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A Twitter follower is worth $0.24

August 10, 2010

TweetThe title of this blog post is of course a wildly inaccurate claim. How did I get to the number? In my small-scale “free agent” crowdfunding experiment for the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, I ended up with $235 from 1,000 followers by the deadline. That translates to $0.24 per follower. The goal was $1,000, or...
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One more week of #floodofsupport

July 27, 2010
One more week of #floodofsupport

TweetWe have a little less than a week to go for my little crowdfunding experiment #floodofsupport. I have been learning some good lessons already, which–beside doing a good deed–was the point. Right now, unfortunately, I’m still ways away from the $1,000 goal. The project started out well, but has been stagnant for the last...
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1,000 followers on Twitter: from slacktivism to activism (#floodofsupport)

July 14, 2010
1,000 followers on Twitter: from slacktivism to activism (#floodofsupport)

TweetWe all know that Nashville got hit with a terrible flood a few months ago. This terrible flood didn’t spare the Nashville Symphony Orchestra (NSO). The orchestra’s damages were approximately $42 million and after insurance and support from FEMA, the remaining financial gap could be as much as $10 million. A flood is no...
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