Twitter Tip #2 Twittering For Non-Profits

Why should your non-profit use Twitter? A recent post at Nielsen Wire showed that unique visitors to Twitter increased 1,382 percent year-over-year, from 475,000 unique visitors in February 2008 to 7 million in February 2009, making it the fastest growing site in the Member Communities category for the month. Obviously, its a fast growing site and people are there, so your non-profit should be there too.

Now that we know why you should use Twitter, what should you tweet about? (A tweet is a post on Twitter).

• Give your customers real-time updates on work your doing in the field.
• Promote recent articles or news about your non-profit.
• Connect with and organize volunteers.
• Upcoming events.
• Unique content for supporters.

As you can see, Twitter has some great applications for non-profits. Hurry, go there now and set up an account. Your followers are there waiting.

~ by Lee Holcomb on _.