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10 LinkedIn Best Practices for Nonprofits

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Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. Launched on May 5, 2003, LinkedIn is a social network for professionals. Their use of the social network is mostly inconsistent and without strategy – the 10 best practices below are meant to change that. LinkedIn Pages.

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HOW TO: Get Your Nonprofit Started on Pinterest

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” Now, just two weeks into January, I am completely addicted to pinning boards for social good on Pinterest. I haven’t been this hooked on a new social networking site since I first got on Twitter in June 2008, and based on recent data released by comScore and Hitwise, Pinterest traffic is soaring.

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Google+ Best Practices for Nonprofits

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Now that Google+ is open to everyone, all nonprofit staff can start experimenting and familiarizing themselves with Google+ before the brand pages, also known as Google+ Business Profiles , are launched later this month. A Google Account is different from a Google Profile. Create a Google Profile. Set up your Google Profile.

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Google+ Best Practices for Nonprofits

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Set up your Google/Gmail Account and personal Google+ Profile. . Your Google/Gmail Account becomes the basis of your personal Google+ Profile and similar to Facebook, you must have a personal Google+ Profile before you can create a Google+ Page for your nonprofit. Now, onto setting up your personal profile.

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Google+ Best Practices for Nonprofits

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In the meantime, nonprofit staff can prepare for the launch of the new brand pages, also known as Google+ Entity Profiles , by creating a Google Account and then setting up your personal Google Profile (which then also becomes your personal Google+ Profile when you get invited to join Google+ or the site comes out of beta).

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HOW TO: Create a Foursquare Page for Your Nonprofit

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Now, to get started with launching a new Foursquare Page for your nonprofit: 1) Create a personal profile on Foursquare first, and then a Page. Whether you ever use the personal profile is up to you, but to get started you do need to first create a personal account. Automation on social networks is an absolute worst practice.

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