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Best of Association Jam: Association Links for November 2009

Wild Apricot

Here are the Top 10 association stories voted up by Association Jam readers in November 2009 — one for each of the topic categories, and one bonus link that came in a close second, just for fun! read more ).

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Best of Association Jam: Association Links for December 2009

Wild Apricot

Here, by topic, are the top stories voted up by Association Jam readers for December 2009.( Tags: Associations Non-profit technology Fundraising nptech Marketing Volunteers Google Social networking Non-profit Communications membership websites event managment Membership management social media Association Jam. read more ).

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Best Practices for Contest Campaigns: AGC Lessons Learned

Wild Apricot

Results of a detailed evaluation of the 2009 America’s Giving Challenge competition have been released in the “must-read” 2009 AGC Assessment and Reflection Report. The best part? Lessons learned can be replicated by other non-profits, both for contest campaigns and for general social media outreach.( read more ).

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Can MySpace Make a Comeback?

Wild Apricot

Facebook and Twitter took over as social media centers in 2009, while MySpace faded fast - but don't count MySpace down and out yet! Tags: Non-profit technology nptech Marketing online community Social networking Facebook Non-profit Communications social media MySpace. In fact, the changes at MySpace have already started.(

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Membership Marketing: Ten Year Retrospective

Membership Marketing

2018 marks the tenth anniversary of the Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report. However, this has not represented a changeless marketing environment. Here are some of the major changes associations have put in place in their membership marketing efforts. In 2009, the top reason to join was access to specialized information.

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New on Facebook: Usernames for Custom URLs

Wild Apricot

EDT on Saturday, June 13, 2009. Tags: Non-profit technology nptech Marketing Facebook publicity social media. Facebook has just announced that it will be offering custom usernames (“vanity URLs”) for Facebook Profiles and Pages, starting at 12:01 a.m. Directing people to your Facebook page can be as easy as telling them your username.

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The Rise (and Fall) of Twitter

Spark Consulting

I recently came upon a series of posts about Twitter from the fall of 2009, starting with Forget the “How” – Worry about the “Why” , reminding readers that if you don’t know why you’re doing something, any amount of effort required for the how is too much.