How to Remove Facebook Games (Farmville, Mafia Wars, etc.) From Your Facebook Feed

By on September 5, 2010 in Facebook, Hot Tips, Social Media, Things You Can Do NOW, Video Tutorials

Your friends may place games on Facebook like Farmville, Cafe World, Mafia Wars, etc. on Facebook, but maybe you’re not interested. If the notifications from these games are cluttering up your Facebook news feed, it’s easy to remove them without “unfriending” the people who play the games! Watch this video to learn how. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgZc1Y_be9Q

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Facebook Launches New “Places” Feature; Boon for Local Businesses But Scary for Privacy?

By on August 18, 2010 in Facebook, Networking, Nonprofits, Social Media, Things You Can Do NOW

Facebook today launched a new dimension to their already mammoth presence on the web. This will have huge implications for your privacy on Facebook, but also presents new opportunities for your organization. First: DON’T PANIC. I’ll walk you through this! It’s called “Places” and they call it a “product.” It will automatically be available to […]

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Just a little construction…don’t mind the dust!

By on August 18, 2010 in Social Media

Hello everyone! I am getting ready to launch some really cool new things on TheSocialAnimal.com, and I felt it was time for a little makeover. So I’m going to go ahead and make the site visible and accessible to you all, but there may be some glitches for a few days as I get everything […]

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How to Monitor What People are Saying About Your Organization Online

By on August 15, 2010 in Nonprofits, Social Media, Things You Can Do NOW

Learn ways to automate searches to keep track of what people are blogging, tweeting, facebooking and saying online about your organization.

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I need your vote!

By on August 12, 2010 in Blogging, Things You Can Do NOW, YouTube

Hello friends! I hope these “dog days of summer” find you well and not panting too hard to get things done. I’ve met more of you this summer at the HSUS Taking Action for Animals conference in Washington, D.C., and on the free social media webinars we’ve put together through TheSocialAnimal.com. I really hope these […]

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How To Create a Free Custom Twitter Background

By on August 11, 2010 in Social Media, Things You Can Do NOW, Twitter

***UPDATE MARCH 2011!*** Twitter has changed the dimensions and arrangement of the Twitter page layout. So the old template I had up here in August will NOT work anymore. You can still use it (if you created a background with it), but it isn’t going to look right. Twitter is in the process of rolling […]

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Case Study: Legislative Advocacy Via Social Media: SB 1712

By on July 21, 2010 in Blogging, Nonprofits, Social Media

For those attending the Social Media 101 workshop at the Taking Action for Animals conference this weekend, or anyone else who might be interested, I’m providing a thorough case study of Oklahoma Senate Bill 1712 and how the Central Oklahoma Humane Society used social media tools to get this bill passed into law. Disclaimer: You […]

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How to Recruit Volunteers Using Social Media

By on July 10, 2010 in Networking, Nonprofits, Social Media

No matter where you are, or how small your town is, volunteers are out there, and they do want to help your organization. The question is, are YOU ready to accept volunteers? Are you ready to get to know some new people and let them into your organization, to trust them with your animals and […]

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Displaying Petfinder’s Adoptable Pet Scroller on a Facebook Page

By on June 27, 2010 in Facebook, Nonprofits, Social Media

Recently I received an email from a Social Animal reader who had successfully placed a Paypal button on her organization’s Facebook page using my tutorial. She wrote: “I just added a Paypal Donate Button to our Facebook page thank to your tutorial! I was curious to know your thoughts on adding the petfinder code for […]

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