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Social Networking Communities Are Migrant Communities

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Social networking communities are migrant communities. They move with you to The Next Big Thing i.e., from MySpace to Facebook to Twitter to Foursquare. Social media skeptics often say that it’s a waste of time to utilize social networking sites because they are here today, and then gone tomorrow.

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Ten Things Nonprofits May Not Know About MySpace [But I Wish They Did]

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As I spent the Thanksgiving weekend pondering gratitude, MySpace made the top of my list of things to be grateful for. If it were not for MySpace, my professional life no doubt would be much less fulfilling. And for that, I will be eternally grateful to MySpace and the “Nonprofit Organizations&# MySpace community.

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Four Reasons Why Nonprofits Should Question Facebook’s Integrity, Longevity, and ROI (Return on Investment)

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To question Facebook and it’s integrity, longevity and ROI [Return on Investment]. Essentially, nonprofits have been advertising Facebook to untold millions for free helping it become the powerhouse that it is today – the largest, most active social networking website on the Web. I don’t think so.

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10 Common Mistakes Made by Nonprofits on Social Media

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For the past six years I have spent 50 to 60 hours a week utilizing Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Foursquare to promote nonprofits. The brutal but honest — and hopefully well-received — truth is that the majority of nonprofits are making mistakes on social-networking sites that directly undermine their ROI.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

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What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? The 1 st tool was MySpace back in 2007. What social media tools are you currently utilizing? Are you tracking Return on Investment (ROI), and how? Please summarize your ROI. I am tracking the ROI. I am tracking the ROI.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: The Nature Conservancy

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What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? My guess would be either MySpace, YouTube, or Facebook Causes. What social media tools are you currently utilizing? I would say MySpace has dropped off the most for us. Who maintains your social media campaigns?

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11 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

One of the simplest ways to significantly increase your nonprofit’s return on investment (ROI) from using social media is to learn basic HTML. Make new friends (Google+) and keep the old (Myspace). They move with you from one site to the next and maybe in the case of Myspace, back again. Learn basic HTML.