Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

You're responding to comments and playing matchmaker between members of your community. This is helpful as a number of different staff are involved in live-tweeting NTEN webinars. NTEN also includes best practices and examples of how to respond to different scenarios such as complaints, controversies, and spam.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

A new social networking site, called “Quetchup&# spammed (without permission) the contacts of people who signed up for the site. at 10:26 pm { 3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Allan Benamer 10.02.07 It’s not really mine, and I don’t like that. goodiness. at 9:46 am Web 2.0 at 9:53 am lol!

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NTEN

JANUARY 4, 2010

Not only is it nifty piece, it attracted some of our best spam comments of the year: "Thanks for pants. Actually, some of the funniest protest signs of 2009 would make good spam comment fodder, if you happen to work for a fly-by-night SEO firm. Tags: NPTech NTEN Things We Like. Patience pants.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 16, 2012

"I’m as big an advocate of a good firewall and a reputable anti-virus/spam package on all your systems as the next person. NTEN has done some great research on cloud computing. I also like Geri Stengel of Ventureneer ’s post on the NTEN blog, The Cloud: Not As Airy As You Thought. Tell us in the comments!

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Comment on articles, share your knowledge, and you will naturally attract people to want to know more about you. It should go without saying that we’re not advocating spamming blog comments with embedded links to your website – not only will that guarantee your comments get deleted, but you can also get yourself blacklisted.). (It

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Quality matters, of course, but the shear quantity and frequency of communications that most organizations seek to produce has increased dramatically -- whether its blogs, tweets, commenting, web site updates, collaborations, cross posting, press releases, or good old print brochures. Use a tool like Hootsuite to schedule your tweets.

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NTEN

JUNE 16, 2011

Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ] The recent change was engendered not by a desire to block volunteers or constituents from sharing information, but by a drastic increase in Spam. “Up Too much Spam or other weird things happening.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2009

In fact, with blogs and the ability to post comments, sometimes you're not even involved in some of your best or worst marketing efforts. While you may have control over the content on your web site and landing page, the reality is that on all other outlets your audiences are going to make comments and get involved. Not always.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

Doug mentioned attending the NTC/NTEN conference in New Orleans and had RSS and Tagging ringing in his ears. What kinds of comments do you make on other blogs? Generally I wrote an honest comment and respond to what the blogger wrote. I don't promote our organization, but I do leave an authentic comment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2008

His main point is that Twitter is not an advertising tool or spam tool. It's like starting a blog without first following and commenting on others blog. I like the way NTEN does it. There is also a generic organization one - but a lot of NTEN conversations happen through Holly and other staff. Not cold and institutional.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Quality matters, of course, but the shear quantity and frequency of communications that most organizations seek to produce has increased dramatically -- whether its blogs, tweets, commenting, web site updates, collaborations, cross posting, press releases, or good old print brochures. Use a tool like Hootsuite to schedule your tweets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2007

I've been trying to collect screen captures and stories about nonprofit web analytics for a screencast on Google Analytics for NTEN. " I asked him if would share a screen shot of the report and reflect a little further on his comment. He does suggest that comments per post is also another metric of quality. Anyone know?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Facebook doesn't automatically spam your email contacts. Maybe a few bloggers are regularly discussing your industry and you're ready to start engaging with them by commenting, setting up your own blog, or even inviting those bloggers to blog for your organization. Don't worry. What if it's too noisy out there? Congratulations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 10, 2008

The NTEN project WeAreMedia project is an excellent personal learning laboratory for reflection and insights about this topic. I'm noticing a lot of "edited by guest" changes coming through - so as long we don't get spam or mischief I think this good to encourage participation. Photo by Robert Francis. It grew organically.

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Care2

MAY 14, 2009

Open rates can be an unreliable metric due to spam filters, preview panes and image blocking -- all of which make it hard to know whether someone is actually opening (or reading) an email. However, as online programs have matured, the decline in the performance of email has slowed. Don’t be too alarmed though. Segment, test and repeat.

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

While spam is worse than it’s ever been, email continues to be the key to successful online fundraising programs – that’s a bit of surprise. I would like to acknowledge NTEN’s leadership in this area. And what are the major changes you have witnessed in those years? Seriously tho, great interview!

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

While spam is worse than it’s ever been, email continues to be the key to successful online fundraising programs – that’s a bit of surprise. I would like to acknowledge NTEN’s leadership in this area. And what are the major changes you have witnessed in those years? Seriously tho, great interview!

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Care2

JUNE 1, 2009

5) The furor about “junk mail” is mild compared to that about spam—as it should be, because online communications is prey to all sorts of fraud. June 4, 2009 | Ted Grigg Mal - I generally agree with your comments. August 23, 2009 | Gordon Steen As a consumer, yes, I do get more direct mail and all kinds of spam.

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