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3 Questions: Using Twitter to Raise Money & Awareness for Charities

There was an interesting piece in Tech Crunch earlier this month on how charities can leverage Twitter to raise awareness and money. Twestival which raised $250k for charity:water was featured as was Blame Drew's Cancer and others.
 
The bigger question is how non-profit organizations -- many of whom struggle to maintain a website and/or a blog -- best integrate Twitter and tools like it. 

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Facebook More Popular than Twitter and Email for Sharing Content

So, which platform is the most popular for sharing content?  We gave you a bit of a head start with our title but here's another tip -- it's not email.

According to AddtoAny, which makes a popular "Share This" widget, Facebook takes the cake with nearly a quarter of all content sharing (24%) with Yahoo-dom coming in second with 14% (includes Yahoo, delicious, Yahoo Bookmarks, Yahoo Buzz, Yahoo Messenger).

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4 Keys to Developing a Manageable Social Media Plan

Clients regularly ask us for help in creating a social media approach. "Twitter. Facebook. Blogs." "Where do I start?"  We get that. And if we're honest, we have to admit that navigating the various social networks and trying to stay current can be a bit overwhelming.

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Socialtext Appliance Brings Twitter-like Microblogging to the Enterprise

Private Twitter-like services - also known as microblogging -  are now available for the enterprise in a new offering from Socialtext.

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3 Questions to Ponder on Google Chrome OS

Last week's Google Chrome OS announcement solicited a lot of virtual ink and had many in the blogosphere wondering aloud if Microsoft (or any other OS like Apple) should begin evacuating their headquarters for higher ground. 

Hey, we're the first to admit we're always a little intrigued by news from the Googleplex.  Still, these predictions notwithstanding, it seems there is value in looking at a few questions to determine what the Chrome OS announcement could mean.

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Feeling Job Crunch, Teenagers Turn to the Web for Work

"...When Faith Borden, 16, of Metuchen, N.J., applied for a job in March to be a counselor at a summer day camp, she looked around and saw "all these 30- and 40-year-olds," she said. "Usually it's just teenagers..."

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