2013-05-24

Twitter Amplify Launched, TV Conversations on Steroids

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Twitter Amplify is a new program, launched to enhance the social TV conversation, which, according to Crimson Hexagon, takes place on Twitter in about 95% of the public instances. For those of you still watching TV, it is pretty obvious that all news have at least one Tweet, if not more, referenced. Roy Hibbert’s BIG [...]

Choosing the Nonprofit Social Media Maven

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Having a social media maven is now a prerequisite for the successful nonprofit. But how does someone not an expert in social media, choose an expert who will successfully plan and execute a social media campaign on behalf of an organization?

Pinterest Makes Pins Richer, Introduces Text Details for Images

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Pinterest has deals with popular websites, to categorize pins for products, movies and recipes according to their content, and providing the most useful text information to go with the image.

Kars For Kids On Facebook Ad Uses for Nonprofits

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Most nonprofits make use of Facebook by building pages and attracting fans. The nonprofit will hire a social media expert to engage the public there. There may be contests that specify that in order to be entered, users must “like” and “share” the page. Or the page may be enough of an attraction that people will like and share the page without contests or prodding.

10 Blog Uses for Nonprofits

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Thinking about starting a blog for your nonprofit but wondering how exactly a blog might make a difference? That may be because the blog is an unfa

Are You Safe on Twitter?

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You might not think about this often, but broadcasting on the Internet includes some risk—How safe are you when you use social networks like Twitter? How much personal information about you is available online? Could posting on Twitter make you more likely to become one of the millions of Americans hurt by identity theft? When [...]

4 Pinterest Tips for Nonprofits

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From the standpoint of nonprofits, making use of social media networks such as Twitter and Facebook is a no-brainer. These online communities allow nonprofits to tell potential donors about their work, engage the public, and drive traffic to nonprofit websites. Pinterest, on the other hand, may be a bit more difficult to understand, from the standpoint of a nonprofit. How can pinning items to a virtual bulletin accomplish any of those above mentioned goals?

MutualMind Takes Aim on Social Media Prowess for Business

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MutualMind, Inc., a Dallas social media listening and analytics developer, has just released their MutualMind Command Center (MCC) advancement for real-time social media monitoring service.

Women on Pinterest Get More repins, but Fewer Followers

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A new study was carried out recently by the Georgia Institute of Technology and University of Minnesota and compared two social networks: Twitter to Pinterest. The findings provide  insight into both social networks and are really interesting. First of all, ladies, you will be happy to hear that women get, on average, more repins than [...]

Women Vs. Men on Social Networks (Infographic)

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An infographic by Internet Service Providers, titled Battle of the (Social) Sexes, shows just how men and women are using Google+, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Facebook and Twitter.