10 Social Media Tips for Nonprofits

1) Join NetSquared: they enable social benefit organizations to leverage the tools of the social web. Through NetSquared you will connect with lots of brilliant folks. When you are done there, join Social Actions.

2) Set up a Twitter account. Want to learn what it is? Read this post and follow me on Twitter if you want.

3) Create a Facebook Cause and tell EVERYONE you know about it, to help you raise funds!

4) Do the same thing with MySpace PayPal... the other half of the people who are not on Facebook are on MySpace.

5) Got an army of followers? Gather them around a social network created using Ning. It's free and it's powerful! Once you have it set up, you can also add a ChipIn widget to it, to help you raising funds.

6) Show your face to your constituents: video can help you big time (driving people to your Facebook Cause, MySpace PayPal or ChipIn widgets). So create an account on YouTube, DoGooderTV and GoodTube.

7) When on YouTube, keep an eye on new videos posted in the Nonprofits & Activism category. You can learn a lot by just watching, so you can start producing your own videos to help you with outreach and fundraising.

8) Read Mobilizing Generation 2.0.

9) Subscribe to HelpaReporter.com. It's the BEST way to get the most PR mileage at the lowest possible cost.

10) Last, before you leave, follow Beth Kanter's blog. She is the guru of social media in the nonprofit world!