Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2012

7 Social Media experiments we tried with the 99% Power Coalition | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – Joe Solomon does a great job sharing the tools, tactics, and mini-campaigns used in the recent 99% Power Campaign. I don't necessarily agree with all the tactics, but I SO appreciate him sharing their work!

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 5, 2009

These are some links I wanted to share from August 5th. It's something the site probably should have done awhile ago and if done correctly could make other services, like Digg, look all the more behind the times." Find me on Delicious for more! "–David Cohn, Founder, Spot.us.

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Care2

APRIL 18, 2011

Do your website visitors find your content compelling enough to comment on and share on social networks? It provides a: Breakdown of networks (Delicious, Digg, Facebook, etc) and you’re super users for these sites as well as tips on how to engage the audience. Postrank Analytics. Do you know who they are? AddThis or ShareThis.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

60) Search « Lean, Mean Blogging Machines | Main | Crowd-sourcing to Clean up Elections and Foil Chad » Friday Nov 10 2006 Featured Article from Care2 News Network (our own little digg) Friday, November 10, 2006 at 01:37PM | by Mark Source: Spirit Bear Youth Coalition. By: Simon Jackson. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

It also offers groups where members can share slide decks. Here's a roundup of recent additions: Social News for Social Good is about how to build buzz with Digg by Jonathon Coleman and the slide show he presented at Forum One - Social Sites for Social Good. Haven't dug into Digg yet?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

We'll include a live question and answer and a back channel discussion with experts and practitioners sharing their expertise and knowledge. Goal: To understand how to use blogging and video blogging tools to strategically tell your organization’s story or get others to share the story. Generating Buzz. Presenter: Holly Ross.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2007

Digg Swarm - visualization of what is going through Digg. Google reader has google reader sharing - reblogging - Imagine a power RSS user culls posts that are really useful and clicks share - and creates an exhaust feed of items. The first perspective we heard was that folks are sharing via email because it works best.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Google Analytics reported that people have shared that they've had difficulties using traditional path analysis tools. sharing your site on LinkedIn. bookmarking on Delicious & Digg. You'll now have access to see what kind of mobile device, and even click a camera icon to see how your site appears on their particular device.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Monitor what’s being bubbled up about you on Digg. This way you can share it with others internally, access it on the go and get to it no matter what computer you’re using. What tips can you share with us about your listening techniques? If it’s out there Google will probably find it. Have I left anything out?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2007

When asked about social news sites like Digg, Jonathon says: "The type of things we post regularly on Digg and Netscape and Newsvine are real-world events, announcements, and discoveries ??? re becoming popular on Digg and a number of the other big social news networks regularly because of the strength of our content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2008

  We're talking about tools like Digg, Stumbleupon, Reddit and others.    This is the place to share all your great Twitter clients and more.   Which ones are you using, what are the best tips and resources? The tools listed include one from each - text, audio, and video - but there are many, many others. 

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Forum One

JUNE 9, 2009

with those sorta annoying little icons for "sharing" with Digg, StubbledUpon, etc. onto content sharing sites like Scribd , Slideshare, YouTube, Flickr. -with feature for people to comment on the text. with social media tie-ins woven in, such as for FaceBook (looking for ideas on how best to do thi?).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 27, 2007

I learned something today from two of my readers, Nick Temple and Michele Martin about to add the "Share on Facebook" and "Digg This" links to your posts automatically on typepad. These options might be called " Social Media Optimization " (more here ). Nick asked the question. I saw this on her blog.

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Forum One

APRIL 29, 2009

Several of us from Forum One spoke at the conference, and we'll share more about our sessions over the next few days. Meanwhile, I wanted to share a nice summary of one of the more popular sessions that we did not lead: "Confessions of a Social Media Campaigner.". Our favorite story was about Greenhour.org shared by Danielle.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2007

Object-Based Social Networks: 2004 Think Flickr, delicious, digg, Slideshare. Water cooler conversations around shared objects. Viral sharing. And with traffic that often rivals the New York Times Website, Digg lets users vote their favorite stories to the top of the site. A community tag stream.

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NetWits

JUNE 7, 2011

Articles on TechCrunch and AllFacebook revieiwng this data seem to focus on Facebook ‘s stronghold on the clickthroughs of shared links, at 38% of all links shared by social means. Here are some quick takeaways to consider: 1) The Ease of Social Sharing is Important. 2) Search is Still King. clicks and 1.7

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Care2

MAY 22, 2009

Earned media is comprised of coverage through: Blogs Media outlets both online and offline Podcasts Photo sharing sites like Flickr Tweets on Twitter Links shared on Facebook Tagging on social bookmarking sites like delicious, Digg, etc. Word of mouth, etc. Brand Your Issue. Leave comments on blogs. Have some more handy tips?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2008

Also, I wanted to lay this out in a sequential manner -- obviously you're not going to stop listening once you begin sharing your story. What happens is that you share your message with enthusiastic supporters and they in turn may choose to pass it to others with a similar a interest in your organization or campaign.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Think about the type of content you have to share and which social channels are most appropriate for that type of content. Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube are great for sharing media. Reddit, Quora, and Digg provide discussion channels. Reddit, Quora, and Digg provide discussion channels.

