Comments on: Twitter for Fundraising and Event Marketing http://charitymile.com/blog/twitter-for-fundraising-and-event-marketing/ Charity Walk, Run and Bike Events Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:57:29 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: chris haller http://charitymile.com/blog/twitter-for-fundraising-and-event-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-13172 chris haller Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:10:43 +0000 http://charitymile.com/blog/?p=1832#comment-13172 Great summary, love Twitter for those reasons, but we were always worried about leaving out the 95% of Americans not on Twitter! We built http://GuerrillaTweets.com for this kind of scenario, it allows you to spread the tweets farther and include anyone that has a cell phone via text message. It's work in progress, would love to hear your feedback! Thanks, Chris Great summary, love Twitter for those reasons, but we were always worried about leaving out the 95% of Americans not on Twitter! We built http://GuerrillaTweets.com for this kind of scenario, it allows you to spread the tweets farther and include anyone that has a cell phone via text message. It’s work in progress, would love to hear your feedback!
Thanks, Chris

]]> By: Sandra Sims http://charitymile.com/blog/twitter-for-fundraising-and-event-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-12135 Sandra Sims Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:08:26 +0000 http://charitymile.com/blog/?p=1832#comment-12135 I highly recommend using <a href="http://tweetdeck.com/">TweetDeck</a>. It provides an easy way to shorten links, it's easy to see updates since tweets, replies, etc. are in separate columns. Now you can even use it to monitor more than one Twitter account. In addition to following people near you geographically, follow people with similar interests. In TweetDeck I keep a search open for certain keywords and that has helped me find some interesting folks. It can be a boost to nonprofits who are affiliates of a larger org - for example if you work for a local United Way, follow other United Way Twitter users to see what their chapter is up to. It's a great networking tool! I highly recommend using TweetDeck. It provides an easy way to shorten links, it’s easy to see updates since tweets, replies, etc. are in separate columns. Now you can even use it to monitor more than one Twitter account.

In addition to following people near you geographically, follow people with similar interests. In TweetDeck I keep a search open for certain keywords and that has helped me find some interesting folks. It can be a boost to nonprofits who are affiliates of a larger org – for example if you work for a local United Way, follow other United Way Twitter users to see what their chapter is up to. It’s a great networking tool!

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