Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

Tagging, a feature found across many social media channels, is used to help surface content during searches. While it is a feature of many social sharing sites, often times those very sites do not provide beginner-friendly instructions on how to use tags effectively.

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NetWits

MAY 26, 2011

Those who follow me on Twitter , or for whom I’ve helped implement NetCommunity websites, won’t be surprised to find me write about Google Analytics. The knowledge one can gleam from this tool is practically endless–and the resulting testing and site modifications one can make, even more so. Top Content.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 6, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). … But to many in the nonprofit world, the value of the sites remains to be seen. And virtually all of them ask users to pay to donate."

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). And because social media sites have become a part of that routine (for better or worse) even small changes to those services can effect us.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 18, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). And where you stand on the discussion of copyright, digital rights, online content sharing and intellectual property?

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 5, 2009

" Marshall Kirkpatrick explains: "Yahoo's social bookmarking service Delicious launched a new home page this morning, combining recent tagging activity and cross-referenced links on Twitter to deliver what it calls the hottest news from around the web in real time. Tags: roundup bookmarks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2009

With that in mind I’d like to share 4 Keys to Building a Successful Web Site based on similar tactics we’ve deployed on this blog. Before we go too far, let me start by saying, “Content is King.” Without great content, the following tactics and tools are limited at best. Focus on producing great content all the time.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 15, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Doing Good.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 29, 2008

I spend a lot (and I mean a lot) of time trying to figure out how to use social networking, bookmarking and news sites to enhance the National Wildlife Federation's online presence. My co-worker, Anne Keisman, recently came to me for advice on how she could get started using social media to promote web content. Everyone wins!

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). " Cause Fatigue #4Change Recap « 4change – Did you miss the recent #4change twitter chat? Check it out! " Check it out!

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 2, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). The multimedia platform is managed by Link TV and utilizes a back catalog of development-related videos as well as new content procured for the site.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

For example you will now be able to see how many active visitors are on your site at that very moment, what platform they are using to view the site and if they are using a mobile device ? You'll now have access to see what kind of mobile device, and even click a camera icon to see how your site appears on their particular device.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Donors are following their favorite charities on Facebook, Twitter, and other social sites. content to your social streams that leads to a mobile-optimized site. If your site is slow to. If your site is slow to. Don’t make givers bookmark your site. visitor frustration.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Facebook was just getting its first venture funding, YouTube was just starting, and Twitter was still a year away from being founded. The idea was to embed the functions of existing social sites like Meetup , Flickr , and del.icio.us. social bookmarking (now called Delicious ) by using their APIs on the site. (An

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2009

If you are not reading blogs and web sites in an RSS Reader , make that your New Year's resolution. If you have started following too many people on Twitter by choice or accident , use Tweetdeck and create groups. For example, are you bookmarking everything you come across into del.icio.us Check in once or twice a day.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

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. 2020 Social Media Size Guide ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2009

On a listserv the other day, Laura Quinn at Idealware asked if "Visit" or "Click" data on Feedburner were useful metrics to track to assess reader interest in your blog content. Analyzing Your Blog Content With Metrics and Insight Of course, you need to set overall goals for your blog and understand your audience.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 19, 2010

The hashtag, as defined by Twitter , was created because Twitter provided no easy way to group tweets or add extra data. Since Twitter did not develop this capability into its system, the community came up with their own way: hashtags. The hashtag could become the universal way to add metadata to a piece of online content.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 28, 2006

apps out there, and beginning to try and use them to create content and organize my life, I have come to the following conclusion: the apps are great, but integration still sucks. And, I also don’t want to do too much cross-posting of content. Second, is bookmarking. It lets you bookmark to multiple sites with one click.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner co-founder of Momsrising and Bruce Lesley, President, of First Focus. (I learned so much that I enough material for several blog posts, my first post is here – it is about content curation.). Some have seen some early benefits of getting web site traffic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2009

Reader Sharing (bookmarked items).   Here's what she shared: Basically we track all these different ways people respond to and share content (like blog posts).   Here's what she shared: Basically we track all these different ways people respond to and share content (like blog posts). Should also note, re.

