fundraising If the reason why you want to use social networks is just to raise money, then stop now.

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How Much Time Does It Take To Do Social Media?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Buzz tools include FriendFeed, Twitter, StumbleUpon, and Digg - and of course you add many others to this category that are found in other categories. I'd also include your individual social networking profile which can be a great way to spread buzz (or spread yourself too thin.) (10-15

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Earned Media: How to Stay Relevant and Track It - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Word of mouth, etc. Leave comments on blogs.

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Free Live Interactive Event: Future of Fundraising

Tech Soup

2008 was a benchmark year in online fundraising history as Obama won the presidential election with 87% of funds coming through social networking. In 2007 when the platform launched, Causes grew in popularity and awareness as people used their Birthday Wish to raise money for their favorite nonprofit. Over and over again.

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Digital Life Hacks: Savvy Social Media

Connection Cafe

Focus on the social channels that work with your brand. When it comes to social, you can’t do it all. Commit only to a certain number of social networks that you’re going to be able to manage well. Think about the type of content you have to share and which social channels are most appropriate for that type of content.