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Early guidance on Threads, Meta’s answer to Twitter

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So the search continues. Post what you’d normally share on Twitter: A witty quip, a photo or video from an action, a link to your op-ed, or a meme about being the first to the party. Maybe you dipped your toes in with Hive or Spoutible, but didn’t find enough engagement. Take it for a test drive.

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Ice Bucket Challenge: Can Other Nonprofits Reproduce It?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In deck above, you will see a graph that shows that the Ice Bucket Challenge had more search volume than other news such as Ferguson and Iraq during the last few weeks. This shows the importance of timing and playing off current events. 2) Playing on Memes: The campaign took advantage of social media narcissism for a good cause.

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NGO/NPO Meme - tagged by Nancy White

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So, the meme goes something like this -- What are the five resources that you would recommend to anybody working in an NGO who wanted to know about information management and technology but didn't know where to start. On the social networking end, I would swim through the various frappr groups that are nonprofit technology related.

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Ask Britt: How Do You Increase Blog Traffic?

Have Fun - Do Good

Write titles with phrases that people are searching for (i.e. Participate in memes , blog carnivals and challenges. Participate in social networks like Facebook and MySpace, as well as niche social networks related to the theme of your blog. Blogs are a visual medium. Tell Google you have a blog.

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10 Elements of an Effective Nonprofit or Do-Good Blog

Have Fun - Do Good

Link to other bloggers Use Google Blog Search , Alltop and Technorati to find blogs that write about similar topics to yours. Use Google Blog Search , Alltop and Technorati to find blogs that write about similar topics to yours. Hold and participate in online contests, challenges, blog carnivals and memes. Keep it short.

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NpTech Tag Summary: 10 Web 2.0 Things You Can Do In Ten Minutes!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" He uses the ten things in ten minutes meme and writes the Ten Web 2.0 Truly embrace social networking by encouraging your staff, your volunteers, your donors and your Board to join Facebook or Myspace and teach(!) Things You Can Do in Ten Minutes to Be a More Successful E-learning Professional. For many in the boomer.

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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

I brainstormed series of equations or theories that represent best practices that nonprofits are using to implement social media. Social Media and social networks allow for the quantum effects, paired elements at a distance. My own feeling is that social media is not a either/or to email or search engine optimization.