Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

I first met Amy Fox when she de-lurked on the Museum Computer Network listserv. Make sure your profile reveals that you are a real person interested in museums so when you start following people a quick glance at your profile explains why you are following them. Well, all I can suggest is my approach.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

I've also added the pink ribbon to my Facebook profile. If we're thinking of Facebook groups (or listservs for that matter) as online communities, what personalities do you see in the communities you are managing? Compete provides information on every site on the Internet including site traffic history and competitive analytics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

On a listserv the other day, Laura Quinn at Idealware asked if "Visit" or "Click" data on Feedburner were useful metrics to track to assess reader interest in your blog content. There are two different profiles: subscribers and visitors. For blogging, you have to use a couple of different tools to get the different metrics you need.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

According to an email from Ben Rattray, Change.Org founder, "This is not at all meant as a replacement for the profiles organizations have on MySpace and Facebook, which I think are great for reaching younger supporters. But these sites have two important limitations that give nonprofits reason to look for additional tools.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 7, 2007

There was a need recognized and that need was that exhibits and exhibitions were being redesigned over and over again without that sense of history. The profiles were the last thing added, when we were getting into the nature of the site itself. I think a cool thing is that we took a fair amount of push on the personal profiles.

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