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Care2

MAY 21, 2009

Photo sharing sites like Flickr. Links shared on Facebook. Tagging on social bookmarking sites like delicious, Digg, etc. Share important news, feed them useful stats and resources that relates to your cause and the issues they have been writing about. Make sure that the stories you are sharing or pitching are:

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2009

number of Facebook fans, Twitter followers, Digg links, Delicious bookmarks, and referrals from social media sites, plus existing website traffic). celebration of shared sensations of change? A baseline is a measurement that you can use as a comparison to measure progress against a goal or do before/after comparisons.

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NTEN

APRIL 3, 2009

was invented to allow physicists to share research papers. was created to allow people to share pictures of cute cats." IdealistNews.org aims to be the Digg , er, Reddit of social news sites, while Academic Earth wants to be the Hulu of education. How awesome is it? It's also a great segue.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2007

There are many social ways to filter info, from digg (see especially the Diggswarm ) and Memeorandum to del.icio.us , blogging, reblogging (see. the Google Reader Sharing. We'll find. our best information from other people, not from software filters. FAQ ) and more. What do you use?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2008

  Laura and Jonathan will be sharing awesome case studies based on their experience.    Jonathan will focus on using Digg.  .  I've done it with a lot of story telling and loads of humor.    Laura will focus on Twitter and measuring success. 

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

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). What is a niche social network? . Examples of niche social networks include: .

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

While it is a feature of many social sharing sites, often times those very sites do not provide beginner-friendly instructions on how to use tags effectively. To understand why tagging is found on so many social sharing sites it helps to understand why tags exist in the first place. The campaign.

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Tech Soup

MAY 13, 2011

Anyone interested in nonprofits and fundraising online is welcome to participate in this interactive chat, sharing questions and tips from the field. She shared insights into the inner workings, vision, and future of Causes, along with best practices, success stories and sneak preview of now launched custom Facebook tabs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2007

Kevin Rose of Digg fame launched a new social sharing site called Pownce to much buzz and mixed reviews. Pownce lets you share files, links, and other info with your friends. And, if you're in Facebook and want to share what you're learning about how nonprofits can use it. My Flickr Stream. It was invitation only.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

I've seen this first hand -- I don't engage deeply on MySpace - yet some of my donors for the Cambodian campaign who heard about on Facebook and shared it with their friends on MySpace. 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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2007

The tagging is done in a social environment (shared and open to others). Although folksonomy tagging is done in a social environment (shared and open) Vander Wal emphasises that it is not collaborative and it is not a form of categorisation. The act of tagging is done by the person consuming the information.' lots to ponder here.

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Care2

APRIL 13, 2009

These influencers will be the first ones to react positively or negatively to information and share that information with their networks. Make sure you are hooked up to an RSS reader such as Google Reader or Netvibes to monitor everything from Twitter to Blogs to what stories hit the front page of Digg. RSS feeds are your friends.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Not only can you share organizational news as it happens, you can also comment on how breaking news in the world relates to your cause, or organization. When someone shares it with them using an AddThis like button on the bottom of the post. Blog posts, on the other hand, can be written in 15-30 minutes. When someone emails it to them.

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See3

JULY 17, 2006

read more | digg story Share and Enjoy: One Comment comment See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Facebook Platform – Opening Up [.] One reason is that it’s ugly. Maybe you don’t know what I am talking about? Take a look. The Facebook news is big. First a little background.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Should there be a nonprofit and social change category on Digg? Digg it here ). nonprofit technology thought leader Marnie Webb created the NpTech Tag as a way for nonprofit techies to share bookmarks on del.icio.us. That discussion generated some good tips for using Digg (as well as other tools).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2007

A sort of "digg" for NpTech Tag items. Some discussion around how a community developed taxonomy could be helpful to facilitate shared publishing between web sites. There is an interest in a community filtering concept. I found that idea exciting!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2009

   Laura goes on to share how she, as social media strategist for a nonprofit, thinks about it.   Reader Sharing (bookmarked items).   Here's what she shared: Basically we track all these different ways people respond to and share content (like blog posts). Should also note, re.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 11, 2009

But, what I can't easily do for a specific blog post is see who is referring to the article in other places on the social web, like Twitter, Friendfeed, Digg, and the like. That used to be hard to do because URLs on Twitter often use URL shorteners and that leaves no easy way for bloggers to see who’s sharing their posts.

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