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FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Please include your email so I can contact you if you win. If the person you write about has a website, or someone has done a story about them in the local paper, it would be great if you included that link as well. The winner will be chosen at random and announced on Wednesday, March 4th, 2009.

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Care2

JUNE 26, 2009

60) Search « Strategies For Optimizing Your Nonprofits Website | Main | YouTube Launches Video Volunteers » Wednesday Jun 24 2009 How Unused Gift Cards Can Support Nonprofits Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 12:14AM | by Allyson Kapin Do you have a pile of gift cards stuffed in an old draw? Contact them for more info.

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Care2

JUNE 5, 2009

Websites like Facebook, MySpace and YouTube are among the top 10 most trafficked sites in the US. According to the just released 2009 eBenchmarks study by M&R Strategic Services and NTEN, most of the 32 groups featured in the study saw their online fundraising increase between 2007 and 2008.

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2009

But, in reality, as important as those things are, they aren’t what tend to make great nonprofit websites. It’s about the content and how it’s written—and sadly it’s usually the piece of a website that gets the least amount of attention. Remember, content is still king.

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2009

60) Search « Converting New Activists into Donors | Main | Five Tips to Engaging New Online Activists » Thursday Jun 11 2009 How Sticky is Facebook? 60) Search « Converting New Activists into Donors | Main | Five Tips to Engaging New Online Activists » Thursday Jun 11 2009 How Sticky is Facebook?

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Care2

MARCH 26, 2009

60) Search « SXSW Panels Offer Key Advice to Nonprofits | Main | GuideStar Study Says Nonprofits Need to be Transparent » Wednesday Mar 25 2009 Convio Releases Nonprofit Online Marketing Benchmarks Study Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at 10:02PM | by Allyson Kapin Allyson Kapin, Editor-In-Chief ‘Tis the season for benchmark studies.

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Care2

MARCH 15, 2009

For example, dont just list your website name or even "About Us" - instead use "About Name of Organization Here". By giving each page in your website a unique, useful description of the page content, you make it easier for a user to decide whether or not to click through. March 13, 2009 | Anne Dougherty Excellent tips!

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Care2

FEBRUARY 8, 2009

World » Sunday Feb 08 2009 Twestival: To Meet, Tweet And Raise $500K For Charity Sunday, February 8, 2009 at 11:08AM | by Allyson Kapin I will be watching Twitter like a hawk later this this week. Best of Life, @nakeva February 8, 2009 | Nakeva Thanks for your response Nakeva. So busy reading. All rights reserved.

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Care2

APRIL 22, 2009

I was starting to hear more and more about the service (from bloggers and early adopters like Beth Kanter and others), and simultaneously was launching a new website for Wellstone Action that we wanted to be more interactive, and which included a blog. www.MHPonline.org April 22, 2009 | Rick Bernardo Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

60) Search « 5 Quick Steps to Better SEO | Main | Tech & Style Tips for Conducting Blog Interviews » Tuesday Mar 10 2009 Top 10 SXSW Interactive Panels Your Nonprofit Should Attend Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 05:27PM | by Allyson Kapin Are you planning to check out SXSW Interactive this year? Whitehouse.gov 2.0: Great post.

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Care2

MARCH 23, 2009

March 23, 2009 | Hatef Yamini Excellent list! March 23, 2009 | Copywriter Steff EXACTLY what I need! All Care2 terms of service and privacy policies apply. This weeks tips are a little more advanced, but still pretty easy to do and can have a big impact on your SEO. The links to site map generators were really helpful too.

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Care2

APRIL 14, 2009

It is essential not only to read the blogs and websites of the influencers in your community, but also become a frequent commenter. April 14, 2009 | Anne Dougherty Jen Excellent counsel. April 15, 2009 | suzi w. Even something small could lead to something big if you know the networks of the people in your ecosystem.

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

April 27 , 2009 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 1. You Don’t Need Just a Website, You Need the Web Designed by Derek Low | Network for Good powered by Groundspring Fundraising Track - Franciscan B Every nonprofit needs a website but a website can’t be your only Internet presence. April 27 , 2009 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 3.

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Care2

MAY 22, 2009

60) Search « The ROI of Social Media | Main | Advocacy Online Launches in the US » Thursday May 21 2009 Earned Media: How to Stay Relevant and Track It Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 01:20PM | by Allyson Kapin “If you dont brand yourself, Google will brand you,” says branding expert Sherry Beck Paprocki.

