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Strategic tips for Facebook
With the move to Timelines for pages, perhaps this is a good moment for us all to give our FB strategies a bit of a spring clean. Are we still clear on what we want our page to achieve? Have … Continue reading
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Tagged Competition, Facebook, Facebook tips, reputation, social media for third sector, social media strategy
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What’s all this Pinterest business?
Just when you thought you’d got your head around all your social media options, someone has invented another one to amaze and confound us! I refer, of course, to Pinterest, which has been cropping up as a topic in my … Continue reading
Posted in News, Photos and Images, Pinterest
Tagged Competition, images, social media for third sector, social sharing, storytelling
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Three examples of charities benefiting from social media
You may be wondering how your organisation can make the best use of social media. If that’s the case, then some examples of how other people are using it might help, so here are three examples from today’s feeds: 1. … Continue reading
Posted in Apps, Facebook, Fundraising
Tagged awareness raising, Competition, Facebook, Fundraising, social media for third sector
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Get competitive
Checking my Twitter timeline the other day I caught this tweet from the Sussex Wildlife Trust: I was intrigued enough to click on the link, which took me to their Facebook page and to a picture of (what turned out … Continue reading
Posted in Case Studies, Fundraising
Tagged Competition, Fundraising, social media for third sector, social media strategy
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Photo sharing: some options
Gone are the days when you just took a few snaps at your organisation’s AGM and then maybe posted a couple to your website. Now, thanks to the variety of photo-banking options available on the web, we can re-use and … Continue reading
Posted in How it Works, Mobile, Photos and Images, Social Sharing
Tagged community, Competition, Facebook, reach, social media for third sector, tools, Twitter
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Shelter Scotland teams up with Foursquare
The homelessness charity, Shelter Scotland, has teamed up with location-based service, Foursquare, to literally put its charity shops on the map. Not only will checking in to any of the charity’s eight shops in Edinburgh gain you a specially designed … Continue reading
Posted in Case Studies, Location-based, Mobile
Tagged charity shops, Competition, foursquare, Location-based, social media for third sector
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Ready, steady, go! Hold a competition!
Want to hold a competition to engage with your supporters, raise some awareness of your organisation, and maybe even help you to find a new direction, new marketing materials or new approach? Well, read up on this article by Amy … Continue reading


