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Pinterest: can you make it work for your charity?
Pinterest, the online pin and share board, has really leapt into the headlines in the last few months. With reports that it is now occupying the bronze medal spot after Facebook and Twitter, even worries that its exponential growth may … Continue reading
Infographics for everybody!
Spring must be bringing all the infographics out of hibernation, so here are some of the most useful ones I’ve come across recently: A fascinating Google+ graphic, courtesy of The Wall Blog: this has some good general pointers about maintaining … Continue reading
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Tagged Facebook, Google+, privacy, social media demographics, social media for third sector, social sharing
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Another survey of charities using social media, but what does this tell us?
Frogloop reports on the latest issue of the 2012 social networking benchmark survey, which is out this week. The slice of data covers January and February this year, and results from asking 3500 not-for-profit organisations about their social media habits, … Continue reading
No peak for Pinterest
Pinterest shows no signs of slowing down, and your organisation may be wondering whether you can use it to reach a different segment of the social media audience. If you are considering branching out into Pinterest then you’ll be interested … Continue reading
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Tagged influencing, social media demographics, social media for third sector
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Social media stats – some new infographics
Always a winner for a presentation, pitch or just to bore your colleagues with in the office, infographics which show the demographics of social media usage have it all. So here’s some for you! Mashable has a good one which … Continue reading
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Tagged social media demographics, social media for third sector
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Update on Google+
Have you recently followed other charities and organisations in creating a Google+ page for your group? We have at GAVCA (and you can find it here, if you’re interested) but it’s probably fair to say that we are still considering … Continue reading
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Tagged G+, Google+, SEO, social media demographics, social media for third sector
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Monitoring: some spreadsheets that could help
Measuring and monitoring your social media presence is something we’re all supposed to be looking at, and it’s a topic that frequently comes up on this blog. But while there are lots of paid-for tools that can help, if you’re … Continue reading
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Tagged Facebook, free tools, measure, monitor, social media demographics, social media for third sector, Twitter
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Marketing through the ages (infographic)
This is a marketing 101 infographic: very amusing and also pretty informative. It’s long, but worth the scrolling. Thanks to The Wall Blog for this graphic.
Higher Education and social media (infographic)
A useful infographic here, from Mashable, which explains how higher education institutions are using social media… some good tips here for other organisations (it’s all US-based).
Start 2012 with an infographic!
I love infographics, so what better way to get 2012 off to a flying start than with a nice picture? This one, courtesy of Digital Buzz gives some excellent statistics about social media usage during 2011, so it’s nice and … Continue reading


