Twitter is not for every association. For Apple Address Book, there is a useful utility called " A to G ". Create a new Gmail account and import your CSV file into the contacts. Open your Twitter account--make sure it uses a personal username, as Ben Martin suggests--and go to invite more . Twitter will find all of the accounts that are based on the contact e-mail in your Gmail account. In fact, before you even think about crossing into the Twitterverse, I suggest you make sure you won't be flying solo. So first, find out how many of your members are there

I took some advice from Rich Brooks at Flyte several months back and focused my efforts on three social media sites: Facebook , Linkedin and Twitter .  I’m active on all three now, but the one I got on to last is the one I’m spending the most time on these days: Twitter .  (You like Twitter for two reasons: You can check my most recent ”tweet” in the red box on the sidebar.  Click on the arrows to see previous tweets.)

Last week, Bob Farrace , director of publications for the National Association of Secondary School Principals, asked this Twitter question on the ASAE Technology Listserv. There are a bunch of associations with an official presence on Twitter. Having a large number of followers does not necessarily translate into success on Twitter, but for these groups, it's a good indication that they're doing something right. Are any associations out there maintaining an official association Twitterstream? I'm considering setting one up and I'm looking for some successful practices that will

Newsweek said it best: "Suddenly, all the world is a-Twitter." quot; Simple and powerful, Twitter is a must for nonprofit organizations. created and manage a portal to nonprofits on Twitter @nonprofitorgs and based on my experience using site, I have crafted ten of my favorite Twitter Tips for beginners: 1. Those nonprofits I Authenticity before marketing.

But in today’s world, it’s wise to consider complementing these appeals with tools like Facebook and Twitter. To get even more sophisticated, you might want separate pages for each type of media you use: one you’ll promote on Facebook, one you’ll promote on Twitter, one you’ll promote with email, etc. Now are some ideas on how to integrate Facebook Causes, Facebook Pages, and Twitter with your year-end fundraising. Last time, we looked at creating a year-end strategy for fundraising letters . According to FundRaising Success Magazine :

Pew Internet and American Life Project. Twitter and similar services have been most avidly embraced by young adults.5 Nearly one in five (19%) online adults ages 18 to 24 have ever used Twitter and its ilk, as have 20% of online adults 25 to 34. Use of these services drops off steadily after age 35 with 10% of 35 to 44 year olds and 5% of 45 to 54 year olds using Twitter. Some new data about adults and digital social network use in the US and around the world: Adults are much less likely than teens to have a profile on a social network website. About three in ten (35%) adult

In recognition of the fact that lately I've been neglecting my blog in favor of Twitter , I am doing penance with a bit of humor. You know you spend too much time on Twitter when... ... you make decisions about what you'll have for lunch based on how interesting it will sound on Twitter. ... you start calling your family things like @Dad or @Rachky in conversations. ... you only speak in short bursts of 140 characters and self-edit to use synonyms with fewer letters. ...

So it was with a big "here we go again" sigh that I signed up for a Twitter account about 6 months ago. I first heard about Twitter probably over a year ago-as is with most things Web, I can't pinpoint exactly where I heard about it, but my first reaction was: "Why would I want everyone to know what I am doing at any given moment? While I have yet to truly join the masses of "followers" and "the followed" on Twitter (I have an account but I don't actively Twitter), and (pic from Twitter.com) One thing I have learned over the past few years, is even if you areI am not interested in using something personally, as a marketing professional it is my responsibility to understand it and try to figure out how my organization or my clients could use it.

On Monday, I started the first of three posts I’m calling Twitter 101 . Today, I’ll answer the second question I’ve been getting: How do I find people to follow on Twitter? How do I find people to follow on Twitter? Following interesting people is the key That post focuses on programs I use to tweet. The only tweets you see on Twitter are those of the people you follow.

The blogs are all a twitter (Twitter's twittering, too) with the release of Digital Snippets, a new web service designed to take the work out of creating the ultimate Social Media Release (SMR). Unlike a press release that locks down the story and presents the "company line" on a topic, the SMR is designed as building blocks for other content creators--bloggers and reporters who might like to tell their own story using your photos, graphs, videos and news updates. Digital Snippets comes from the group that did this SMR for Ford . The tool itself is among a new generation