Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

How does he find and pick feeds? How does he use RSS feeds for building relationships? How does he use sites like Techmeme/DIGG vs. niche blogs? How does he configure it to save time? What are simple keyboard shortcuts anyone can use? How can you catch his eye with your posts?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2007

Digg Swarm - visualization of what is going through Digg. Google reader has google reader sharing - reblogging - Imagine a power RSS user culls posts that are really useful and clicks share - and creates an exhaust feed of items. After the call, set up an account and tried grabbing the RSS feeds from del.icio.us

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JULY 2, 2009

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!" The reports are filled with listings on Technorati, Google, Diggs, and links back to your website.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 27, 2007

I learned something today from two of my readers, Nick Temple and Michele Martin about to add the "Share on Facebook" and "Digg This" links to your posts automatically on typepad. When you are reading this blog in a reader, to you use the feed flare options? Nick asked the question. I saw this on her blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2009

Additionally, PostRanks are calculated one of two ways, either comparing a site's content against its own past performance only (feed-based PostRank). So in that case you can compare TechCrunch to Mashable, for example, if you wanted to, but with feed-based you're not being ranked against any sites/posts but your own.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2007

" I used the technique two years ago for a presentation at the first netsquared conference called " I Tag the Hand that Feeds Me " or what I should retitle "Meet Sally." re becoming popular on Digg and a number of the other big social news networks regularly because of the strength of our content.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2009

As a mention in your Twitter feed, and clicking through to read the rest. As an excerpt on your Facebook feed, and clicking through to read the rest. When they find it saved by someone on a social bookmarking site like del.icio.us , StumbleUpon or Digg When another blogger links to it on their blog.

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APRIL 14, 2010

While at WWD I had my posts make it to the front page of Digg a few times, and the front page of Yahoo! You can subscribe to the site via RSS , but when I post it does automatically feed out to Twitter and Facebook. once which was a trip. I quit because I prefer to concentrate my professional attention in the nonprofit world.

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APRIL 14, 2010

While at WWD I had my posts make it to the front page of Digg a few times, and the front page of Yahoo! You can subscribe to the site via RSS , but when I post it does automatically feed out to Twitter and Facebook. once which was a trip. I quit because I prefer to concentrate my professional attention in the nonprofit world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2006

Yep, and you should also learn how to use an RSS reader so you can efficiently monitor those feeds and respond. You also might to check out some widgets that combine social networking with stats like mybloglog.com. Tap the Blogs. And here's a good listener's guide. Donations with Squidoo. I'd also take a look at widget fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2008

  We're talking about tools like Digg, Stumbleupon, Reddit and others.  These services are powered by the RSS feeds that each network offers to its users and makes following activity across sites easier and in one spot.    Which ones are you using, what are the best tips and resources?

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MAY 22, 2009

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!" Custom RSS feeds let you get quick updates on blogs that mention your organizations name.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2007

Kevin Rose of Digg fame launched a new social sharing site called Pownce to much buzz and mixed reviews. I also made sure that my mini-feed keep my activity on the NpTech Group visible. My Flickr Stream. Pownce lets you share files, links, and other info with your friends. It is a competitor of twitter and jaiku.

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MAY 27, 2010

They built an iGoogle dashboard and fed RSS feeds based on information they were seeking in online social networks. Then, grab the search RSS feed and add it to your iGoogle. We used this technique for DIGG, forums, Twitter, Bing, and Google and then set up various searches along with monitoring of certain Twitter feeds.

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MAY 21, 2009

Tagging on social bookmarking sites like delicious, Digg, etc. Share important news, feed them useful stats and resources that relates to your cause and the issues they have been writing about. Word of mouth, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

As a mention in your Twitter feed, and clicking through to read the rest. As an excerpt on your Facebook feed, and clicking through to read the rest. When they find it saved by someone on a social bookmarking site like del.icio.us , StumbleUpon or Digg. When someone emails it to them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 11, 2009

But, what I can't easily do for a specific blog post is see who is referring to the article in other places on the social web, like Twitter, Friendfeed, Digg, and the like. It also returns the search results and you can grab an RSS feed as well. That's where the recently launched BackType Connect comes in.

