This blog has a great post about how to take advantage of the Facebook Notes section to drive traffic to your blog, providing you have an RSS feed. Check it out!
http://www.corporatedollar.org/2009/02/leverage-notes-application-facebook-traffic-blog/
If you give this a try, please share results with all of us by leaving a comment below.
Friday, April 10, 2009
DDC Tip: Formatting Your Emails
Before sending out any email to your advocates, you check to make sure the spelling is correct and you’ve hyperlinked and inserted the correct merge fields… but, have you formatted? The formatting features in the email toolbar help your email to appear clean and easy to read. It’s great to use when highlighting important aspects of a bill and informing advocates of key message points.
If you need to indent your text, you can use the “TAB” button or the “increase indent” on the toolbar. Using the spacebar will not guarantee your formatting will show up in an advocates’ inbox the way you’d like it to!
You can use bullets to spell out what provisions are in a bill you’re asking for their help on. Highlight the text you’d like to have bulleted and then click on the “Bullet” button on the toolbar.
Feel free to test out some of the features by emailing to yourself first! Happy formatting!
If you need to indent your text, you can use the “TAB” button or the “increase indent” on the toolbar. Using the spacebar will not guarantee your formatting will show up in an advocates’ inbox the way you’d like it to!
You can use bullets to spell out what provisions are in a bill you’re asking for their help on. Highlight the text you’d like to have bulleted and then click on the “Bullet” button on the toolbar.
Feel free to test out some of the features by emailing to yourself first! Happy formatting!
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Twitter for Beginners
If you're new to Twitter, this site has some great information and resources to help you get started. Check it out at http://p2pt0.wetpaint.com/page/Twitter.
The #p2 wiki is part of site- Progressives 2.0- for progressives using social media. In addition to learning how you can get started with your own Twitter account, you can find a list of other organizations using Twitter, learn about associated tools like TweetDeck, and read about the benefits of hashtags.
With all these great resources, I just might be propelled into the world of Twitter myself. See you there!
The #p2 wiki is part of site- Progressives 2.0- for progressives using social media. In addition to learning how you can get started with your own Twitter account, you can find a list of other organizations using Twitter, learn about associated tools like TweetDeck, and read about the benefits of hashtags.
With all these great resources, I just might be propelled into the world of Twitter myself. See you there!
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Tweet, tweet
Some great information about using Twitter for business, I find a lot of it is relevant to our efforts as well. Check out this great internet marketing blog for lots of recent posts about Twitter.
A few to check out:
* Is 22 Tweets-Per-Day the Optimum?
* New Data on Top Twitter Applications and Usage
* Can Having a Twitter Bio Get You 8 Times as Many Followers?
A few to check out:
* Is 22 Tweets-Per-Day the Optimum?
* New Data on Top Twitter Applications and Usage
* Can Having a Twitter Bio Get You 8 Times as Many Followers?
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Sharing Social Media lessons...
Today, Clarissa participated in a webinar presented by Harris Interactive and Virilion called the Power of Social Media: Impact on Healthcare Nonprofits and Charities. The data was based on survey results of non profit volunteers. Some highlights are included here, and you can access the complete slide presentation on the O drive at: O:\National Center\ADV\Grassroots\Let's Talk Grassroots- Blog Links\2-24-09.ppt
Clarissa wanted to share a few key learnings that impact our work in grassroots:
An increasing number of volunteers want the organization they work with to engage in social media forums. The demographics for who uses social media shows a fairly even split among men and women and the average age is mid 30s, college educated. The 50+ and 65+ plus generation’s adoption of social media has doubled just in the past quarter. Those using social media want to hear about organizational news, the organization’s view on politics, what you are doing to influence policy, as well as how to get involved. The messenger they prefer is a non staff voice, they would like to hear from fellow volunteers. The volunteer base would like to hear about the day to day work of the organization via social media tools. And Facebook remains the number one space people use with Twitter only accounting for 9% of usage.
*You can view a recording of the presentation at https://www323.livemeeting.com/cc/1100006390/view?id=M2NTHG
Clarissa wanted to share a few key learnings that impact our work in grassroots:
An increasing number of volunteers want the organization they work with to engage in social media forums. The demographics for who uses social media shows a fairly even split among men and women and the average age is mid 30s, college educated. The 50+ and 65+ plus generation’s adoption of social media has doubled just in the past quarter. Those using social media want to hear about organizational news, the organization’s view on politics, what you are doing to influence policy, as well as how to get involved. The messenger they prefer is a non staff voice, they would like to hear from fellow volunteers. The volunteer base would like to hear about the day to day work of the organization via social media tools. And Facebook remains the number one space people use with Twitter only accounting for 9% of usage.
*You can view a recording of the presentation at https://www323.livemeeting.com/cc/1100006390/view?id=M2NTHG
Friday, February 20, 2009
Paper Doll booklets- How's it going?
It's Go Red luncheon season, and we want to hear how YTC recruitment is going with the Paper Doll booklets and postcards. If you're having success, what's the secret? What's working well for you? We want to hear your challenges, too! If you are struggling to recruit with the booklets and postcards, tell us what's not working. What are the roadblocks to success?
Click comment and share your thoughts on this post. I'm looking forward to a robust conversation!
Click comment and share your thoughts on this post. I'm looking forward to a robust conversation!
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
More from I2M conference...
Several of our colleagues recently attended the Innovate to Motivate conference, and they've been sharing feedback. Brian Bowser, Grassroots Coordinator for the South Central Affiliate, shared the following thoughts:
"One of the more interesting sessions focused on offline advocacy and the importance face to face interaction between advocates and decision makers. To me it seemed like common sense that an in-person visit is more meaningful than a fax, phone call, or email, but the session was still very insightful. The presenter was a professor from USC with a PhD in psychology and provided scientific evidence along with a case study to prove his point.
The basic premise was that as online communication tools become more popular and sophisticated the less effective they are. If everyone is able to deliver hundreds of emails to the capitol then the affect is essentially canceled out. In all cases is it advantageous to go back to what works….live meetings between real people. It is harder to say "no" to someone directly but it is also easier to read non verbal cues like apprehension or reluctance that isn't possible online.
With the new focus around offline goals this year and the activities we have already accomplished in our affiliate I see us as well positioned to be effective advocates moving forward. I also didn't interpret the presentation as saying we should abandon our online system, in fact we need to continue to build and improve on it, but at the same time not rely solely on it."
You can also check out the post below with Terri's lessons from the conference!
"One of the more interesting sessions focused on offline advocacy and the importance face to face interaction between advocates and decision makers. To me it seemed like common sense that an in-person visit is more meaningful than a fax, phone call, or email, but the session was still very insightful. The presenter was a professor from USC with a PhD in psychology and provided scientific evidence along with a case study to prove his point.
The basic premise was that as online communication tools become more popular and sophisticated the less effective they are. If everyone is able to deliver hundreds of emails to the capitol then the affect is essentially canceled out. In all cases is it advantageous to go back to what works….live meetings between real people. It is harder to say "no" to someone directly but it is also easier to read non verbal cues like apprehension or reluctance that isn't possible online.
With the new focus around offline goals this year and the activities we have already accomplished in our affiliate I see us as well positioned to be effective advocates moving forward. I also didn't interpret the presentation as saying we should abandon our online system, in fact we need to continue to build and improve on it, but at the same time not rely solely on it."
You can also check out the post below with Terri's lessons from the conference!
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