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See3

OCTOBER 25, 2007

My guess is that both contribute to your brand and may make people more likely to give when asked in more traditional ways – direct mail, email, website. All Rights Reserved Sitemap • Privacy Policy • Newsletter Sign-Up • Contact • About Us I don’t think we have the answers yet. Can anyone help me.

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See3

OCTOBER 25, 2007

My guess is that both contribute to your brand and may make people more likely to give when asked in more traditional ways – direct mail, email, website. All Rights Reserved Sitemap • Privacy Policy • Newsletter Sign-Up • Contact • About Us I don’t think we have the answers yet. Can anyone help me.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

Websites, Email & Constituent Management from Laura Quinn: Your website is you, online. For many people who find you online, your website is the organization. Your website should tell people who you and what you do. WomenWhoTech: Tools Galore View more presentations from Amy Sample ward. Email is a critical channel.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

For example, NWLC’s website is undergoing a redesign, but right now, our site isn’t very well optimized for search engines. People who are searching for issues that we work on might not find our website in their first page of organic search results, but they may well see one of our Google ads.

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See3

OCTOBER 18, 2007

They have infrastructure to run thousands of nonprofit websites, send millions of emails and process hundreds of millions of dollars in donations. Usually in typical companies you will find information about structure, policies, and ideologies. Unfortunately, you can only run one Facebook app at a time using the Convio tool. [.]

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2008

Were currently the sixth largest website in the country - every minute, 13 hours of video are uploaded to the site. Through YouTube, nonprofits also have the ability to drive traffic back to their own websites. Good work February 25, 2009 | Mario Erazo Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Everyone is on YouTube. All rights reserved.

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JULY 14, 2008

Were currently the sixth largest website in the country - every minute, 13 hours of video are uploaded to the site. Through YouTube, nonprofits also have the ability to drive traffic back to their own websites. Good work February 25, 2009 | Mario Erazo Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Everyone is on YouTube. All rights reserved.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 10, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Why Apple isn’t the Nonprofit App Grinch Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on December 10th, 2010 Nonprofit social media expert Beth Kanter isn’t happy with Apple at the moment. Is Apple's policy the worst threat to NPOs today?

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Care2

JULY 2, 2009

60) Search « The Web’s Influence on Affluence | Main | Fundraising Dips In First Quarter Of 2009 » Monday Jun 29 2009 Top 8 Social Media Tracking Tools Monday, June 29, 2009 at 10:07PM | by Allyson Kapin Social media! I seriously think it’s "the" buzz word of 2009. Thanks for the new links to look at.

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Care2

OCTOBER 22, 2008

a Video! | Main | Care2 Launches Americas Favorite Animal Shelter Contest » Monday Oct 13 2008 Using Google Analytics to Track a Nonprofit Website (Part 1) Monday, October 13, 2008 at 01:21PM | by James OMalley Nonprofits take note: Google Analytics software application has shattered previous barriers to analyzing and optimizing websites.

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

Google Analytics: Google Analytics , a free and powerful website stats software, lets you dig into your website data so you can find out all sorts of useful info such as who your audience is and what keywords they are searching for to find your website. April 28, 2009 | Joanna M. Reader Comments (12) great tips!

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JUNE 29, 2009

60) Search « Top 8 Social Media Tracking Tools | Main | Strategies For Optimizing Your Nonprofits Website » Sunday Jun 28 2009 Fundraising Dips In First Quarter Of 2009 Sunday, June 28, 2009 at 07:44PM | by Allyson Kapin The struggling economy hit nonprofits hard in the first quarter of 2009.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

" "In 2014 we will see websites starting to streamline, influenced by responsive design practices and the influence of microsites. Most of us will redo our websites to be responsive in light of that (and those that don’t will look really bad). Facebook will still dominate. Tablets will rule. John Merritt. Lucy Bernholz.

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MARCH 13, 2009

60) Search « New Study: The Power of the Premium: Convincing Prospective Donors to Give | Main | 5 Quick Steps to Better SEO » Friday Mar 13 2009 Open Government: A Recap of TransparencyCamp Friday, March 13, 2009 at 12:32AM | by Tracy Viselli "We have brought the techies and the policy wonks together, and they arent that different."

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