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Making the decision to go with a fixed width or fluid width for your website can be agonizing. The geek in you welcomes the challenge of designing a site that fills any browser, while the marketer in you wants the absolute control over the layout afforded...
Here are four webby things I wanted to share with you all this morning. Episode #12 of The Baudcast is hot of the griddle, and ready for consumption at Blackbaud.com or the iTunes Music Store . This was a fun episode to tape, so a big thanks goes out...
Startup costs are at an all time low, ideas are everywhere, and there are millions of content-creating users out there ready to help out. It's never been a better time to be a webby guy who's into webby things. These are good times. These are...
One of the most interesting webby things I get to do here at Blackbaud is produce, host, and edit all of our podcasts. Podcasting is a great way for any organization to create inexpensive social media that is informational, portable, and shareable. We...
I'm really not obsessed with Twitter...well, no more than you are at least. OK, maybe a little more. Either way, I just wrote this article for Fundraising Well and The NonProfit Times , and thought it should end up here on Webby Things. Enjoy! Twitter...
My brain has been buzzing ever since I read the big Google Friend Connect press release yesterday. Social networks form natural silos or walled gardens, and even FriendFeed may not be able to break them down (despite an AMAZING feature set - I've...
Last week, I sat on an emerging technologies panel at the South Carolina PRSA conference. This was a great opportunity to introduce a tool like twitter to a room full of professional communicators. It doesn't matter if you work for a 500-donor nonprofit...
Have you checked out Woopra yet? Woopra is a web analytics tool that not only delivers revolutionary real-time data, but does so with stunning beauty. The day trader vibe of the user interface makes me think all webmasters using this tool will soon be...
As with most webby-types, I'm becoming hopelessly addicted to Twitter . That said, I have a lot of trouble explaining to skeptics how tiny updates about what people are doing can actually be useful. They don't see that while Twitter appears to...
It's February 1st - have you updated your Web site's copyright date yet? If you haven't, you're not alone. Forgetting to update is commonplace, and I see it all the time. Data was needed, so yesterday I checked out the top 100 nonprofits...
We talk a lot about nonprofits using the social web to attract and engage donors, but the concepts trend more towards awareness than action. Using MySpace or YouTube to deliver your message to a broad audience is one thing - getting them to act is another...
Each week, billions of searches generate millions of dollars for companies like Google and Yahoo! . It's hard to believe this much revenue can be generated simply from clicks and data retrieval. What if some of that cash could be diverted to your...
I recently ran across a new video sharing site for nonprofits, DoGooder.tv . Very cool. The site is live right now, though in alpha, and allows nonprofits to post high-quality videos for a small fee free. They plan to include more community and online...
Using the Social Web , also referred to as Web 2.0 , is a great way for your nonprofit to reach donors and spread your message. Social sites are built to encourage sharing, and few things are more effective and inexpensive than viral marketing. While...