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Team Tom is focused on the finish line and it is time to kick the Great Social Media Race into high gear. With June 13th right around the corner, the social media networks all have their eye on the prize. Can LinkedIn maintain that strong lead through to the end? Or will Twitter come from behind? With just under two weeks left – a lot can happen and YOU can make a difference. Tell your friends about Jennifer’s mission to prevent others from losing a loved one to cancer, and help her meet her goal through a donation as little as $5.
This week, LinkedIn added a $200 cushion to an already comfortable lead. But with only 52 members, will LinkedIn be able to hold on until the end? Facebook’s donations continue to trickle in slowly, but perhaps the 334 group members will provide a last minute push to pass LinkedIn. The Blog continues to generate interest, Twitter continues to attract followers at a consistent rate, and MySpace is holding on tight to the… losing spot. What will happen over these next 13 days?
If you’ve already donated, remember there are other ways to get involved. Please take a few minutes to enter our Twitter contest. Begin following our Twitter group, @teamtomlls, and ‘tweet’ (you may also send our group a direct message to ensure that we don’t miss your story) the most inspirational 140 character to lift the spirits of so many cancer patients. We will post of all the tweets throughout Team Tom’s social media networks and have our followers vote on their favorite. The winner will be contacted to have their story featured on our blog, www.teamtom.org, and we will make a $100 donation to Team Tom’s LLS fund in their name.
Finally, keep spreading the good word. Pass the links along to your friends and feel free to share your personal stories for posting on our blog (send information to share@teamtom.org). Thanks everyone for your continued support.
Blog: $1,190
Twitter: $25 / 160 followers
LinkedIn: $3,226.70 / 52 connections
Facebook: $365 / 334 friends
MySpace: $0 / 12 friends
Total: $4,826.70
About Me:
- Jennifer Keating and TeamTom.org
- Using several of the most populated social media sites, including Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace and Twitter, the Great Social Media Race will track the amount of money raised from visitors to each social media site. Aside from being the central point of the Great Social Media Race, this blog will also be gauged as a fundraising tool. The Great Social Media Race is an important experiment in determining the effectiveness of social media, but it also helps a wonderful cause. Tom Bell, who aside from being Jennifer’s father, served in Vietnam, served more than 20 years with the Virginia National Guard, and worked 25 years as a detective on the Arlington County Police Force. He lost his battle with leukemia on April 25, 2006. Team Tom, having been selected to participate in the LLS’ annual Man/Woman campaign against 19 other individuals in the Washington, D.C. metro area, is competing from April 1st – June 13th to raise as much money as they can for the LLS. The person who raises the most wins the title of Man & Woman of the year.
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