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MAY 3, 2011

You can track your donations directly against your outreach, noting which feed posts cause your biggest spikes. I was most recently at Digg. At Digg there were a lot of PR issues, and as the community manager there I had to work very closely with PR. There are no PR nightmares like we faced monthly at Digg.

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APRIL 13, 2009

RSS feeds are your friends. Make sure you are hooked up to an RSS reader such as Google Reader or Netvibes to monitor everything from Twitter to Blogs to what stories hit the front page of Digg. These influencers will be the first ones to react positively or negatively to information and share that information with their networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

We have the NPTech Meta Tag Feed (which aggregates about dozen feeds of NpTech tagged items and I'm still using for various reasons); Kikono.org (which uses an NpTech feed and digg like features) and now we have the two pipes from NTEN - the NTC pipe and the NpTech Pipe.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2008

Several days later, Jonathan Colman set up a digg and announced it in the NpTech Friend Feed Room. It got 189 diggs. So, ran a google analytics reports on visitors and there was definitely a rise on the day I gave the presentation. Here's the report.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2008

One that I've used is Commentful is a service that watches comments on blog posts, Digg submissions, Flickr galleries, and many other types of content. When ever there is a new comment, Commentful notifies you via email, RSS Feed or you can install an extension for Firefox. Williambrook mentions a plugin to follow your comments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

Tell me what thy wildlife name is on the twitter feed-but be sure! With Twitter, Facebook, Digg and Stumbleupon gone are the days forgotten lore. My twitter feed: [link]. NWF's Twitter feed: [link]. Ghastly grim and empty forums we'll be faced with nevermore! Share the findings, 'forever more.'.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 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!" How about Digg ? 60) Search « Would you like a share of $5 million?

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NOVEMBER 16, 2006

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NOVEMBER 13, 2006

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!" 60) Search « The Coming Wave of Web 2.0 60) Search « The Coming Wave of Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

It is based on some open source code called Pligg that creates a "digg" like interface. TechSoup has RSS feeds too! Flickr photo from jhritz NpDigg: The Insect Antennae? npdigg.org , cooked up by the nonprofittech blog , is up and running. Heather from Aspiration shares her process for securing a venue for Penguin Day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Searching between the cracks There are so many different places where nptech resources are being aggregated and thanks to Yahoo pipes many variations on the meta feeds that occassionally you discover little pockets of resources that either get lost in the flow or don't make it into the main fire hoses for one reason or another.

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APRIL 14, 2009

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!" RSS feeds are your friends.

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2009

We want friends lists, favorites, ranking with stars, and perhaps ranking like Digg does. This community will grow, attracting new talent and ideas, which all feeds back into the quality of the project. First, let's take a look at what can happen if we dive directly into the technology and overlook the actual needs of our community.

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JULY 15, 2008

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Reddit, Quora, and Digg provide discussion channels. Facebook is considering moving all organic page content to a new, segregated feed. By leveraging social advertising, you can ensure that your posts reach your intended audience and aren’t left out of critical news feeds. Know how your audience differs on each social channel.

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JUNE 11, 2008

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!" Read blogs, get into social networks, register at Digg and then go sit in a corner and listen.

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OCTOBER 20, 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!" If youve ever used My Yahoo! The ever popular widgets seen on blogs, for example, take advantage of APIs.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2006

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!" By: Simon Jackson. Campaign to Red List the Kermode Spirit Bear.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

It takes your RSS feed and applies engagement metrics, analyzing the types and frequency of an audience's interaction with your content. You can actually go back and review your entire feed. Should There Be A Social Actions Category on Digg? This analysis took all of five minutes. Twitter As Charitable Gift Spreader.

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APRIL 20, 2009

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