Social Media Reading - 070509

• Leveraging A Facebook Business Page - A quick 5 minute introduction on how to use Facebook fan pages to promote your business
  
• Should Twitter Crack Down on Pornography - Best part of the article are the comments. The problem really isn't with pornography but with spammers in general. Twitter needs to put systems in place to help combat the spammers and the pornography will get caught in the net.
  
• Social Networks Complicate Relations Between Bosses and Employees - Should you become friends with your boss on Facebook? Should your employer be allowed to hold something against you if you post something to Twitter or another social media program?
• Compassion without Borders International Dog Rescue - Compassion without Borders rescues dogs that are abused or neglected in Mexico.
• Would You Pay for Twitter? - What would pay for in regards to a "premium" Twitter account? If Twitter doesn't jump on this, other services are going to do them and benefit financially.
• 3 Common Social Media Mistakes - The main tone of the article is that companies are jumping into social media too fast and putting too much an investment.
  

Webinars and Conferences

• Institute of Fundraising National Convention
• Follow on Twitter - #iofnc
  
• RebootBritain - Sponsored by NESTA
• Follow on Twitter - #rebootbritain
• Event Wiki
  
• Are social entrepreneurs key to rebooting Britain?
  

What Else I'm Reading

• Has the recession affected charitable giving - A blog about the report on how the recession has affected charitable giving in India
• Twitter's Ten Rules for Radical Innovators
  

Interesting Points from Marketing Profs Twitter Power Seminar (7/2/09)

Twitter Power: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time

• 35% of Fortune 500 companies are on Twitter
  
• Tweets are about bringing value to a conversation
  
• Primary Twitter users are 30-50 years old
  
• Twitter is used to build relationship, engage with your marketplace, build circle of influence one tweet at a time
• Build your brand on Twitter - ask questions, provide answers, share interesting sayings, RT, compliment others, market
  
• Use LinkedIn to connect with people and then take the conversations with those people to Twitter
  
• TwitterPower.com
  
• Joel Comm - Tweet like you eat: When you need it and have something to say

Social Media Reading - 070409

• Protect Your Privacy on Facebook - 10 Privacy Settings You Should Consider - Great ideas for those interested in increasing their levels of privacy on Facebook
• The Looming Facebook Privacy Fiasco - Facebook wants users to share more information to be able to use that information and be more competitive. Thankfully, Facebook isn't doing all of this at once. It's doing a test of 40K. Another test of 80K and then rolling it out to the wider user base. By the time it rolls out, people should be well aware of how it will impact them.
• How Wimbledon Uses Mass Appeal for Philanthropy - When fans leave the stadium, they have the right to give away their tickets. Wimbledon then resells those tickets to fans who come late. The proceeds are donated to charity.
  

Fundraising on Social Media

• tweet to ReMIND - A Bob Woodruff Foundation Initiative encouraging everyone to donate $5.25 to support the troops
  

What Else I'm Reading

• Sarah Palin Shuns Press: Talks to Twitter, Facebook Instead
• NASA astronaut takes Twitter to space in Espanol - @astro_jose is tweeting about the astronaut experience in both English and Spanish
• Why I and Podoby Else is Nerfect
• Police using Twitter, Nixle to keep residents in the loop
• Statue of Liberty is on Twitter and offers insider's e-tours
• TweetCraft: Finally, You Can Tweet While You Raid - There is a new plug in that allows you to tweet while you play World of Warcraft
  

Social Media Reading - 070309

• Tweet This: Twitter Trademarks Tweets(TM) - Brian Solis discusses the recent decision by Twitter to file for trademarks on "Tweet"
• Fees for Volunteering - Idealist.org is soliciting opinions on how volunteer opportunities which charge of fee should list those fees and what they cover on their search results
• Authorize.net Goes Down - Due to a major fire in Seattle, several Internet services went down on Friday. Authorize.net used Twitter to keep it's customers up to date on their efforts to get the service back online.
• Google's New Layout: Love it or Hate it? - When you're the largest search engine, even minor changes to your layout face critique. I don't see much difference and probably wouldn't have even noticed if it hadn't been brought to my attention.
• Will social media burn conferences to the ground? - I don't think so. The networking part of attending a conference is too invaluable. I think that conferences that forbid tweeting and blogging are just being tyrants.
  

