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The Secret to Going Viral: Harnessing the Kevin Bacon Effect

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Put ‘em all together and you get the key to viral victory: Contagious: The holy grail of social media marketing is attained when your engaging, short, and believable message takes fire and people start spreading it on your behalf; hopefully even remixing your message and broadening your appeal.

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Charities Cry Foul on Chase Facebook Charitable Giving Contest

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you look at the contest official rules, in addition to the eligibility criteria, they've added these additional points to control who gets the winning money: or organizations otherwise not in alignment with Sponsor's corporate social responsibility guidelines. These were removed in the final days of the contest.

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How Much Time Does It Take To Do Social Media?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Time Chart - See Flickr Discussion on Version 1 Wanna Remix it? " I've been thinking about remixing that slide so it matches the framework I set up for WeAreMedia tactical modules. Generate Buzz: Your raising your organizations profile and spreading awareness of your organization's programs or campaigns. Download it here.

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How do you define Creative Commons Attribution?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When it comes to raising money online, empowering your network of supporters with the tools to fundraise for your NPO is like giving them Creative Commons access to your organization." Also, it is great to close the loop and have the opportunity to remix a remix. This is exactly the intention and spirit of the license.

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My Facebook Birthday Cause: Thank You (and Some Unsolicited Feedback To Causes)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In less than 24 hours, I've raised $806 to help children in Cambodia using a new feature in Facebook Causes. Whether you want to raise money for clean water in Ethiopia, vaccinations for children in Haiti, or a safe home for a puppy in Mississipi, with a Birthday Cause your friends can give in honor of your special day.

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Target Facebook Challenge: Ten Large Charities Compete for Votes To Divide the $3 Million Pot

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

companies, and even foundations to give away money. There have been many remixes of online contests since the Giving Challenge, so many that I can't quite remember all of them. Charity SmackDown had teams of celebrities paired with corporate sponsors to raise money for nine different charities.

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Last Chance to Vote for Nonprofit SXSW Panels: Closes September 4th

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

These ideas inspired the SXSW panel proposal I submitted: Crowdsourcing for Innovative Social Change Social media builds buzz and raises money, but what about real, on-the-ground change? Submitted by Ted Fickes Networking Good: How to Win Money and Mobilize People! Learn from innovators how to leverage the web for good!