Great Links in #NPTech
People to Follow on Twitter SocialBttrfly TechSoup’s Digital Storytelling Event TechSoup Digital Storytelling Event 2011 — Techsoup Storytelling goes digital with TechSoup’s help — SocialBrite Blogging 5 Ways to PWN the Cause Blog — BlogWorld Expo Blog Social Media Nonprofits gain online savvy from Woods social media students — FundRaising Success How to Add Calls [...]
Scripting News: Proposal: A new kind of blog comment system
In a post on Scripting.com, Dave Winer says the following: I know some people think that blogs are conversations, but I don’t. I think they’re publications. And I think the role of comments is to add value to the posts. If you want to rebut a post, then you can create your own blog and [...]
#blogchat resources – 06/27/10
#blogchat transcript #blogchat participant list First-timers: @tammikibler @kathybabb @destigarribia @michelletripp Resource Links: Study: 43% of Online Americans Addicted to Social Networking What I Learned about Networking When I Asked a Stranger for a Kidney Mack Collier to host a special edition of #CommsChat on Monday 28 June The Origins of #blogchat 17 Killer Techniques for [...]
#blogchat Resources – 06/20/10
#blogchat on 6/20/10 was all about how to launch and promote your blog. There was a lot of great discussion and resources shared. There’s a transcript available, if you want to read through the chat. There were a bunch of new first-timers: JohnDeereTara sarahzcordell ElFury dstevenwhite tacordon dailyasker crystalcattle JulieSergerie Many of the people that [...]
The importance of blog design – #blogchat recap 06/13/10
Last week’s blogchat was all about blog design. We discussed platforms (Blogger, WordPress, Tumblr, Posterous and others), plugins and widgets, and other more traditional design ideas (colors, layout, etc.). If you’re interested in other people’s take on the discussion, check out these recaps from @ianmrountree and @riyaznet: Lessons from #blogchat – Blog Design Killer Tips [...]
#blogchat Recap – Using Twitter to Promote your Blog – 5/23/10
The #blogchat topic on 5/23/10 was how to use Twitter to promote your blog. The topic was largely inspired by Mack Collier‘s experiment from the previous week on how increasing his engagement on Twitter increased his number of followers, increased the page views on his blog, and increased the number of subscribers to his blog. [...]
Blogging Tips and Tricks
Ideas from the Experts @Unmarketing – Frequently Futile – How Often Should You Blog Beth Kanter – The Art of Blogging WordPress 7 Fun WordPress Alternative Gravatar Plugins John Haydon – Headway WordPress Theme Now Has Better SEO and an API for Fancy Schmancy Designers