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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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Great reads from December 12th through December 13th

Amy Sample Ward

Check out how Tyson agreed to donate 70,000 lbs of food! The Ultimate Social Media Etiquette Handbook: The Most Egregious Sins on Social Media Sites, Exposed » techipedia | tamar weinberg - A great primer on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Social News sharing, FriendFeed, YouTube, StumbleUpon, Blogging and more.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: National Wildlife Federation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

While the giants (Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, Flickr and Youtube) are great for outreach and relationship-building, we’ve had surprising successes with StumbleUpon, LinkedIn, Plancast and other sites. We currently use a plethora of online tools to spread the word and talk to people.

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Social Network Tracker: How to Find your Supporters on Social Networks

Care2

Cross promote your actions, volunteer, and donation opportunities. (Be StumbleUpon. You can use this data to identify the "super-connectors" on your list so that you can reach out to these individuals and: Find out if they are talking about your issue in their social networking community. LiveJournal.

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Social Media 101 TweetChat Recap: Tagging

Tech Soup

Social bookmarking sites include well-known sites such as Delicious, Digg, Stumbleupon, Reddit, and Technorati. used Microsoft tags placed on supermarket staples such as milk and water and prompted shoppers to donate the value of the items they were shopping for to UNICEF. The campaign.

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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

An article in the Washington Post notes that "fewer than 1% of those who have joined a cause have actually donated money through [the Facebook Causes] application." They don't need to understand the latest techno widget or the nuances of StumbleUpon vs. Digg. It doesn't work that way. The First Step Get a champion in the organization.

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

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So, if you use the right tools through LinkedIn, you can get that much closer to a donation–so I’d say that is a better path. Danielle Brigida from NWF presented a case study on Digg and StumbleUpon. In StumbleUpon, she saw results from being the source of quality, relevant info.

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