Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 30, 2011

Google+ , the latest iteration on social networking from Google, is here. With all of that as a grain of salt to this post, I want to share a few reflections focused on security and control – the items touted ahead of launch as the elements positioning Google+ on the other side of Facebook.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Now that Google+ is open to everyone, all nonprofit staff can start experimenting and familiarizing themselves with Google+ before the brand pages, also known as Google+ Business Profiles , are launched later this month. Finally, I will be offering a Google+ and Google Products Webinar for Nonprofits on February 28, 2012.

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Robert Weiner

MAY 16, 2010

There are a few RSS feeds I don't want to miss. I have an RSS feed reader but I often go for days without looking at it. Some RSS feeds offer email subscriptions, but most don't. Once that's set up, click the My Feeds link in the upper-right corner. 2) Next, you need the RSS feed address for the page you want to track.

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Robert Weiner

OCTOBER 4, 2009

And I don't like having to look at a web page/feed reader every day to find out whether anything new has appeared on an RSS feed. I'm testing a solution that will deliver RSS updates to me via email: Feed My Inbox I'm starting with a few sites I want to track, but that are only updated occasionally.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 29, 2021

Google is very good at parsing content, but variations including number, parts of speech, and alternate spellings help, too. If you have a list, use the HTML for ordered (<ol>) or unordered (<ul>) lists to create bullet points that Google finds easy to index and users find easier to absorb. 5) Apply for a Google Grant.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 30, 2011

For a while yesterday, Google turned on the spigot and folks were able to freely invite others to Google+. Just how frustrating is it that it only works with old-style Google Accounts and not Google Apps accounts. When I go to Facebook, I typically skim back in my feed to see what I missed since my last visit.

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Judi Sohn

JULY 30, 2011

I’ve been struggling whether to write this post or file it under “don’t bite the hand that feeds you.&# At Fight Colorectal Cancer, we switched from web host email to Google Apps in 2007 and we haven’t looked back. Last summer, I set up Google Apps for my synagogue. Guess which won? With good reason.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2013

This past week, Google announced that it would close Google Reader on July 1st. Nonprofit technology colleague Nancy Schwartz shared that link and it prompted a lot of angst for many who had grown dependent on this free software. ” moment. I tend to do this one or two times a year.

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Wild Apricot

JANUARY 26, 2010

Google Reader has announced a new feature that lets users create an RSS feed to track changes to any web page, even if the site doesn’t publish a feed. It’s great new feature for your website visitors who use Google Reader, but what about people who use a different feedreader or like to get updates by email? read more ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Dan Michel, Digital Marketing Manager, Feeding America Twitter: @dpmichel. Dan is the Digital Marketing Manager for Feeding America where he oversees the execution of their external digital strategy which includes social media. Social Media Measurement is this month’s theme on the Zoetica Salon hosted on my blog Facebook page.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

However, to stand out from the other nearly one hundred million Facebook Pages vying for likes, comments, and shares, your nonprofit needs to excel at Facebook to ensure News Feed exposure. Their experience of your page will occur primarily in the News Feed. First impressions are important on social media.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Google Chrome September 4, 2008 The hiatus is over with a short entry about Google Chrome , the new browser from Google that I learned about on the twitterverse while I was stopped at one rest stop or another.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 15, 2022

Grab the RSS feed at the bottom of the search results page and add to Google Reader. Google Alerts can be used to listen for brand and competitor mentions and conversations. Google Trends can be used to watch macro search trends around your cause area. You can get results delivered via email or RSS feed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 1, 2008

For novices just starting to explore social media, I recommend google alerts as the first listening step because they didn't have learn another application (RSS Readers) to get started. I use google alerts, but always wished they had an RSS option. I get way too email that I can barely keep up.

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Wild Apricot

MARCH 12, 2009

There are many ways to publish any RSS feed on your own website — Feedburner’s BuzzBoost feature, and Widgetbox, for example, among a host of other methods including a Google Docs trick — but lately I’ve been using a free service called Feed Informer, for several reasons.( read more ).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Google Analytics, marketing automation platforms, donor management tools, and many of the other tools/products that are used daily by nonprofits have the ability to collect the data needed for personalization. Here’s an example of a personalized subject line – “[First Name], can you help feed a kid in need?”

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 28, 2023

A podcast is basically a coded feed of XML that lists the information about your podcast, titles, descriptions and a link to where the MP3 audio file lives. Shouldn’t this just be a number I can lookup on the backend of Apple Podcast once I set up my feed? The feed was submitted to iTunes Connect and the Stitcher Publisher portal.

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M+R

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Bluesky’s feed is chronological , making it easy to follow breaking news and do rapid response. We’ve watched dozens of social media platforms become punchlines (Google +, Myspace), become beloved elder-millenial nostalgia (Vine, Xanga), or get wildly overhyped (Yo). Former X users will need no time to figure out the functionality.

