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Are Memes Really Just Slacktivism?

Care2

New memes get started everyday. Remember the FB meme challenge that asked women to post what color bra they were wearing that day? Many thought the meme was connected to raising breast cancer awareness, but that was not the intention behind it. Here’s the original meme: “Right girls let’s have some fun.

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3 Rules to Create Awesome Content that Gets More Engagement

Association TV

when Kathy’s had her second cup and is dying to find the right Facebook article to forward off to her dedicated crew of colleagues who rely on Kathy for the perfect morning meme or share-worthy article. Ah, this guy is funny, ah this is a startup that appears to not be evil, ah they like to have fun, I like to have fun!

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: The Humane Society of the United States

Nonprofit Tech for Good

We still use Twitter a bit to talk about our programs, we participate and create our own memes like “ #felinefriday ”, but we focus on listening and responding to what people are already talking about. People spend so much time on Facebook because it’s FUN. Now, 30% of our posts are replies to people who ask questions or talk about us.

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7 Practical Tips for Engagement with a Higher Purpose On Social

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This has an added benefit of increasing your “people talking about” metric which gets the content into more newsfeeds. With old class photos, you can leverage memes like “ Throw Back Thursday , like in this example from Reshet Ramah , a network of alumni from across the globe. Make up your own nostalgia meme.

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Best of Beth's Blog 2008: Finding The Top Ten Posts In Less Than Five MInutes!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Once a year in June, I do an overall benchmarking and ROI analysis of my blog using particular metrics. It takes your RSS feed and applies engagement metrics, analyzing the types and frequency of an audience's interaction with your content. Success Metrics for Your Social Fundraising Plan. Using Metrics for Continuous Learning.

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How To Think Like A Nonprofit Social Marketing Genius: What's Your Brilliant Thought?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

#5 Make Your Content Easy To Remix This point is about user-generated content and they key to getting people to participate: Make it easy, fun, and simple. The example I'm using is an excerpt from a blog benchmarking process and presentation that I gave at e-metrics conference in October. Now it is your turn.

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7 Keys to an Effective Social Media Ambassador Program

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Some supporters may jump at the chance to be a social media ambassador for an organization they care about, but do you really want messages about your initiatives intermingling with political rants or drinking memes? 6) Provide a fun and supportive community. This person also has at least a basic handle of how to use social media.