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Thousands of nonprofits haven’t logged into their MySpace profiles in months, or even a year or more. That said, MySpace is not dead. I created the Nonprofit Organizations MySpace in 2006. There are lots of friendly activists and comment fairies on MySpace that do care very much about social causes and nonprofits.
The were active on Myspace, YouTube, and creating Facebook Groups long before most of the companies that are often praised for being the pioneers of social media. An Avatar :: 200 x 200 pixels. Your avatar should compliment or be extracted from your logo: 2. Facebook Cover :: 815 x 315 pixels.
Yet everyday on Twitter and (especially) Facebook nonprofits are sending out hundreds of thousands of Tweets and Status Updates with completely wrecked avatars. The visual appeal of your social media avatar is very important to the success of building your online brand. The sooner you start using an square avatar, the better.
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. Using a horizontal logo for your avatar. Unfortunately, many nonprofits upload horizontal logos to serve as their avatars, resulting in the obvious cropping of the images.
The “Nonprofit Organizations” brand was launched in February 2005 on Myspace. At the core of the brand is the Nonprofit Organizations avatar which has been used consistently since then to build a visual brand across many social networks ( Facebook , Twitter , Pinterest , etc). A graphic, not an image. What do you think?
Add a your nonprofit’s Twibbon/avatar to your Google Profile picture. Even though Google Profiles must be individuals, you can still help brand your nonprofit by adding your nonprofit’s Twibbon/avatar to your profile picture: 5. Add links to your website, blog, and social networking communities to your Google Profile.
Niche Networks and Early Adoption (Instagram, Tumblr, Ning, Change.org, Care2, Wiser Earth, BlackPlanet, Quepasa, New Myspace): 5-10 Hours Weekly. Chapter 2 :: What About Myspace? A New Myspace has launched. Chapter 5 :: Use the Colors of Your Avatar to Design Your Channel. Flickr and Pinterest: 5 Hours Weekly.
on their Twitter avatars, and then spread them throughout the Twitterverse. After you record a message, you are given a URL for the message that you can post on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, etc. Favstar.fm : Favstar.fm allows you to see the most favorited tweets across Twitter at any given time.
Your supporters also want to see what your staff and working space look like – the human beings behind the avatar, if you will. 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. Google+ is growing rapidly and traffic is increasing.
Niche Networks and Early Adoption (Instagram, Tumblr, Ning, Change.org, Care2, Wiser Earth, BlackPlanet, Quepasa, New Myspace): 5-10 Hours Weekly. Chapter 2 :: What About Myspace? A New Myspace has launched. Chapter 5 :: Use the Colors of Your Avatar to Design Your Channel. Flickr and Pinterest: 5 Hours Weekly.
The 1 st tool was MySpace back in 2007. The tools I am currently using are Facebook, two Twitter accounts (one for National messaging via @PanCAN and one specifically for advocacy efforts via @Advocate4PanCAN), YouTube, LinkedIn, MySpace and Delicious. YouTube: youtube.com/StopPancreaticCancer. LinkedIn: linkedin.com/groups?gid=104492.
A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. 4096 Color Wheel :: ficml.org/jemimap/style/color/wheel.html. Addictomatic :: addictomatic.com. Twitter Mosaic :: sxoop.com/twitter.
Blogger, LinkedIn and Myspace launched in 2003, and yet nine years into the Social Web the vast majority of nonprofits have not invested any financial resources at all into graphic design for their social media campaigns. You need a good avatar. On top of that nonprofit’s need to invest in good graphic design.
A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. Based in the U.K., 2d Code is a must read for the early adopters. 4096 Color Wheel :: ficml.org/jemimap/style/color/wheel.html.
Ask for your raise first, and then ask for a budget for graphic design work (avatar, Twitter background, YouTube Channel background, Facebook banners, etc.), Before Myspace then Facebook and then Twitter, I was a voracious reader. It is clearly not a fad, and yet the vast majority of nonprofits have zero budgets for social media.
A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. Addictomatic :: addictomatic.com.
Innovation in online fundraising was driven by the release of new technology, such as email marketing services like MailChimp in 2001, the launch of WordPress ( a content management system now used by 44% of nonprofits worldwide ) in 2003, and social networking websites beginning with Myspace in 2005.
Niche Networks and Early Adoption (Instagram, Tumblr, Ning, Change.org, Care2, Wiser Earth, BlackPlanet, Quepasa, New Myspace): 5-10 Hours Weekly. It increases your generosity score and the exposure of your avatar in the Twitterverse and in the “Interactions” module and thus results in more new followers.
A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. Addictomatic :: addictomatic.com.
A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. Addictomatic :: addictomatic.com.
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A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. This is a must-buy app if your nonprofit regularly tells your story through mobile photo-sharing. Addictomatic :: addictomatic.com.
The organization is asking supporters to change their Twitter, MySpace, and Facebook avatars at 1:10 on Friday, March 6th to the "oneten" avatar. Post a Women for Women International digital badge on Facebook, MySpace, your blog, or your website. For more information, go to www.oneten.org.uk. Host your own event.
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