Social Media Marketing for Non-Profits links

Posted on June 28, 2010 by admin

Social Media for Non-Profits links

Author’s quick guide to Social Media Marketing, iPhone data plans explained, BP PR display ads, the useful 33% of Twitter users, jQuery for better columns

Posted on June 14, 2010 by admin

These are my links for May 31st through June 14th:

jQuery Masonry · David DeSandro – Intriguing way to tesselate content areas. Better than CSS floats, David Desandro’s method minimizes empty areas caused by content area heights in the same row.
One-Third of Twitter Users Talk Brands – eMarketer – There are a finite number of influencers in the social space who will _ever_ consider talking brand or products. As this plateau continues, the competition for a share of voice with these influencers will become more and more fierce. Better spend some time on creative social presence, and stop just pushing out coupons.
BP buys oil spill PPC ads: Nice idea, poor execution | Econsultancy – Interesting use of PPC display ads as PR damage control. We’ve seen this done with AdWords, but display ads area an even louder (faster?) way to respond to negative press.
Candid answers from AT&T on the new iPhone data plans – The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) – Everything you really need to know about the AT&T plans.
An Author’s Plan for Social Media Efforts « [chrisbrogan.com] – Just change the word “book” to product or brand, and this post is a great how to guide for social influence marketing.

Posted on April 12, 2010 by admin

Personal Tech: Apple iPad FAQ’s – @pogue answers all of the important questions I had about iPad. Video out, how’s the typing experience (really), USB, they 12hr battery life claim is not a myth.
Facebook’s New Solution For Unofficial Pages: Community Pages – Facebook makes a distinction between brand pages and pages meant to build community around a topic. Think it will take off?
BRITE: Influence on Twitter can’t be purchased with Kim Kardashian | Econsultancy – Can you buy influence on Twitter? Maybe this should say “meaningful influence”?
iPhone and iPad Stock Files – collis – GraphicRiver – iPad UI graphic elements kits from Envato for your application design and wireframing needs.
Custom Post Types in WordPress 3.0 – Custom post types is going to be a game changer for my dev team. We currently use a few plugins to massage WordPress into a CMS, namely Flutter and Secondary HTML Content. Custom post types might eliminate the need for those plugins. RT @danielbachhuber.
Mirror files across systems with rsync – Backup utilities – Lifehacker – I know this is the right way to backup. Real geeks use rsync. I haven’t had the chance to poke this bear yet, but Gina’s article is where I’ll start.

Posted on March 8, 2010 by admin

These are my links for March 4th through March 8th:

Digital Lift Off – Digital media spending officially passes print.
The New News – Where are we really getting our news? Stats from Pew Internet -
Advertising on Facebook Strikes Some as Off-Key – NYTimes.com – Ad quality on Facebook is getting noticably spammy. I often “delete” ads for “irrelevance” so that Facebook will take the hint, but I’m realizing that what I really want is a way to mark an ad as “low quality” or “spam”. Facebook might investigate these ads differently than the ones I mark irrelevant. I’d be flagging them as detrimental to the whole FB ad platform, not just irrelevant to my interests.
How to Add / Embed YouTube Videos & Flash in Facebook Static FBML pages – A very clear tutorial on how to show a YouTube video on a Facebook Fan Page. Make sure you install the Static FBML app, then use the FBML markup here.
8 Essential Apps for Your Brand’s Facebook Page – Thanks to Allison Driscoll’s for this Mashable article recommending possibly the 8 best apps for Facebook Fan Pages. The second half of this article goes into Facebook Fan pages that are utilizing these Facebook Apps well. The article is 9 months old, but she’s provided a nice little Facebook Fan Page best practices guide here.