NCE Social Media

MAY 28, 2010

According to Google’s ad planner , social network sites now account for more than 50% of all unique website visitors. This list, which is based on April 2010 data, “excludes adult sites, ad networks, domains that don’t have publicly visible content or don’t load properly, and certain Google sites.&#

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

For the past six years I have spent 50 to 60 hours a week utilizing Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Foursquare to promote nonprofits. The brutal but honest — and hopefully well-received — truth is that the majority of nonprofits are making mistakes on social-networking sites that directly undermine their ROI.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2010

They move with you to The Next Big Thing i.e., from MySpace to Facebook to Twitter to Foursquare. Social media skeptics often say that it’s a waste of time to utilize social networking sites because they are here today, and then gone tomorrow. This is when the MySpace vs. Facebook debate began to rage in the blogoshphere.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

The mobile web’s growth is exploding as well as the use of social networking sites on the mobile devices. I would greatly appreciate you checking out the new site on your mobile phone and letting me know how it looks in a comment below. Tags: Mobile Technology Facebook Flickr LinkedIn MySpace Twitter YouTube. Suggestions?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 10, 2010

years, I have been providing lots of little tips on how nonprofits can increase their ROI through my Twitter , Facebook , YouTube , and MySpace Best Practices, but now that the vast majority of nonprofits utilize social media and have been for awhile, I think most of us are ready some more advanced strategies. For the last 4.5

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 17, 2010

I would argue that indeed “Nonprofit Organizations&# is a brand that I started building on MySpace five years ago. There is also the Nonprofit Organizations MySpace , the Nonprofit Organizations Twitter profile , the Nonprofit Organizations YouTube Channel , and the Social Media for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Even when I wasn’t at home at my desk, I was on my iPhone updating Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc. The good news is that I have found using Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, etc. It’s great to stay in touch with friends on social networking sites, but make sure you keep it old school and connect on the phone or in person.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

MySpace and Facebook weren’t being utilized by nonprofits in 2007 (except for a few early adopters) and Twitter did not exist. Today these sites have transformed how people use the Internet and get their news. 5) To grow your fans and followers on social networking sites. 2) To improve your search engine results.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 4, 2010

These resources are invaluable when looking for quality content to utilize and share on social media sites. 4096 Color Wheel : A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, etc. Alexa Top Sites : This website illuminates what sites are the most popular in the world today.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

The hours don’t reflect exactly how much time one should spend on the sites themselves, rather the time spent and the time necessary researching and preparing the content for each social network, setting up and maintaining the profile and pages, and tracking ROI. Chapter 2 :: What About Myspace? A New Myspace has launched.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 25, 2011

In the meantime, nonprofit staff can prepare for the launch of the new brand pages, also known as Google+ Entity Profiles , by creating a Google Account and then setting up your personal Google Profile (which then also becomes your personal Google+ Profile when you get invited to join Google+ or the site comes out of beta). e-Newsletter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Additionally, Google Reader allows you to Share content on your various social media sites directly from your Google account. Second, while logged into your new account, add the Twitter , Facebook , YouTube , MySpace , Flickr , etc. iGoogle Home > MySpace. I am using the Sierra Club Theme (see the screenshots below).

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Administrators of Causes accounts on MySpace received a notice via email stating, “Thank you for the work you’ve done on Causes on MySpace. The message indicated that all Causes-related pages and content on MySpace would be taken down at the end of the week. First, let me explain what happened yesterday.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Administrators of Causes accounts on MySpace received a notice via email stating, “Thank you for the work you’ve done on Causes on MySpace. The message indicated that all Causes-related pages and content on MySpace would be taken down at the end of the week. First, let me explain what happened yesterday.

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NetWits

JUNE 7, 2011

Don’t count out the smaller sites, as together with Twitter and Email, they account for 62% of social sharing. Takeaway: While Facebook is important for inclusion, it is not the end-all, be-all of social sharing. 4) Private Versus Public Social Networks.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

For the last week, there’s been a rich discussion about Causes and the way that it abruptly, without much notice, left MySpace (deleting all of the related content, connections, communications, etc.). (To Blobbers (as we call users of the site) browse, give advice, comment, and vote on each others’ ideas.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

My guess would be either MySpace, YouTube, or Facebook Causes. We’re using all of the main social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, etc. Facebook and Flickr have been two of the most useful social media sites. I would say MySpace has dropped off the most for us. Yes, we definitely are. Anything else?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

In many cases, supporters will recognize your avatar on social media sites long before their brains even begin to register the name of your nonprofit. and likely many more sites in the future. The visual appeal of your social media avatar is very important to the success of building your online brand.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

Below are the 11 TwtPoll results that I think are the most telling: 1) Is your nonprofit planning on utilizing mobile technology in 2010 (live Tweeting, group texting, iPhone Apps, launching a mobile site)? [ [link] ]. 5% A social networking site (like Facebook). 9% MySpace. 39% Yes… it’s in the works. 22% 501-2,500.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 29, 2010

There’s also been a bit of controversy around the Causes application specifically, due to it’s decision to abandon the MySpace platform and offer it’s application/services only to the Facebook community. You can read more about the MySpace/Facebook move here , here , and here.). 25 median donation amount.

