Adam Green posted this article on OpenLeft criticizing a mass email he received from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
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Also posted in e-activist tools Tagged bulk email, email campaigns, email marketing, fundraising, fundraising tips, mass email, take action, writing Leave a comment
RSS feeds for productivity and outreach
RSS feeds have been around for a long time. My experience with them was limited to adding the NY Times and the BBC as “Live Bookmarks” in Firefox. Slowly, I began to realize that there is more to it than that – a lot more. This is not an exhaustive list of uses for RSS [...]
Also posted in e-activist tools, web design and development Tagged blog, feeds, Firefox, Flickr, Google Reader, MySpace, non profit organizations, reader, rss, social networking, tutorial, Twitter Leave a comment
Organizing using polls and surveys
There are a lot of different reasons why you may want to start a poll (or survey) from the trivial (who is the best James Bond?) to serious (what are your experiences with your health insurer?). Want to collect data for your research? Engage members? Read on.
Also posted in Twitter, e-activist tools, polls and surveys Tagged member engagement, organizing, PollDaddy, polls, SurveyMonkey, surveys Leave a comment
Warning: I am a Twitter newbie
I recently signed up for a Twitter account. I’m a little skeptical about allowing yet more chatter to compete for my attention. I’ve been taking a very cautious approach to it by keeping “work” and “productivity” in mind when deciding who to follow or when to “tweet.” So far, I’m following various tech nerds, such [...]
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You don’t have to be Dostoevsky to write for the web
Tips for web writing “5 Writing Tips for Web Designers” has good advice for those of you who write for the web. Below is my summary and commentary. Also, see this related post. 1. Basically, it’s all about your customers’ needs for finding information, becoming a member, getting involved, donating, whatever. Everything – including links, [...]
Newbie blogger tips: style, soliciting comments, strategies
So, uh, I’m new to this whole blogging thing. But, I recently attended a “Blogger Summit” hosted by Center for Civic Policy. Below are some of the tips (style, soliciting comments, strategy) I picked up from folks who know a lot more about this than me.