Conferences and Webinars

• Fundraising by Mail with Sandy Rees - Free - 7/8/09 3 pm EST - Teleseminar
• New Organizing Institute: Bootcamp09 - Following on twitter at #bootcamp09
  

What Else I'm Reading

• Want the Obama "Hope" Artwork on your iPhone? Nope, Says Apple - Another strange decision by Apple to deny an application entry into it's App store.
• New York Pastor Resigns - Pastor resigns after controversy over his compensation.
  

Social Media Reading - 070209 Part Two

• 10 Ways to Find People on Twitter

What Else I'm Reading:

• Author Apologizes for Twitter Outburst About a Bad Review - Just like with email, you should always take a deep breath before you hit send
  
• Touching Hearts TV Show
• Road ID Tour de France Contest - Predict who will win a stage of the Tour de France and win $1K ($250 for you and $750 from a list of charities [ASPCA, Livestrong Arthritis Foundation, Susan G. Komen, and others])
• Family Giving Tree: Back to School Drive
  

Social Media Reading - 070209

• 1 image, the new resume - A very cool graphical representation of a resume
• 5 Tools NonProfits Can use Today to Enhance Their Online Presence and Efficiency - David Neff (he works for the American Cancer Society) talks about his 5 top online tools for non-profits
• Got a Minute? Set Some Government Data Free With Transparency Corps
• National Conference on Volunteering and Service: Report and Videos!
• Facebook's Complete Privacy Presentation - Rolled out to initial 40k users, than 80k, then rollout to rest of the Facebook userbase
  
• Twitter Following Interface Changes - I love the ability to see the last tweet from the user. It's a great way to see if they are a spammer. Would like even more features.
  

Conferences and Webinars

• Content Creation Strategies: Making the Most of Your Writing, Photos and More - 7/23/09 - Free - Webinar
  

What Else I'm Reading

• Twitter Promotion Done Right: #moonfruit
• Facebook's Twitter-Like Transition Begins With New Privacy Options
• The Joost Story: Sometimes, Good Projects Also Fail - Mashable talks about what caused online video sharing site Joost to fail
  

Social Media Reading - 070109

• MythBuster uses Twitter to fight $11,000 phone bill - The man behind @donttrythis and AT&T becoming a trending topic in June, talks about how he managed to get an $11k bill from AT&T, the power of Twitter to force AT&T's hand, and encourages other social media users to do the same.
• A Day With 400 Tweets Starts With Simplicity - @comcastbonnie, a customer service rep for Comcast, describes how she manages her Twitter activity. She responds to several hundred tweets a day.
  

Tips and Tricks

• The Benefits of Using Twitter for Fundraising - Case study on how a micro-fundraising organization helped fund one of their projects using Twitter.
• Edit, Remove and Respond to Reviews - A breakdown on a site-by-site basis (yelp, citysearch and many more) about how an owner of a company and respond to negative reviews.
• Everything you need to know about today's Facebook announcement - Overview of the 7/1/09 Facebook announcement, including what's happening on the privacy settings page.
  

Webinars and Conferences

• Women in Tech Meetup - 7/8/09 - Free - South San Francisco, CA
• Social Media Club SFSV - 7/11/09 - $65 - SF to Sonoma
  

What Else I'm Reading

• Twitter to Developers: "Tweet" Your Heart Out, But Don't "Twitter" It - News from TechCrunch about Twitter protecting its trademarks
• Twitter Increases API Limit - Increase from 100 to 150. Comments so far show that Twitter applications are working better.