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NCE Social Media

JULY 3, 2013

3) You must use Social Media to replace the RRS Feeds that Google and others have dropped. RSS Feeds were a great tool to aggregate news from many sites into one place and you could make it your own. If someone likes a link and shares it all you have to do is refresh your social media feed. Use it wisely.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

How to get started: I suggest using Netvibes , you can also try iGoogle or even Google Reader. Use this step-by-step guide for adding RSS feeds. How to get started: I prefer Google Calendar , though you can use any shared calendar you have in place in your organization – DivvyHQ is designed specifically for this purpose.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 5, 2024

TikTok Ads Library: [link] Shows ads from brands, creators, influencers across different ad formats like in-feed, brand takeovers, etc. Google Ads Transparency Report: [link] Provides ad spend data across different advertiser industries and political entities. May not allow visibility into US ads.

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NCE Social Media

MARCH 20, 2013

In the past week Facebook anounced two changes that I think you should take note of: 1) they are going to start allowing hashtags to be posted in status updates and 2) they changed the news feed again. You would then be alerting people that the theme is autism and at the same time helping search features of Facebook, Google, etc.,

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TechImpact

APRIL 8, 2014

Following too few accounts will not allow you to fully utilize the platform, while following too many can over-saturate your feed, making it impossible to find the pertinent content. This innovative feed provides information about the always changing Facebook algorithm. Look no further than Jay Frost’s Twitter feed. AllFacebook.

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.orgSource

JULY 25, 2023

ChatGPT and Bard, its Google counterpart, can explain the ins and outs of SEO and generate a list of plausible keywords. If you were to feed Bard all of that data, you would probably have the foundation for a decent analysis. You can also identify links that may be harming your results.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

SEO Google now indexes tweets in the search results. Back in 2015, Twitter and Google formed a partnership by which Google has access to the Twitter stream. “The The post may also appear in your followers’ News Feeds. Posts may be shown again in your followers’ News Feeds.

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Communication Tools In remote or hybrid workplaces, organizations are likely already utilizing popular tools like email, Slack , Teams , Google Meet , Zoom , etc. Google Docs can be used to create collaborative agendas or meeting minutes. Try to keep discussions to relevant project conversations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2008

Let's say that you have mastered using an RSS reader like bloglines or google reader or event NetVibes to read feeds. And you've integrated reading feeds from blogs and web sites into your daily routine. If using google alerts and blogreaders are great entry steps, how do you take your listening to the next level?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Add Google Wallet to the list. Well, as of October 2012, Google Wallet is the first wallet service to launch the ability to donate online via a Google Wallet “Donate” button. The new time allotment and updated tool list is as follows: Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and YouTube: 15 Hours Weekly.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Want to know how many clicks your Twitter feed gets on Mondays vs Wednesdays? Google Analytics alone has 9 different categories, with 46 subsections listed underneath them. Impressions: Your nonprofit is creating great content on its blog, and running exciting contests on its social media feeds. No problem.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2014

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 short version is, Facebook has the ability to make you feel good or bad, just by tweaking what shows up in your news feed.” – eMarketer -.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Finding Feeds. Netvibes will let you track all kinds of things online, all by using RSS feeds or ready-built widgets. Here are some of the best ways to start listening online: Google Alerts. This free service from Google let’s you identify key words, phrases, or URLs that you want to track. Twitter Search.

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Whole Whale

MAY 12, 2020

Include links for them to play it on their player of choice giving links to Spotify, Apple, Google, Stitcher and any other popular ones for your audience. Look at pages that already get a lot of organic traffic on relevant topics with Google Analytics and add your podcast player to them. Cast Feed Validator by Blubrry.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2020

Feeding America is an excellent example of a website with well-structured and simple navigation. To begin, follow these steps: Install Google Analytics on your website so you have detailed information about your traffic and where it is coming from. Embrace simplicity in navigation. Install an SSL Certificate on your website.

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Candid

APRIL 15, 2024

Creative Googling: Think outside the box when researching. Google conference speakers lists to learn about the organizations they work for. Creative Googling can uncover prospects you hadn’t considered and connections you can leverage. Read up on them, learn about their leadership, and explore connections on LinkedIn.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2009

Joey pointed out that Facebook's donation to Donors Choose in lieu of holiday party and Google's $20 million donation to selected charities in lieu of holiday gifts to Adsense and Adwords products is not cause washing.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 22, 2013

Google, etc. 5) You are ignoring Google+. Google has been slowly merging Google Search, YouTube, Gmail, Blogger, Wallet, Photos, Location, Mobile, Videos, etc. into Google+. Ignore Google+ at your own peril! Free Webinar: Google+ and Google+ Hangouts for Nonprofits ]. Pinterest is like Twitter.

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AFP Blog

MARCH 18, 2013

RSS app Feedly gains half a million new users after the death of Google Reader | memeburn

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