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Last week Social Misfits Media published their latest guide Make It Social, which is proudly sponsored by Lightful and the Institute of Fundraising. I caught up with Carlos Miranda, CEO of Social Misfits Media and Chairman of Lightful, to find out a bit more about the guide and why all charities need to download it immediately!

LinkedIn is a social network for professionals and has over 500 million users worldwide, with an estimated 22 million in the UK. It’s the perfect platform to reach corporate partners, high net worth individuals, CSR managers, leaders and decision makers. It’s also very different to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. So how can you make the most of it?

Twitter has around 330 million monthly active users, making it one of the most popular social media networks. It’s a micro-blogging site where tweets happen in real time. Unlike Facebook, most people on Twitter have public accounts, meaning it’s easy to engage with them directly. Twitter is all about conversations.

Facebook has over 2 billion monthly active users, making it the most popular social media network. No matter who your audience is, it’s likely they are on Facebook.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force on 25th of May 2018. If you’ve not started yet on the road to compliance, it’s not too late. Read our previous posts in our GDPR series for Charity Digital News:

You have a social media strategy in place, and you’re doing some social listening – but now it’s time to use social to meet your real-world goals. Whether it’s getting volunteers to your event, getting that petition signed or meeting your fundraising targets, your campaigns need to be set up properly in order for success.