Tutorials on social media: Mobile
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6 iPhone accessories to jazz up your mobile photos
By Shonali Burke
February 2012
Tutorial:The writer set out to find a way to build her own iPhone-ready DIY photo/video studio that would let her create good visual/multimedia content. Here are six terrific iPhone accessories that will give you a mobile photo/video studio.
What Facebook Timeline apps are really all about
Producer: John Haydon
February 2012
Tutorial: How do Timeline apps work? Once you authorize an app, which only needs to be done once, a live connection is established with your Timeline. This means that as soon as you take an action with an app, like finishing a run with the RunKeeper app, the app automatically posts that action on your Timeline.
15 top iPhone apps for work, play & creativity
By Shonali Burke
February 2012
Tutorial: Here’s a list of my 15 top iPhone apps. The apps generally fall into the categories of communications, productivity, social networks, photography and video. See which ones work best for you.
How to set up a text-to-donate program for your nonprofit
Guest post by Brannon Cullum
Movements.org
February 2012
Tutorial: The past few years have seen a sharp increase in the popularity of text-to-donate services. Using mobile phones, users can text a keyword to a short code number to make a charitable donation. In this how-to guide, learn how to set up a text-to-donate program for your organization.
Mobile: The next frontier of nonprofit fundraising
Guest post by Bob Jones
CEO, CharityCall
September 2011
Tutorial: Tie your mobile efforts to your email & social media outreach. From a pure fundraising standpoint, email and social media channels are only effective when the recipient is able to respond immediately to a call to action. At best, your call to action message is going to be read once, so if that message is compelling enough to cause the recipients to donate, then they must be able to do so immediately. Here’s how to accept donations via the mobile Web.
How nonprofits can get started with mobile
Producer: JD Lasica
September 2010
Tutorial: Nicola Wells of the Center for Community Change’s Fair Immigration Reform Movement offers nonprofits tips about how to get started with mobile and how to create an effective mobile campaign, whether for fundraising, recruiting or other goals.
7 ways for nonprofits to use mobile phones to raise funds
Guest post by Ben Rigby
Co-founder, The Extraordinaries
September 2010
Tutorial: Mobile giving is just about five years young. There’s plenty of time to put together a thoughtful mobile fundraising strategy. This tutorial will discuss the seven methods to generate revenue from mobile phone owners.
A beginner’s guide to mobile fundraising
Producer: JD Lasica
September 2010
Tutorial: With tens millions of people now routinely using text messaging features, the time is ripe for nonprofits to understand how they can use mobile fundraising not as a silver bullet but as one element of a broader strategy. Here’s a short primer on how mobile donations and campaigns work, with an emphasis on mobile fundraising.
How to set up an SMS campaign system
Producer: Guest post by Melissa Loudon
February 2010
Tutorial: Mobile advocacy basics, from short codes and keyword response to mobile data collection.
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