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Social Media in 30 Minutes a Day

Amy Sample Ward

Ultimately, it’s less about the amount of time and more about the consistency – and planning, tracking, and everything else! View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Here are the slides from the session and links to get you started: Social Media in 30 Minutes a Day. Community Map Template: [link].

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How To: Create a Listening Dashboard for your Organization

Amy Sample Ward

Netvibes will let you track all kinds of things online, all by using RSS feeds or ready-built widgets. This free service from Google let’s you identify key words, phrases, or URLs that you want to track. Now that you have found all kids of RSS feeds you want to track, you need to add them to your Netvibes page.

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Wordpress Extras: My Favorites

Amy Sample Ward

What I wish was improved was the tracking to pull in the full conversation, and not just retweets, etc. Tags: blogging howto plugins twitter wordpress. These Twitter mentions are handled like Posts Comments, using WP built-in comment system. Tweetmeme ( Get this plugin ).

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Mastering Social Networking as a Volunteer

Amy Sample Ward

On Twitter , look up hashtags that your community uses and follow them to track conversations. Regardless of which Facebook option you choose, track which kinds of posts or content your community responds to the most to help make the most engaging space you can. View more PowerPoint from Amy Sample Ward. Creating Buzz.

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DIY Community Engagement Metrics

Amy Sample Ward

We covered how to do Community Mapping (identifying the segments and goals of the community), Content Mapping (creating a plan for which content goes where, and why), and Data Tracking (pulling all the numbers together). View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Metrics Tracking. >> Presentation. Do-It-Yourself.

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How To: DIY Community & Content Mapping

Amy Sample Ward

There are companies and tools that offer “solutions&# for tracking, measuring, and even “engaging&# with your community online. Tags: resources community content howto strategy. More and more often, I get asked at conferences or on the blog for more information about how to create a community map or content plan.

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Guest Post on Frogloop: 5 Tips for Running a Competition

Amy Sample Ward

I grew up being reminded that even if I ran as fast as I could and got first place in a track meet, that someone else, maybe at another school or in another city, was faster than me. Tags: case studies challenge competition frogloop guest post howto tips. Tip #5: Keep things in perspective. We’d love to hear your examples!

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