Public Relations and Social Media for Government and Non-Profit Agencies
Http://LeonardSipes.Com This site specializes in public relations and social media for government, associations and nonprofits but the bulk of innovation in the use of video or audio to explain and sell websites comes from the commercial sector. The question is whether non-commercial sites should adopt the same strategies? The bulk of visitors to any website [...]
Http://LeonardSipes.Com (PR and social media for government, associations and nonprofits) I wrote an article describing assistance from Google regarding assistance to nonprofits, see http://leonardsipes.com/kudos-to-google-help-for-nonprofits-and-associations/. Now, YouTube (owned by Google) is offering an array of incentives to encourage nonprofits to take advantage of its services. One of the challenges of working with nonprofits and associations is getting them to [...]
Http://LeonardSipes.Com Question; can you effectively engage multiple social sites with limited staff? I attended BlogWorld in Los Angeles and went to a website marketing session. There was general agreement in the room that the purpose of social media was to direct traffic to your website. If the conversation takes place on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ or [...]
Http://LeonardSipes.Com I just did an article (link below) titled “Want contributions? Reach out to the socially connected tech community.” In it I used data from Pew Internet suggesting that those technically and socially inclined are willing and able to respond quickly to calls for contributions. Now the Columbian (WA, link below) offers a short article [...]
Http://LeonardSipes.Com I returned from the Blog World-New Media conference in Los Angeles last night (http://www.blogworld.com/ ) and it’s easy to say that it’s the best social media conference I’ve attended (third time for me). Four-thousand participants from over 100 countries filled the room with massive energy and creativity. You can’t go to Blog World without [...]
Http://LeonardSipes.Com There are endless reports about the ever increasing presence of video in our digital world. Another from Nielsen is below. The truly amazing thing is the presence of YouTube and the ability of having a free hosting source for your video products. All you have to do is create and link to YouTube from your website. [...]
Http://LeonardSipes.Com This site addresses public relations and social media for government, associations and nonprofits thus we explore a variety of digital technologies and PR issues to increase our presence and ability to serve. But nothing I’ve done in 20 years of hosting and producing radio, television and social media for government agencies comes close to [...]
Http://LeonardSipes.Com This report substantiates what we already know; video use is exploding on the Internet. Pew does their usual outstanding job of documenting changes in Internet use. But what does it mean for those of us in government, associations and nonprofits? It means that creating products via video is easier than ever with small [...]
What’s your preferred format, radio or television? If you are going to create electronic media for your website or organization, what’s easier? Which format delivers the biggest bang for your buck? My choice is audio. An audio recordings are fairly easy to create and audio is web friendly. Even [...]
Http://LeonardSipes.Com The poll below from Harris Interactive suggests that television shows drive social media engagement; people interact with each other online through Facebook and websites as a result of programs they’ve watched. Governments, associations and nonprofits have the hardest time dealing with video and television creation. They see it as an impossible mission; too expensive [...]
