Comments on: Nonprofits Outpace Businesses on Social Media

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By: Ryan Jensen

Ryan Jensen — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:57:44 +0000

You talk about the United Way having three blogs, but two of them have not been updated in six months! The majority of Habitat for Humanity’s blogs haven’t been updated in over a year! That can’t be a good showing for blogs.

By: Jeff Cobb

Jeff Cobb — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:29:30 +0000

I was glad to see the Red Cross posting here. I actually used one of their photo groups from Flickr as an example in a recent presentation I did on Learning 2.0 (social media + e-learning). Slides available at http://blog.missiontolearn.com/blog/2007/11/learning20.html . This also has a number of other examples of how nonprofits are making use of social media.

By: WaterSubject

WaterSubject — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 19:49:18 +0000

Every day our society becomes more social aware, that me be the reason.

By: Advice Network Founders Blog» Blog archives » What do nonprofits know that we don’t?

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:00:43 +0000

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By: Wendy Harman

Wendy Harman — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:07:24 +0000

Hi Janet,
This is Wendy from the American Red Cross. We actually learn a lot from reading all the blogs that mention the Red Cross every day.

We recently started several social media initiatives. I’ve pasted a couple of examples below.

Red Cross Chat:
http://www.redcross.org

Flickr Group:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/americanredcross/

Thanks for pointing out how bleeding edge we nonprofits are, and thanks for the opportunity to share.

By: Janet Meiners

Janet Meiners — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:34:43 +0000

Actually my take on it is that it’s a low cost way to get the word out. Also, nonprofits often have stories to tell, which lends well to blogging. The stories usually have a lot of human interest and even emotional impact.

It may not be as obvious to businesses how a blog can benefit them. Then there is the legal department. I recommend business blogs for SEO but they can also be great at sharing info and developments in a conversational way (as Dell does well, and of course, Google).

Reunion.com is an example of utilizing blogs for SEO and this strategy can really help in PPC spend.

Janet

By: Advice Network

Advice Network — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:55:23 +0000

I think this is a measure of passion, don’t you?