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This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.
Local Tweets: 9 Ways to Find Twitter Users in Your Town
The Twittering Towns series is supported by the Comcast Town Design Showdown . Thousands of people created and submitted their apartments, and the judges have narrowed it down to four finalists.
26 Charities and Non-Profits on Twitter
Lon S. Cohen is a writer and Director of Communications at @ALSofGNY .One of the most complex features of Twitter for new users to understand is the hashtag , a topic with a hash symbol (“#”) at the start to identify it. Twitter hashtags like #followfriday help spread information on Twitter while also helping to organize it. The hashtag is a favorite tool of conferences and event organizers, but it’s also a way for Twitter users to organize themselves: if everyone agrees to append a certain hashtag to tweets about a topic, it becomes easier to find that topic in search, and more likely the topic will appear in Twitter’s Trending Topics.
HOW TO: Get the Most Out of Twitter #Hashtags
Meaghan Edelstein has gained national media attention through her blog, I Kicked Cancer’s Ass , which she started to document her battle with end stage cancer. She is an attorney, the founder of the non-profit organization Spirit Jump , and the Social Media Director for Smashyn.com .
8 Tips for a Successful Social Media Cause Campaign
Geoff Livingston co-founded Zoetica to focus on cause-related work, and released an award-winning book on new media Now is Gone in 2007.
HOW TO: Turn Slacktivists into Activists with Social Media
5 Ways Non-Profits Can Increase Engagement With YouTube
Geoff Livingston co-founded Zoetica to focus on cause-related work, and released an award-winning book on new media Now is Gone in 2007.
As part of the upcoming Mashable Awards , we’re taking a closer look at each of the nomination categories .