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Care2

JULY 14, 2009

RSS Feeds: Add an RSS feed to your blog and news sections so people visiting your site can subscribe to your feed and stay updated on your nonprofits latest news. Add This: A widget that allows website visitors to share your content via 50 social networks and bookmark communities. Bonus points! Easy to Moderate* 9. Moderate* 10.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 3, 2013

Facebook shifted its design to focus on photo and video-sharing in response to data showing that this content is shared way more frequently than text and links. Visual content motivates more responses than text, engages younger participants, and is often cited as a major trend of 2012 and 2013. A trend in which I take almost no part.

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Forum One

APRIL 29, 2009

Neff of the American Cancer Society, and Carie Lewis of the Humane Society offered insightful tricks for getting traffic, attention, and subscribers for their sites. Disclosure: Forum One built the site.): Then she encouraged the staffer running the site to reach out to 'mommy bloggers' by posting comments to their blogs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2009

If you are not reading blogs and web sites in an RSS Reader , make that your New Year's resolution. If you have started following too many people on Twitter by choice or accident , use Tweetdeck and create groups. For example, are you bookmarking everything you come across into del.icio.us Check in once or twice a day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2009

RSS Feeds: Add an RSS feed to your blog and news sections so people visiting your site can subscribe to your feed and stay updated on your nonprofits latest news. Add This: A widget that allows website visitors to share your content via 50 social networks and bookmark communities. Bonus points! Easy to Moderate* 9. Moderate* 10.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2008

During the past few weeks, Twitter has been down or out due to stress. To learn more about Twitter scaling issues read this interview by Jesse Stay. And for expert level knowledge, read these blog posts about FriendFeed that Louis Gray has bookmarked.). When a service goes down, users will complain. Read this ).

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Search on Google , Google Blog Search , Technorati , Twitter Search , and Social Mention for your cause, the name of your organization (if you have one), and the URL of your website (if you have one). Flickr, Photobucket ) Microblogging: Twitter , Tumblr Social networking (i.e. Facebook , Ning ) Social bookmarking (i.e.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

In fact, it can help provide content for both. If you've been posting on your organization's blog regularly, you'll have lots of content to pull from when you sit down to write your newsletter. As a mention in your Twitter feed, and clicking through to read the rest. When someone emails it to them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

This year, I decided to create a New Year's post that looks at both format and content so I have a handy reference for my year-end post for 2009! You can pick out the best content on your blog, other people's blogs, or ask your readers. Round up of New Year's Reflections, Best Ofs, and Predictions for 2008.

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Care2

DECEMBER 4, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" spheres -- driving your organizations content deep into the blogosphere. 60) Search « Care2.com

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

In fact, it can help provide content for both. If you've been posting on your organization's blog regularly, you'll have lots of content to pull from when you sit down to write your newsletter. As a mention in your Twitter feed, and clicking through to read the rest. When someone emails it to them.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Jono Smith, VP of Sales & Marketing at Event 360, states: "When we think about social media, it is focused on people using tools to share content and have conversations online. YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook are all growing in popularity as referral sites for online donations. Is it effective?

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

There are so may stats, reports, assumptions and speculations every day about who is using Twitter, let alone how and why. I recently read a reflection on Twitter called How To Use Twitter When You Follow Several Thousand People. My Twitter account is @AmyRSWard and I have, currently, over 3,000 followers.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

In the craze over Pinterest, I think people have overlooked the evolution social bookmarking site Delicious has made. On Pinterest, the sharing aspect of content hinges on repinning something to your own board, and, unless you create the board as one that allows contributors, you are creating content in your own silo.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Text or attractively designed images on Twitter, Linkedin, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, Clubhouse, etc. If you are with a job training program, maybe you make a bookmark that is focused on job interview tips. These can be framed, or laminated, and turned into a bookmark, placemat, or shrunk to be coasters.

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