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NetWits

JULY 10, 2012

Launching in February 2004 for students at Harvard University it quickly became a popular site and expanded to other colleges in the Boston area, the Ivy Leagues, and Stanford University. Based on our research we know that Facebook and Twitter are the top sites used by nonprofits and the social networks with the largest user base.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

MySpace estimates that 50% of its Website traffic will be mobile within 24 months. All the major social media sites have mobile versions of their Websites: m.twitter.com , m.facebook.com , m.youtube.com , m.myspace.com , m.flickr.com , m.linkedin.com , etc. The Web and how people use it is transforming quickly.

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Social Media Mobile Media Myspace 194

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

For the last week, there’s been a rich discussion about Causes and the way that it abruptly, without much notice, left MySpace (deleting all of the related content, connections, communications, etc.). (To Blobbers (as we call users of the site) browse, give advice, comment, and vote on each others’ ideas.

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Myspace Award Platform Advice 165

Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Going “viral” on social media sites is extremely rare, and instantaneous success is a myth. For your nonprofit to succeed on social media sites, make sure that your social media manager (a.k.a. Effective social media managers enjoy engaging with and responding to comments on social media sites. Just a FYI. But that era is over.

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Social Media Effective Media Management 273

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

Make new friends (Google+) and keep the old (Myspace). They move with you from one site to the next and maybe in the case of Myspace, back again. That said, one thing we don’t know yet about social networking communities is if they will also migrate back to a social networking site after it has died.

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Social Media Media Management Social 234

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

The hours don’t reflect exactly how much time one should spend on the sites themselves, rather the time spent and the time necessary researching and preparing the content for each social network, setting up and maintaining the profile and pages, and tracking ROI. Chapter 2 :: What About Myspace? A New Myspace has launched.

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Social Media Social Chapter Media 207

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Alexa Top Sites :: alexa.com/topsites. Alexa Top Sites :: alexa.com/topsites.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

I use them on my website, Facebook Pages, MySpace, and most importantly, on the right side of this blog. Save some time and just right-click the icons below for those sites your organization uses: I know many of you want to know how to add these icons to your blog, website, Facebook Pages, etc. The size is 64 pixels by 64 pixels.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Back in 2006 when I joined the organization we had a MySpace page with 25 friends. From there I signed us up for various Facebook groups and profiles and continued experimenting sites like Change.org and Care2. Right now our organization gets more than 20% of the traffic from the surplus of social media sites we are on.

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Social Media National Interview Media 190

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 3, 2012

Blogger, LinkedIn and Myspace all launched in 2003. blogs and social networking sites) campaigns into mobile format. We’re almost a decade into using social media and yet one of the most striking realities when I give in-person social media trainings is the wide variety of experience of the nonprofits in the room.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Within a few minutes and a couple of clicks, your nonprofit could have a new promotional video that you can use on your Web site, your Blog, in your e-mail newsletters, and on social networking sites. A couple of things to notice: 1) People can “Share&# your videos on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and via E-mail with one-click.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Ideally, it should match your Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, MySpace and Foursquare URLs. Unlike Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, MySpace, and Foursquare, this image should be rectangular, not square. Unlike Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, MySpace, and Foursquare, this image should be rectangular, not square. For example, www.ustream.tv/user/nonprofitorgs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Alexa Top Sites :: alexa.com/topsites. Alexa Top Sites :: alexa.com/topsites.

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Fun Resource Stats Wikipedia 230

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

At the time, nonprofits were primarily only using Myspace and YouTube. The media had made Myspace, and social networking in general, out to be dangerous, life-threatening even. Originally published in the November 2011 issue of Fundraising Success Magazine where I have written a quarterly column throughout 2011.

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Social Media Media Social Stats 236

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 28, 2010

Web 2.0 = Blogs, wikis, and social networking sites. It’s one person or organization publishing content to many on social networking sites who then re-publish your content to their friends, fans, followers, connections, etc. At its core, Web 2.0 is the beginning of two-way communication in the online public commons. You use Web 2.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 8, 2009

First impressions are important on social media sites, and this page sends a clear message that CMU gets Facebook and is taking it seriously. Ironcially, in 2010 your going to see MySpace on that list. They are fully integrating Facebook Connect into their website which is great news for those nonprofits utilizing MySpace.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Based in Dublin, Ireland, Ammado is a social network just like Facebook or MySpace, but whose primary focus is to empower people and nonprofits worldwide to fundraise and donate online. icon and embed it on your Web site, blog, Facebook Page, etc.! Not any anymore… thanks to Ammado.com.

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