January 2010
20 posts
Great portfolio/agency website: agoodmanonline.com... →
Illustrates how clear and authentic narrative can overcome many things — not least the green-screen/virtual-spokesperson gambit on a website’s homepage. Usually I find these sales pitches about as…
A Collection of Social Network Stats for 2010 «... →
“For the third year running (see 2008, 2009) I’m going to aggregate stats in the social networking space on a single blog post, and update it through the year. Data fiends should bookmark this post…
“Ezra Klein says that “a Democratic Party that would abandon their central...”
– FDL Action » FDL Statement on Health Care Reform
“The Democrats have less than 10 months to start governing as a people-powered...”
– Senate election thread
13 Twitter Search Examples for Nonprofits -... →
How to put twitter search to work to power a finely tuned real-time listening post for your dot-org. Especially useful: provides search syntax for each query that’ll yield better signal-to-noise in…
Ultimate Guide To Using WordPress For A Portfolio... →
Ah, Smashing Magazine…. another collection of high-quality WordPress themes, in this case specifically tailored for portfolio sites.
3 Powerful Social Good Trends in 2010 →
Completely on-the-money post from change.org founder Ben Rattray. “Three trends – providing new ways of giving voice, giving time and giving work – represent the future of social change on the web.”
How To Create An Incentive For Visitors To Fan... →
via @johnhaydon, a neat FBML trick allows you to create a tab that displays content only to those who’ve fan’d you. (Value proposition better be worth it.)
How to set up a Facebook fan page that works →
Some good nitty gritty details here.
Nonprofit Salesforce.com Practitioners | Google... →
Very active community, and a huge archive of accrued wisdom on nonprofit implementations of Salesforce. Cool-io.
Fast Company :: building a corporate alumni... →
“There’s a way to keep people working with you even after they stop working for you. Here is a five-point program on how to build a successful alumni network for your company.”
What’s Working for Social Media Marketers? -... →
Avatar Induces the 'Life Is Elsewhere' syndrome?
Lots of facile noise on twitter about this CNN story:
James Cameron’s completely immersive spectacle “Avatar” may have been a little too real for some fans who say they have experienced depression and suicidal thoughts after seeing the film because they long to enjoy the beauty of the alien world Pandora.
Easy pickin’s for jokesters, no doubt. But I relate:
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“In 2010, Google plans to expose and elicit more of the social network built into...”
– Google’s Approach to Social for 2010 – GigaOM
Where to look for blogs on a given topic
Tidbit from a Brogan post on blogger relations:
Not sure where to find the bloggers you need? Use these resources:
Alltop – the Internet’s magazine rack.
Google Blogsearch – search by topic.
Twitter Search – find bloggers by what they tweet about.
Postrank Topics – search by topic.
Always forget about using Postrank in this way — really very useful as a blog directory.
How We Use Twitter at Forum One →
Jim Cashel, who started the Online Community Report way back in prehistoric times (1996), describes goals and metrics for his firm’s use of twitter.