I received a voice mail from a subscriber who wanted to know how launch an iTunes Podcast from WordPress like I do on this page. If you publish a video or audio podcast, you’ll want an easy way for folks to subscribe to your podcast will visiting your blog. This video will show you an […]
How to install Google Analytics on WordPress and Posterous
One of the first assignments in our series on optimizing your blog for social media is to take the pulse of your blog using Google Analytics. How much traffic are you getting from search? From referring traffic? What pages are people viewing the most? Knowing this data will enable you to set specific and achievable […]
How to embed interactive links in your YouTube videos
If you publish a lot of YouTube videos on specific topics, this screencast will be very useful. With annotated links, you can edit your videos and add text links that will link to: Other videos on YouTube Playlists on YouTube YouTube Channels Searches on YouTube Groups on YouTube Any external link (only available to folks […]
How Google’s real-time search impacts your nonprofit
During the Philanthropy.com chat earlier this week on using Twitter for building community, Tim Hite asked, “This week Google will start searching Twitter for real-time search results. How will that impact the way nonprofits should use Twitter?” For those who don’t know, the live search means when you now search Google, you’ll see scrolling updates from […]
The most powerful social media tool out there. Period!
At Community Organizer 2.0, Debra Askanase just wrote a piece called Front and Backyard Conversations. In it, she talks about social media as a public platform –- a front porch, but also a private platform where “conversations continue, out of the public eye.” Front yard conversations are replies on Twitter, videos posted to YouTube, photos […]