Resources
A roundup of resources about social media and citizen media
Begin with this directory of Web 2.0 productivity tools and this Directory of journalism resources: a deep collection of helpful pointers for professional & amateur journalists.
Here are posts our team has written about resources you may find useful (most recent at top). See the Sharing Center for additional resources.
- A WordPress plug-in to simplify SEO
- 10 essential WordPress plug-ins
- The differences between Facebook Pages and Groups
- How are nonprofits using text messaging?
- How to set up an SMS campaign system
- An easy way to organize applications online
- Choose the best settings for your Facebook Page
- How to get supporters to retweet content
- 8 tips for effective online networking
- The best-designed social networks on Ning
- The power of giving & corporations doing social good
- Transcript of podcast on corporate social responsibility
- 8 simple ways to optimize your LinkedIn profile
- How to repost content with Posterous
- 10 tactics to be more efficient with social media
- Calendar of 2010 social change conferences
- How to make social media 'wheelchair accessible'
- 3 Twitter shortcuts: SocialOomph, Twitterfeed, CoTweet
- 13 ways to get your blog posts retweeted
- Save resources & money with Better World Telecom
- How to turn Facebook visitors into fans
- How to get more traffic from Facebook
- 12 steps to creating a compelling Facebook Page
- How to grow your blog with guest posts
- How to engage your blog’s community
- 9 ways to attract more comments on your blog
- 6 essential social media plug-ins for your blog
- How to optimize your blog's commenting system
- How to make giving on your site more social
- 5 lessons from a crowdsourced birthday party
- 6 actions to optimize your blog's subscriptions
- How to optimize your most visited blog pages
- How to create your own iPhone app
- Essential social media connections for your blog
- 11 stats you need to measure on your Facebook Page
- 6 simple stats you need to measure on Twitter
- Information into action: Africa and beyond
- 9 critical stats to measure on your blog
- How to Integrate Your iTunes Podcast Into WordPress
- How to install Google Analytics on WordPress and Posterous
- How to embed interactive links in your YouTube videos
- How Google's real-time search impacts your nonprofit
- Social media experiment at Ocean Conservancy
- Using hashtags to enhance community
- Best Damn Web Marketing Checklist
- Finally! An enlightened social media policy
- How to turbo-charge your presentation
- Social Media Resource Library: New from Idealware
- Why Twitter Lists are huge for your nonprofit
- 8 tips for raising funds online
- Highlights from new report on online campaigns
- Louder: A collaborative campaigning platform
- The Extraordinaries: Building the 'micro-volunteering' movement
- 7 tips for measuring your blog's success
- How to build a Facebook community
- 6 Twitter tips for journalists
- 8 ways to use social media in the newsroom
- YouTube amps up its Call To Action feature
- YouthNoise: Helping young people network a cause
- How to get more followers on Twitter
- Toward a Web of open video
- Scale vs. ownership: A conflict in the making?
- Matt Mullenweg on the state of WordPress
- 10 new ways to take social actions
- How to add a Facebook Page Fanbox to your site
- How to make your website more accessible
- How to design a valid research survey
- How nonprofits can use Twitter hashtags
- What are fundraising widgets and how can non-profits use them?
- Tweet for a cure to end SMA
- Citizens as government watchdogs
- The rules around capturing public performances
- United We Serve: Become an agent of change
- How to automatically feed your blog posts into Facebook
- Freedom of information: It's for everyone
- How to prevent against online libel and defamation
- How the National Wildlife Federation uses social media
- 99 foundations that actively use Twitter
- Best new Twitter tool: HootSuite 2.0
- Empowering youth with social media
- California's Secretary of State: Come and collaborate!
- A mobile database that brings it all together
- Good.ly: a tiny url service for charity
- Symbian: Going open source has made huge difference
- How open standards can benefit nonprofit tech
- Socialbrite developer releases CC plug-in
- Video tutorial: How to make a Facebook page in under 4 minutes
- Building for mobile at the margins
- Social by Social: Handbook launched!
- Observations: Mobile applications development
- Video tutorial: How do I Twitter my Flickr photos?
- SEO: 9 tips for optimizing a nonprofit site
- Socialbrite releases Creative Commons plug-in
- Why Twitter won't replace email marketing
- Boxee and the promise of open media
- YouTube calls for video volunteers to help nonprofits
- All for Good: A Craigslist for service
- A public RSS reader for you!
- 20 tips for mobile advocacy
- When help comes in a box
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