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Boost an E-mail Campaign

Every cause pushes out e-mails. But so many just get deleted.  Figuring out how to create and maintain an effective e-mail drive is a dynamic trial-and-error process.  One tactic that is working, according to an eMarkter study, is adding a SocNet button to your e-mail message.  Interaction by the recipient increases by 25% with this simple adjustment.  Read more about How To Take Advantage of Social Media in Your E-Mail Marketing.

PhiTodo

There are a gazillion of simple project or To Do freeware utilities available, okay, maybe simply hundreds.  They come in all shapes and sizes.  Some integrate with smart phones.  But sometimes it's nice to go simple.  In a paperless environment, enter the simple PhiTodo. What's the project management utility you use?

Moontoast

 Where do you get your tech advise?  A lot of folks just google the problem and spend hours trying to figure it out...or maybe that's just me.  Enter Moontoast.  This great little site connects people with knowledge on something with students.  You need someone how to show you to configure an IMAP account, this site connects the student and teacher via web video.  Pretty nifty.

WatchitToo! Or 3, or 4, or...

Video Conferencing on the computer is becoming a more accessible and easier to use option every day.  Still, each service has it limitations and strengths.  If you're using a good client for conferencing but have a hard time sharing documents during the call, tap into: WatchItToo.  It allows you to connect folks to look at the same documents you are looking it.  Give it a view!

Animate Change

Searching for a way, cheap-and-easy, to give your message some extra punch...to stand out amongst the endless blogs, PowerPoints, etc.?  Enter Memoov.  This easy-to-use innovative web-based application allows users to create animations and character personalization to explain, pitch or persuade on behalf of your issue or product! 

Online Fundraising (for Politicos)

The folks over at TechPresident have posted a good backgrounder to Online Fundraising for political campaigns and candidates.  Read it, make your plan, and go fund your ideas!

Whspr!

You're running a small team and you need to post on your website an e-mail address for folks to contact your project's lead to coordinate involvement.  The problem, you post any e-mail address online and spam spiders will find it and pump it full of junk.  Here's where WHSPR! can help.  Simply create a temporary URL that folks will click on and it takes them to a contact form that forwards their message wherever you've programed it.  Nifty!

Trackle that Issue

Trackle is a new online web alert hub seeking to replace services like 'Google Alerts.'  If you need a more robust form of issue / people / topic tracking, including RSS or e-mail alerting then this is a tool for your use.

"EOM"

We're all struggling with e-mail overload.  Trying to keep the in-box cleared out is becoming more and more challenging.  One tip to increase the efficiency of your sent e-mail is to convert your email to a SMS-style message when appropriate. Enter - <EOM> which stands for "End of Message."

The first time you send your message - only in the subject line - punctionated by this, it's likely to require an explanation.

News Search on a Timeline

For those using Google, one of the frustrating aspect of their results is the jumbled order in which they are ordered.  When it comes to searching news archives, there's a new option.  Google News Archive Search.  It displays your results on a timeline.  Perfect for chartering the rise of an issue you're advocating or a political candidate you're opposing.