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Social Media Case Study Slam Panel at NTC 08: Danielle Brigida, NWF - A Case Study on Traffic

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This case study is by Danielle Brigida from the NWF and her experience using Digg and StumbleUpon for generating traffic. Today I'll be talking about using Digg and Stumbleupon specifically. Slide 4: After attending last year's NTEN, two tools stuck out for me that I really wanted to try- Digg and Stumbleupon.

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Generating Buzz: Using Social Media to Drive Website Traffic

NTEN

The tools have changed, but the need for knowing your audience, having an end goal, testing theories, and acting on lessons learned remains the same. I set her on the path to join all of the major and up-and-coming social media sites like StumbleUpon , Digg , Reddit , Delicious and Mixx. Test for What Works. Know Your Goals.

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Use Niche Social Networks to Spread Your Message

NTEN

Kirtsy (demographic-based – think Digg for women, 200,000+ members). Test the waters. A niche social network is an online community drawn together by a shared location, demographic, or interest -- or combination of the three. Examples of niche social networks include: . Kabissa (location-based – African NGOs, 3,200+ members).

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The NpTech Mashup Meme

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This post was in draft because I was starting to devour all the great content on the NTEN Blog , including Marshall's post called " Ten Cool Tools for Working on the Web " and I strongly resisted the urge take Thinkature out for a test drive. James shares his reflections on testing the tool: I???ve Thankfully there???s

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The social media cheesecloth: Filter and find what works for you

Connection Cafe

You see all of these other orgs using Twitter, Facebook, Digg, MySpace, YouTube, LinkedIn, Blogger and the list goes on… How do you make sure you are using the latest and greatest in new media that will effectively contribute to your movement? Let’s say you are a small or new organization just trying to get your roots planted.

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Interview with Jonathon Colman: Social Media Secrets from a Green Geek

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And they challenged me and my colleagues to prove the value of our web strategy through constant testing and the presentation of hard-core data. s taken us a long time to build up credible, authoritative profiles and groups on sites like Care2 , Digg , Facebook , Flickr , and StumbleUpon. ??? t so risk-averse that they can???t

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Brooklyn Clicks with the Crowd: What Makes a Smart Mob?

Museum 2.0

The view counts, comments, favorites, most e-mailed, and leader boards of sites we all love (Flickr, Digg, StumbleUpon, NetFlix, The New York Times, etc.) But we'll only get there if we join Brooklyn in the lab and start our own experiments to test the hypotheses, measure the results, and find out what clicks. Museums Engaging in 2.0

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