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Personal Fundraising with Widgets: A Few Reflections and Campaign Update

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

and, if you linked and I don't have you on radar yet - leave me a comment). I'm summarizing some observations, comments, and advice. thank the folks that do the blogging and keep them up-to-date on your progress * engage people in a conversation about the cause * Try to make connections with local college students in your area.

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An Interview of Heather Cronk, PledgeBank: Advice On Raising Money on Your Blog

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This pledge was initiated in Edinburgh, and created a really interesting side conversation in the comments section. If you read the comments section, you'll get a good idea of how people contributed to that project, from books to construction to money to contacts. What are your secrets to success using PledgeBank?

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Seth Godin's Non Post About Nonprofits: Deers in the Headlights?

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Nick Temple from the UK left a comment on the link I shared on Facebook: It smacks of someone who knows the marketing and internet world very well, and the non-profit world barely. Twitter & Digg? Godin replies on the comments of Tom Watson's post: Sorry to hear it didn’t resonate with you. What do you think? .

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Interview with Jonathon Colman: Social Media Secrets from a Green Geek

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

s taken us a long time to build up credible, authoritative profiles and groups on sites like Care2 , Digg , Facebook , Flickr , and StumbleUpon. ??? This means that we see a lot of value in commenting, linking, tagging, and the like; sometimes more so than just an empty visit to our site. a lot of our initial efforts weren???t

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The Real Housewives of Social Media: Cooking up Recipes for Nonprofit Success

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Neff and Jordan Viator -- had the great opportunity to lead a session entitled " The Real Housewives of Social Media " Funny Photoshopped pictures were displayed of us, we sported aprons to hype the theme, and we shared information and case studies on various aspects of social media campaigning. Be transparent.

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Podcamp Session on Social Media Metrics: Thank You Jeremiah

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And, above all, the session needs to be a conversation about Social Media, not a lecture. The current conversation is about the need for new metrics and methods for objective measurement. I'm going to give a very brief overview (15-20 minutes at most) that will serve as a conversation starter for small group work.

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Alistair Croll, Guest Post: Using Twitter for Fundraising - Lessons Learned from Beers for Canada

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We used bit.ly (to track viral spread), Google Analytics (for goal conversions), Paypal audit accounts (to see donation amounts) and Clicky (for real-time web analytics.) We also linked to the Google Group discussion, which added new members and triggered conversations. Set up Reddit, Digg, and other social news aggregators.

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