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Digg is Dying. Who are the Players Now?

Care2

Digg, the once beloved link-sharing site that power users were able to game has been dying a slow death over the past couple of years. Since January of 2011 Digg’s unique web visits have declined by more than 50% and gone from 9.4M Sites like Reddit.com have clearly benefitted from Digg’s demise.

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eMetrics Panel Slides, Notes, and Blog Posts: ROI of Blogging, Twitter, and Digg for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Tips, tools and stories from the trenches from three people who focus on online engagement and have more links, friends and followers than some small countries have citizens. I also wanted to blog both Laura's excellent Twitter Digg deck and Jon's concise and smart case study of Digg.  

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Using Social Media Increases Fundraising by 40% [Study]

NetWits

Twitter – 140 characters isn’t a lot of real estate, but if event managers allowed participants to link their Twitter account to their personal fundraising page, those participants could engage their Twitter network with fundraising updates and a link back to their page so people can donate.

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Win a Sony PS3 and Support Young Homeless People from the UK

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

1 text or phone entrance fee go to help The Foyer Foundation , a nonprofit that works with homeless young people. tools to he word through the gaming community by using Digg. Nick, who loves to experiment for good causes, is hoping to use some web2.0 and the ps3 tag.

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What tools and keywords do you use for your organization's listening dashboard?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Current - issues that people are talking about that involve you right now. Detractors - people you know don't like you but talk about you. Competition - people in the same space as you. Staff - prominent people in your org, like your CEO. Digg - shows most popular articles on the web.

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Great reads from around the web on June 15th

Amy Sample Ward

We reached out to people we’ve never met and got them onboard. "Charities rarely make deliberate efforts to solicit young adults because they think people in their 20s and early 30s are unlikely to give. This time, they had a variety of videos featuring well-known celebrities like Matt Damon, Taye Diggs, and Ana Ortiz.

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Great reads from around the web on June 16th

Amy Sample Ward

I'm checking out this new "Digg for associations" from Wild Apricot. Junction49 - Junction49 want to challenge the negative perception that young people don't volunteer in traditional ways anymore. The site has become a place for young people to showcase the work they are doing to make a difference.

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