A great way to market our cause it to utilize Facebook.
FIRST Create a face book business page in the non profit section. Read my blog on how to do this: How to create a business page on Facebook
* Create a CAUSE on facebook that will allow you to apply as a non profit partner and people can raise money for your cause: http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/internet/page7416.cfm
* More info
To get started using Causes, apply to be a nonprofit partner by filling out the application at www.causes.com/partners/new You’ll get all the tools mentioned above as well as our monthly nonprofit newsletter. And, good news, it’s free! Then, don’t forget to start your cause. The cause is your community of supporters on Facebook – it’s what you use to recruit supporters, create community, fundraise, post videos and picture, and more. To start a cause, go to the Causes application at http://apps.facebook.com/causes and click Start a Cause under “Find Causes.” Your nonprofit can start multiple causes around different issues you work on, for different communities of supporters you have, or to see which ones take off!
Social bookmarking is defined by Wikipedia as a method for Internet users to store, organize, search, and manage bookmarks of web pages on the Internet. If you have ever posted your link to one of your blog articles with Digg you have social bookmarked it.
You can take a couple of simple steps to maximize the effectiveness of a blog article. In this article we will talk about seo tips that include social bookmarking your blog article to improve the results it gives you.
Today it's easy to bookmark your blog articles to multiple social directories with one click. For example OnlyWire dot com or Social Bot that allows you to join numerous social directories and then bookmark your blog article by logging into your account and posting your title, description and tag keywords.
The advantage of doing this is you can quickly develop backlinks to your blog articles for the search engines and for readers to find. When you write your blog article and bookmark it you can also help yourself out by utilizing basic search engine optimization techniques.
To keep it simple what you want to do is choose a specific keyword phrase for the article you write about. You increase the odds of ranking higher on the search engines if you target longtail keyword phrases which are phrases of three or more words.
The easy way to set this up is to include your keyword phrase in the title of your blog article. You should then also include it in the first and last paragraphs of the article when you publish it.
To place additional emphasis on it you can bold or even underline that keyword phrase. This helps the search engines know exactly what your blog article is about.
When you go to bookmark the article you want to tag it around that keyword phrase. You should include those again in the title and in the description for additional emphasis.
Search engines are spidering large social directories such as Technorati, StumbleUpon, Digg, Reddit, Simpy and others all of the time. By bookmarking your article in these directories you are creating valuable back links for your blog.
You are also bringing the search engines to your blog more regularly. This allows your blog URL to rank highly for your targeted keyword phrase and possibly settle in on page 1 of Google.
This is the things that most Internet marketers dream of. A high ranking for a targeted keyword phrase can bring you free traffic on an ongoing basis. It is something anyone can do utilizing social bookmarking and these SEO tips.
credit-Suzanne Morrison http://www.3stepstosearchenginesuccess.com/
My new favorite thing from Google. Access your facebook, twitter, calendar, even a to do list right on your desktop. http://desktop.google.com/
Desktop search
• Search your computer as easily as you search the web with Google
• Find and launch applications and files with just a few keystrokes
Sidebar with gadgets
• Add Google Gadgets to customize your desktop and iGoogle
• Get news, weather and more anywhere on your desktop
A trademark includes any word, name, symbol, or design, or any combination used, or intended to be used, in commerce to identify and distinguish the goods of one manufacturer or seller from goods manufactured or sold by others, and to indicate the source of the goods. In short, a trademark is a brand name.
A service mark is any word, name, symbol, design, or any combination, used, or intended to be used, in commerce, to identify and distinguish the services of one provider from the services provided by others, and to indicate the source of the services.
There are many requirements for registering a trademark which are all satisfied if the trademark application is properly prepared. The following are the requirements and steps to getting a trademark.
1. The first requirement for a proper trademark filing is the name and address of the applicant for correspondence;
2. Another necessity for registering a trademark is a properly formulated listing of the goods or services provided with the mark. Trademark assistance from a trademark lawyer is invaluable at this stage, for you want to draft to product description to reflect the product, but also use language that is different from a similar trademark to help you get a trademark;
3. Registering a trademark also requires that if the mark has been used, the date of first use anywhere in the world and the date of first use in interstate commerce (it is best to document and preserve evidence of your dates of first use);
4. The cost to register a trademark is $335 for each class of goods or services is also a prerequisite to register a trademark. The cost to register a trademark is a small fee compared to the many benefits of registering a trademark;
5. A final need for registering a trademark is that the applicant provides a clear drawing of the mark and a specimen of the trademark.
The "drawing," which is a depiction of the applicant's trademark, must show the mark as it is actually used, i.e., as shown by the specimens. In the case of an application based on a bona fide intention to use, the drawing must show the mark as the applicant intends to use it.
A specimen is a real-world example of how the mark is actually used on the goods or in the offering of the services. Labels, tags, or containers for the goods are considered to be acceptable specimens of use for a trademark. For a service mark, specimens may be advertising such as magazine advertisements or brochures. Actual specimens, rather than facsimiles, are preferred. One specimen is required for each class of goods or services specified in the application.
Specimens are required in applications based on actual use in commerce, but are not required for applications based on the owner's future intention to use the trademark
Forms for filing these documents are available at http://www.uspto.gov/teas/. For further information on maintaining a federal trademark registration, please contact the Post Registration Division at (571) 272-9500
ONLINE TRADEMARK FILING SYSTEM http://www.uspto.gov/teas/e-TEAS/index.html
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