Skip to navigation | Skip to content

Share your knowledge. Make a difference.

Plexo for Nonprofits

1 - I can do better 2 - Jury's out 3 - Pretty darn good 4 - Splendiferous 5 - Awesometastic (by 11 people)   Your rating: 1 - I can do better 2 - Jury's out 3 - Pretty darn good 4 - Splendiferous 5 - Awesometastic

Ranked #1060 in Volunteering, #143361 overall

Donates to Acumen Fund

Rated G. (Control what you see)

What is Plexo?

 

Introducing the next big thing at Squidoo: Plexo!


Plexo is a new Squidoo tool that lets people vote on the lists you make--and vice versa. Let's say you decide to publish your nonprofit's list of the 10 best books on human rights. Plexo lets you open that up as a disussion with your online audience.

200 votes later, you have a user-generated list of the best books on human rights. People have added to your list, and re-ordered it, and given you essential marketing information. And, perhaps most interesting, while that voting has occured, 20 or 30 or 100 people have grabbed your list and put it onto their own lenses, blogs, or social networking pages.

For more information on Plexo, visit Seth's lens, Introducing Plexo.

Who Cares About Top-10 Lists? 

  1. Your PR person does. Because journalists and bloggers do, too.
    Lists--especially the kind that have been created by masses of people, are exactly the types of tid-bits that make for easy-to-digest sidebars and blog postings. In short, lists are a great packaging mechanism for selling your stories to the media.
  2. Your market-research aficionado does.
    Hiring a firm to carry out market research isn't cheap. And neither is asking your tech department to build functionality to let your supporters have their collective say on your work. In 5 minutes using Plexo, you can be ready to ask your supporters for their feedback on anything. Are they more interested in stopping global warming or deforestation? Wouldn't that be good to know as you put together your next marketing plan?
  3. Your supporters (and therefore your newsletter editors) do.
    Lists are the perfect size. They're easy to scan and fun to read--just the kind of engaging fodder your email editor is after. And aren't your marketing folks always looking for a way in which to engage the audience while asking as little of them as possible? Voting certainly fits that bill.

PLEXO EXAMPLE: Squidoo's Top 10 Inspire-Me-for-the-New-Year Books 

Where to Begin? Right Here 

  1. Add a Plexo list to an existing Squidoo lens, or start a lens with Plexo, if you don't have one.
  2. Send an email to your supporters pointing them to the Plexo list and asking them to vote and build Squidoo lenses featuring your list.
  3. Tell your evangelists--friendly bloggers, reporters or MySpace activists, for example--that they can grab your Plexo list and feature it on their pages.

Help! What Kind of Plexo List Should I Make? 

There's no right or wrong answer here. Everything depends on your goal. Do you want to gather substantive information from your supporter base? To present a list that is so entertaining it gets picked up by thousands of other Squidoo lensmasters? Or latch onto a timely topic that might land you a press hit or two?

Or how about shooting for all three?
  • Best books for... treehuggers. bleeding-heart liberals. new moms on the edge. new college grads.
  • Best websites on how to save the environment, end poverty, find a cure
  • Best stories of hope
  • People who've done the most to further your cause
  • and almost anything else that will get people thinking about the issues you face every day

Some Great Plexos to Get You Thinking... 

#1

Vote Up
Vote Down

Emini Video Showcase

We are creating a Socially interactive portal to g more...2 points

#2

Vote Up
Vote Down

21st Century People Who are Changing the World

But I want to highlight some folks who are really more...1 point

#5

Vote Up
Vote Down

diamond engagement rings

A portion of the proceeds from this lense goes to more...1 point

#6

Vote Up
Vote Down

Barbados villa rental

Here is a lense to help a great deal with travel.1 point

#7

Vote Up
Vote Down

GameBoy Advance Games for Little Ones!

I love video games. I have to admit it. My kids lo more...0 points

#8

Vote Up
Vote Down

Bright Ideas, Brilliant Minds

A collaborative list sharing project focusing on c more...0 points

#9

Vote Up
Vote Down

Cheap Domain Registration, Paypal Domain Registration, Bulk Domain Registration, Domain Name Registration, Register Domain, Domain Names, Domain Hosting, Web Hosting, Share Web Hosting, Cheap Web Hosting, Affordable Web Hosting, WebHosting, Web Host, Web

Offers Cheap Domain Registration, bulk domain regi more...0 points

#13

Vote Up
Vote Down

Emini Video Showcase

We are creating a Socially interactive portal to g more...0 points

Related topics: Plexo for Nonprofits,  engage,  vote,  Nonprofits & Volunteering,  more

X
JillGordon

About JillGordon

Hi, I'm Jill Gordon, Squidoo's Director of Philanthropy.

JillGordon's Pages

See all of JillGordon's pages